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bought with blo
I read a lot of articles and forums, and I did not feel at the time that the overwhelming feeling re VdW was a bad one. I rather thought most people felt it was an upgrade. At the time it was felt to be good. He provided unexpected value at a position of need. It turned out that given our horror show of a season that he wasn't a fit. We cannot know counter factually if he could have worked out differently with us having less injuries and more success. In the method chosen of deciding which decisions are good and which are bad, we only need to see the outcome. This means the person looking back is always right, it gives no chance of a person with a lesa than 100% accuracy of being seen as a good decision maker. Aketxe and VdW seemed to be good bets at the time. The fact that both failed does not make them bad bets, it simply makes them loosing ones. Not all losing bets are bad bets.
Even in poker with all the right choices there is still a chance the person with the lower odds wins.
Both aketxe and VdW seemed to be viewed as good bets at the time. Even VdW was not a complete bust.
Regarding aketxe and the buyout. The language used on MLS soccer was mutual termination of contract. Same as Whitecaps with Juarez. They still got to buyout de Jong. It seems likely we still have our buyout.