Today's News,Tuesday,Mar.09
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All-Star sunshine girl week continues...BOOYAH!
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from CBC
"TFC's shoddy treatment of its beloved players hasn't gone unnoticed and it's only a matter of time before other players around the league and the team's loyal fans turn their backs on the club."
I'm trying to figure out from Molinaro what he means by a proper sendoff? And what if you don't know by November that you're not signing the player -- but then in the offseason he goes?
Do you have to tell fans in October "look, we may not be signing Carl Robinson again... but we're not sure. But come out to the final game and say goodbye to Carl just in case. We'll parade Carl around the ground at the final game... but if he signs with us again, the parade will have just been a practice for when he says he's retiring."
Originally Posted by denime
Good article by Paul James regarding the need for JDG to adapt to a more offensive role worthy of DP status. I could't agree more...
regarding the "proper sendoff" for Carl
- I don't think it has anything to do with a game day "goodbye" for the fans.
It's more a matter of having a press conference and saying goodbye through the media.
Rather than simply disappearing.
And as for the SSG...
Holy Crap! RED HOT!
Just going about it decently would be enough, as opposed to just dumping him on the curb. In light of how they treated Dichio, you have to be a bloody fool to take an apologist's stance on the matter.
^ so you agree with what I'm saying?
Yes. Just quoting yours to put my post in context. The "you" isn't "you" specifically. A better turn of phrase would be to use "one", but that's anachronistic language usage
it was a bullshit way to announce that Robbo was leaving.
the first 'official' word was Preki in an interview at the side of a training field somewhere.
"So, Carl is gone?"
"Yeah that's what I've heard"
someone fucking botched this one BIG TIME, but it's starting to be no surprise when that happens.
Fuck... there was more coverage when Bonner left the raptors!
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Ahh it's deja vu all over again. Maybe a strike wouldn't be such a bad thing!!
EXIT CARL STAGE LEFT
the strike wouldn't do anything to improve how TFC manages themselves.
that's the problem here - not the players, not the league, the front office's 'PR/HR' department (and overall lack of tact and respect for players)
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+1
the only way it might affect any changes in the TFC FO is if the strike hurts the league enough to kill it (unlikely but possible in theory)
Sadly, the list of things that TFC/MLSE haven't fucked up is much shorter than the list of things they have fucked up...and no one is ever held accountable, and the fuck-up in chief gets a contract extention.
regardless how how the FO handled it. I'm sure we'll give him a good pre-game thank you, a la Darcy Tucker or Mats Sundin, when the shite bulls come to town
Anyone else who is so bloody useless in their position gets the sack, it has to be said.
I think this whole thing is being way overblown. The guy's only been here three years, I mean, players in other leagues, and other sports, don't always get a 'send-off' or whatever. And it's the off-season -- what are they supposed to do?
I agree with drewski -- a quick thank you the next time he plays at BMO and that will be sufficient.
something, anything, other than some off-handed comment during a scrum, which I consider to be disrespectful to somebody who has been an important part of this team from the beginning. Would a simple press conference, with or without Robbo, been too much to ask?
No shit.
I could swear she looks awfully alike to a girl I saw in church Saturday night. (No Joke)
I meant it tongue in cheek! And you are dead on. Maybe we haven't signed any players because everyone's figured out what you've just said (lack of respect), chances are most players now know it as well.
One thing everyone's overlooking here is Robbo.
Did he want a send-off? Would he have participated in a press conference?
Everyone just makes assumptions and states them as fact all the time . . .
Exactly.
Except when some of us were saying this last year during the Danny situation, a lot of RUs on here were poo-poohing the concept.
The fact is that each time they do this to a player, they increase their reputation as douchebags to players everywhere making Toronto an unattractive place to play regardless of what the TFC FO claim.
I didn't assume anything, hence the "or without" part. A press conf would have also shown respect to the fans who loved him
A press conference without the player? I've never seen that.
They could've put a 'good-bye' montage up the website or something. But really I don't know what more they could have done.
Shocking this is.
If only I could communicate the extreme sarcasm in my statement.
I don't know, guys. I still think this really isn't as big a deal as people are making out.
I think they mean more "press statement" rather than the coach being asked and shrugging his shoulders with wonderment.
Mo has been playing hide and seek all off-season long. I am sick and tired of it. There is no accountability with him. The proper behaviour in this would be for Mo to grant an interview indicating they had released Robbo and thanking him for his services to the club. No huge press conference in the media room. No send-off at the stadium. Just a tactful, respectful acknowledgement of Robbo's contributions.
Instead...it's like he never existed. I can't believe there would be anyone who could excuse TFC on this especially after the drama of Danny last year. You'd think they would learn...not to mention we would be less prone to defend them.
It's indicative of how things are being run at this club. And it should concern all fans because it affects the players, our ability to bring in new players and in the end, the product on the pitch.
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