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Murphy dropped as assistant coach - The Denver Post
COMMERCE CITY Rapids first assistant John Murphy is no longer a part of coach Fernando Clavijo's staff, although he will remain with the club as director of player development. The Rapids also announced late Thursday that former Rapids goalkeeper David Kramer will join the club next week as goalkeeper coach. "John Murphy is no longer working with me," said Clavijo, who added that the decision ...
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du Nord — ... The Post also has an article on an assistant coach shake up, and a bit on local boy Brian Mullan who has been a strong regular for Houston. ...

Rapids, Houston and Catching Up
Black Panther : A Soccer Blog — ... wasn't good the change was needed. It's common for MLS teams to only have a coach and an assistant coach. The Rapids brought in a new assistant coach before 2008, Gary Smith. The question here is if this a way for the Rapids Front Office to pull Murphy out of the picture so he doesn't need to be axed when they move to replace head coach Fernando Clavijo. In case you didn't catch all the news the last few days : ex-Rapid David Kramer Named As Goalkeeping Coach Rapids drop Murphy as Asst. Coach Brian Forbes at the Denver Post on Omar Cummings ...

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