Tim Walz wasn’t simply teaching soccer to money checks … so says one in every of his former gamers, who tells TMZ Sports activities Kamala Harris‘ Vice President candidate was a wise thoughts who all the time received essentially the most out of the group.

We sat down with Seth Greenwald — who occurs to be a coach himself at Hamline College now — a couple of days after Walz was introduced as Harris’ operating mate … and he described the ex-Mankato West Excessive College (MN) soccer group’s chief as a “man’s man.”

“He was energic, tremendous educated,” Greenwald mentioned. “He needs to be hands-on, no matter he is doing he is received 10 toes down. That is the factor that stands out for him. He is the identical man then as he’s now for essentially the most half, clearly he has advanced and he is taken on totally different roles.”

Walz walked the sidelines at Mankato West for a number of seasons within the ’90s earlier than shifting gears … and now together with his alternative to assist steer your complete nation, Greenwald spoke extremely of his management.

“The factor that stands out is simply attempting to get essentially the most out of you, attempting to comprehend that there is a larger image on the market and the next objective, and pushing you to attain your full capability. That is actually what stands out.”

You’ll be able to argue the most important query individuals have would not contain the political stance of Walz — which in fact is necessary — however what kind of scheme did he run?

Greenwald described it as basic downhill soccer!!!

“It was a 4-4 cowl three, it is like day one, put it on the whiteboard,” he mentioned. “We had plenty of expertise. We did not see plenty of variation of the scheme. You noticed lots of people leaning into one another. Lots of people coming downhill. So that you needed to be prepared for the physicality, and that is sort of the place the mentality is available in.”