Jurgen Klinsmann is the coach of the U.S. Men’s National team. His son has committed to playing soccer in America, and he’s lived here since 1998.

But his recent comments in the New York Times Magazine irritated Michael Wilbon so much that he urged the USMNT coach to leave the country on “Pardon The Interruption” Thursday.

“I’ve known Kobe Bryant,” Wilbon said. “And you, Mr. Klinsmann, are no damn Kobe Bryant. I mean seriously, Mr. Klinsmann now wants to tell all of American sports how to work. Get the hell out. Get out of America. If everything here — you want to coach this team fine. You haven’t won anything. You’re so gutless you went out and said ‘oh, our team can’t win, we can’t win.’ You’re supposed to be such a great coach, why are they paying you? They’re apparently paying you for something you did not only yesterday, but somewhere else about 4,000 miles away. I repeat: Get the hell out. When did Klinsmann become an expert on American sports?”

The quote that Wilbon seems to take issue with came when Klinsmann was speaking about the reaction to his decision to cut longtime U.S. star Landon Donovan. From the New York Times Magazine:

“This always happens in America,” Klinsmann told me, waving his hands in the air. “Kobe Bryant, for example — why does he get a two-year contract extension for $50 million? Because of what he is going to do in the next two years for the Lakers? Of course not. Of course not. He gets it because of what he has done before. It makes no sense. Why do you pay for what has already happened?”

Many people may take issue with that, but Wilbon takes it to a different and lower level by saying Klinsmann should leave the country. It’s fine to be mad at Klinsmann. It’s even okay to think he’s not a great choice for the job anymore. But asking him to leave his home isn’t.

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