I agree with Azariah that with Coco running it seems as though any other person interested is at a huge disadvantage....
However I too would like to throw my hat in the ring as I have been on the fringes of the NT so to speak watching, listening, and trying to learn. I have some ideas and opinions on the the NT coach position that differ from what the title indicates.
First, I honestly don't believe that gameplanning, and or making the decision when it comes to tactics is critical for the coach. Every time we had a game we had great discussion on tactics and had discussion and debate as to what we were going to do so come time to choose the tactics and lineups some of the best U.S. minds (Brian, Coco, Jfarb, Wozz, etc) had already more or less broken down what needed to be done.
Second, I think with this game the most crucial part of our NT Coach is personal community outreach. Regardless of whether or not players want to join the offsite or not (and I do think they should and I would pitch them on it) we have to communicate with our community members. We have a scouting team set up which I think is great, but if a team is just starting up and someone contacts them saying they are a scout they may or may not want to engage with them. However if the message they get is from someone with the NT Coach title I sincerely believe they would be more receptive as far as advice on training young players, mentoring, building their teams etc. The trick IMO is to set up a program where the NT Coach is the contact, but to make it not so impossible to keep up with, set up a program on the offsite where certain things like, prospect training programs, club building advice to move up in divisions to sustain trainees, etc. (like we already do now) and then the NT Coach himself bb-mails the manager to create that personal connection with the NT. This would take quite a bit of personal time. I have that and would be willing to put it into this program.
Third, I for one believe that when you take over a position that eventually will be left to someone else you should leave it better than when you assumed it. The here and now with our national team is very important, but we must also plan for where our NT will be in the future seasons. I feel that there is too much of a disconnect between the U21 and NT's as far as what we have coming up through the pipeline and ways that we may want to steer some of our trainees/prospects. The NT Coach should be able to, through the program that i talked about above, create a synergy between the 2 clubs so we can be dominant on the U21 level but also not have that be the end goal for the managers of the trainees which i feel is the case now. I personally am trying to train a PF for the NT and I knew going in that there was little chance for him to get on the U21 team and still when it hit me that he wouldn't be on that team it frustrated me to the point that i almost gave up on it and started over. I feel this is where we lose some of our brightest prospects and as NT Coach I would try to soften the blow and bridge the gap to keep managers going with their training.
I would honestly say based on normal standards that I am the least qualified person running for the NT Coach position. I also feel that because of the design of this game what I would bring to the table.... Time committed to growing our NT, personal contact with the community to grow interest in the NT, etc. is exactly what we need as our NT Coach at this moment. Vote for me and we'll win the world gold cup, whether in my tenure, or for a future manager in the seasons to come.