Klopas takes reins for Fire-Chicago Sun-times

By Len Ziehm special Sun-Times Media 31 May, 2011 11: 09 PM Frank klopas took promeletimenis duties with fire on Tuesday and then examined the reasons for the dismissal of the previous head man Carlos de los Cobos. The fire won only 10 41 Major League Soccer Games in de los Cobos and has engaged in a nine-game winless streak to a franchise-record some. De los Cobos was the word Sunday, after a tie 2-2 against the San Jose Earthquakes at Toyota Park. Klopas ran his first practice Tuesday after explaining the move for the players. ''Said that the most important thing you're concerned about is that I believe in them. I would not have been enhanced to do this if I did, '' said the fire went 9-12-9 last season under de los Cobos and 10-16-15 as a whole. ''The decision does not happen in a day or two days. It was a process, '' said Frank Klopas, technical director of the Club. '' I had to make the correct decision to move forward the group '' klopas said the decision was made and in conjunction with the Director of player personnel Mike Jeffries. This fire was not directed by owner Andrew Hauptman, who lives in California. "We perform the function of football and football (soccer) people, '' klopas said. '' Carlos is a great human being. I have enormous respect for him, but sometimes things don't work. ''Klopas was named de los Cobos coach did not renew the contract of Denis Hamlett, who had driven the fire with the Eastern Conference semi-finals in 2008 and 2009. Klopas coached experience is limited. It was a fire Assistant Bob Bradley a year after retiring as a player and was coach of the storm indoors Chicago in 2004 and ' 05. © 2010 Sun-Times Media, LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be copied or distributed without permission. For more information about permissions and reprints, visit the http://www.suntimesreprints.com/site. To order a Reprint of this article, click here.