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I like Oso's response to that sort of fan talk
We still are the one with the Star on the chest
Goodbye ali curtis!
Ali Curtis + Toronto FC are parting ways, per sources. Curtis was TFC GM for 3 years. Made MLS Cup in 2019, 2nd-best record in 2020, wheels fell off in 2021.Curtis in talks to join MLS' new lower-division league.
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Having him here was the longest "2 weeks" ever.
Glad that's sorted and now I am more optimistic moving forward. Things will be happening now.
I can't believe it's actually happening.
Did not expect it, but the right call. :thumbsup:
Two down, lots to go.
Looking forward to us continuing the purge.
I'm shocked! Literally shocked.
In life, I believe that things happen in 3's.
As a Man Utd and TFC fan, yesterday presented 2 transforming changes at the clubs I support. Ole and Jozy.
I was seriously wondering what the 3rd would be, but I never expected this.
Even though we haven't announced anything, I'm more optimistic about our chances at a proper offseason.
Considering his recent interviews I'm shocked.
Looking forward to Bob Bradley. We will have two free DP slots and maybe a good chunk of the large contracts off the books.
My prediction weeks ago was that Bob is coming into the front office role (I was unsure whether he would replace Manning or Curtis), and Michael will be the manager.
This prediction is so far out there that nobody even responded at the time! If you think this is nuts, I have no issue with that. This is just my wild ass guess at what might work for Bob here (the manager job would hardly be a new challenge for Bob).
I still think that is the way to bet it, if I could get odds.
It's depressing that I think you're not far off, Ensco. Even if not this season I wouldn't be shocked if that was the 3 year plan and we go GM-less this season with Manning/Bradley combining on it and we slowly transition to Michael coming in. And I absolutely hate that plan.
Dual role like in Europe. There are a lot of head coaches in MLS who already have much of the on-field drilling handled by coaches, like in Europe. No reason to think if he brings his own team that he can’t handle both. They just need a numbers guy/capologist for the hard deets.
I don’t think they’ll allow Michael as head coach when he has no coaching experience or badges, and I suspect the “that’s crazy” reaction was to that part, not the idea of Bradley being a GM.
They’ll just call it “Manager” instead of Head Coach.
Step away from the media for two hours and shit happens… woohoo!!!
For the record, given the already inflamed tensions and poor disposition of this locker room, I don’t see a scenario where hiring Michael Bradley’s dad does not unnecessarily alienate certain members of the squad.
True but I am not sure anyone couldn't have got that room in order. We had WAY too many bad personalities in there and I think in the end, Michael's swearing in everyone's face thing ran it's course. That's why he needs to step aside, learn the craft, get his badges and then think about managing. He needs to learn a different approach than his current style but I don't see any reason he couldn't do the job a few years from now (like 5 years).
Who? Who could possibly be alienated by hiring a successful coach with a proven track record? Because whoever it is would clearly be so emotionally immature that we’d be well to be rid of them.
I’ll be entirely happy if some of our petulant dead weight gets jettisoned as a result.
Firstly I hope a lot of members of our current squad are gone so that should alleviate some tensions. Secondly, after the way they played and behaved they deserve to be alienated and frankly brought back down to Earth. I feel the reason Perez failed was because he wasn't respected at all, Armas wasn't either but he was also shit. This has been coming for a while from Vanney allowing players like Jozy to loaf during training apart from the team to this season allowing the same with Solteldo to some degree. This team, whoever remains after the purge, need to deal with a hard personality who demands respect and asks a lot. While not my first choice, BB does fit that bill.
He probably knew he was done after that press conference where they announced Armas was fired. He still has MLS HQ connections so it was probably an easy get to be an executive in the lower league. If anything I can say about Curtis it's that he is definitely a lower league kind of executive.
The guy who reported the Jozy buyout is a respected Sky reporter who gets lots of transfer tips from ranking guys. I wonder if Curtis decided to stick the knife in by announcing the buyout, knowing he was about to me turfed. Given that he and Armas were tight, and he had to fire Armas despite earlier letting him suspend Altidore, I wonder whether that’s really a done deal or whether he was trying to force someone’s hand knowing he wouldn’t be there to stick the knife in himself.
I mean, it’s not stupid business; Jozy has 36 games in three seasons, or 12 a year. He’s obviously continually injured or so disruptive that he’s announced as such regularly. I can kind of see it being a bit of both.
It is why he wouldn’t criticize Pro… if you think they didn’t like us before, wait until he is running them.
I assume Bradley and Manning will split up the GM role and maybe have an assistant GM who excels in the cap.
I’m not sure if Bradley contributes to the locker room issues or not (sounds like we have plenty of them)
BUT
At face value it seems like we’ve reached a juncture where Bradley should play a lesser role and having his dad as coach under that scenario is… awkward