,Amongst the players whom I have seen playing, Klinsmann was one of my favorites. I never liked the German side, but Klinsmann was an exception. Unlike other German players who look so lethargic, Klinsman was very energetic and lively player. But as a coach, I think Klinsamann is overrated. People now feel that Klinsamann has done great coz he managed to take Germany to Semi final of the World Cup.. but hey that is not what German team should be happy about. They reached finals of the World Cup in 2002. They are always a great team. So I think any thing less than the World cup should not be considered as an achievement for Germany. To me, Klinsmann is overrated as a coach because his two year contract with German national side was really disapppointing. People in germany were really getting critcal of Klinsamann till the World Cup bagan. And despite disappointing performance of Germany in these two years, people now think that Klinsmann is good just coz German side reached semi final in WC defeating teams like Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador, Sweden and Argentina. Except for Argentina (which they won in penalties), they have not beaten a real good team. And based upon these victories, people are praising Klinsmann. And look how he looked after the team. In those twoe years, he used to travel from Southern California to Germany roughly once every two weeks. I have never seen a coach who stays abroad and still remains as a coach. That to me is dishonesty towards your profession. He runs his team from California. thats not good. I dont know any coach around the world who runs team from abroad. And in two years of his reign, Germany's performance was dismal...Just before the World Cup, Germany was beaten 4-1 by Italy. And they were beaten 0-2 by "minnows" Slovakia. They were lucky to draw agaisnt Japan who could not hold on to the two goal lead despite playing much better than Germany during the whole 90 minutes. So, i think people are just overrating Klinsmann for his part in taking Germany to the semi-final in WC. Just reaching semi-final should not be any accomplishment for Germany and because of the dismal performance of Germany during his 2 year as a coach, I think he is a below-average coach... though he was a grreat player.