TFC executive: "We're not an expansion team any more. We need to be competitive"

[djcuse]

TFC executive: "We're not an expansion team any more. We need to be competitive"

[Cashcleaner]

Oh great. Tom Anselmi agrees with us. I'm sure he'll whip his staff into shape and make the necessary changes to set our ship right.

[Whoop]

Problem is, aside from gassing Mo, what would it take us to get into the playoffs this year AND continue to be competitive for seasons to come?

[JDG]

Oh great. Tom Anselmi agrees with us. I'm sure he'll whip his staff into shape and make the necessary changes to set our ship right.

He's a smart man, and as such I'm hoping he sees that this team represents a very real opportunity for MLSE to add some luster to their heavily tarnished image.
It is in their interest to turn this team around ASAP. If they can manage to do good things this year, they can recover from the pessimism that has settled in among the supporters.

[Beach_Red]

Problem is, aside from gassing Mo, what would it take us to get into the playoffs this year AND continue to be competitive for seasons to come?

Never mind seasons to come - they could get a big-time DP right now. Even someone at the end of his career fr the rest of this season would make a huge difference.

[volunteer]

Management has placed its faith in those systems to help Toronto
FC avoid becoming the first team in league history to miss the
playoffs in each of its first four seasons.

sweet, TFC still has a chance to break an MLS record this year

[billyfly]

I wonder what its like to monitor the Internet boards and see post after post and thread after thread calling you an idiot.


So tell us, how does it feel Parkdale?

[DOMIN8R]

http://www.thestar.com/sports/articl...nning-out?bn=1

Still, anyone should be able to detect a pattern here: Whatever the intentions of upper management and the board, or whatever they have done lately to reverse the flow of these statistics, the supply of patience simply cannot be endless. Maybe Johnston has figured out it won’t necessarily be granted his team any longer; the soccer fans, having seen the proprietor’s blueprint from hockey and basketball, have an idea of what’s coming and wish to register their protest early.

[canadian_bhoy]

I don't care what people on the board say, I like Tom Anselmi. He wants to win, he wants to put TFC in a position to do that. He trusts Mo, but he's slowly becoming more football savy. I think the club is now realizing the major change that needs to made.

[DOMIN8R]

^^^ You're right. Tom will probably resign? That's what you meant right?




Facetious.

[zamperina]

I have a feeling that TFC will set the new record of MLS playoff futility...

[DOMIN8R]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle1545379/

Management has placed its faith in those systems to help Toronto FC avoid becoming the first team in league history to miss the playoffs in each of its first four seasons. Real Salt Lake, the only other team to miss the post-season in its first three seasons, finally qualified in season No. 4.

[FluSH]

I don't care what people on the board say, I like Tom Anselmi. He wants to win, he wants to put TFC in a position to do that. He trusts Mo, but he's slowly becoming more football savy. I think the club is now realizing the major change that needs to made.

+1...

[DichioTFC]

Never mind seasons to come - they could get a big-time DP right now. Even someone at the end of his career fr the rest of this season would make a huge difference.

That would be equivalent to throwing buckets of water on a forest fire. We need solid change. Besides, that wouldn't work because of the salary requirements. We dont have $400K under the cap (apparently) to make something like that happen.

We need change in the FO (either with personnel or attitude), make the change trickle down through intrinsic benefits to the players.

I want to like Anselmi, but I have a feeling he's selling out MoJo to save his own ass. In the end, the buck stops with Peddie. Since Peddie doesn't know whats going on, responsibility lies with Anselmi. But of course, Anselmi has been successful on the business side of things and thats priority one.

All I hope is that the players and FO act professionally for the rest of the season, get the 8th spot (which will make us lose to Columbus in Columbus and riot at Columbus) and flush Mo out.

If Anselmi truly does read the message boards hear this loud and clear:

When you make the changes, do it properly so we have a dynasty, not a one and out winner.

[TFCRegina]

That would be equivalent to throwing buckets of water on a forest fire. We need solid change. Besides, that wouldn't work because of the salary requirements. We dont have $400K under the cap (apparently) to make something like that happen.

We need change in the FO (either with personnel or attitude), make the change trickle down through intrinsic benefits to the players.

I want to like Anselmi, but I have a feeling he's selling out MoJo to save his own ass. In the end, the buck stops with Peddie. Since Peddie doesn't know whats going on, responsibility lies with Anselmi. But of course, Anselmi has been successful on the business side of things and thats priority one.

All I hope is that the players and FO act professionally for the rest of the season, get the 8th spot (which will make us lose to Columbus in Columbus and riot at Columbus) and flush Mo out.

If Anselmi truly does read the message boards hear this loud and clear:

When you make the changes, do it properly so we have a dynasty, not a one and out winner.

Well, we technically only need 325k or so under the cap. :P

We shed Guevara, he was pulling down 300 grand, we shed some of Robbo's big salary, we signed a bunch of guys on the cheap. We should have cap space...if we don't, it's Mo's fault, and Mo should go.

If we don't make the Champions League, he should go then and Preki should get promoted. Regardless of whether we make the playoffs or not, he [Mo] should go at the end of the season. He's mismanaged this team into oblivion and the fact that we had to undertake a rebuilding job in year 4, after three building years, should be enough to fire him.

[ag futbol]

pla·cate -–verb (used with object),-cat·ed, -cat·ing.
to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.

I'd say that about sums it up.

[Toronto_Bhoy]

I don't care what people on the board say, I like Tom Anselmi. He wants to win, he wants to put TFC in a position to do that. He trusts Mo, but he's slowly becoming more football savy. I think the club is now realizing the major change that needs to made.

Based on what???

Tom's work with the other MLSE franchises???

He's becoming more "football savy"??? How??? By reading books and watching GOL TV???

Next you'll be telling us Richard is becoming more "hockey savy" by watching the hockey playoffs!

[ilikemusic]

If only Anselmi were in some kind of position to affect change.

[tfc2007]

Anselmi just wants to make sure his ass is covered.

[Damien]

This is Anselmi's warning to Mo.... win now, or else!

Let the countdown begin!

[Yagbod]

I met Tom twice and both times he impressed me with his passion for the team. The first time he asked me about the final game last year. I told him it sucked, but I had a great time that year, my first seeing every home game live. He almost seemed pissed that I was not expressing my outrage. He sounded like a fan, he was really angry at the players.

My impression from the article was that he was threatening Mo, backing the supporters.

[Toronto_Bhoy]

What a minute here...let's base Tom's performance on results...

As COO and Executive Vice President of MLSE including the Leafs, Raptors and TFC you would grade this guy's performance with an:

A...B...C...D...or...F?

Three professional sports franchises with record profits and ZERO playoff appearances in how many seasons?

As a business man, Tom gets a B+...what does Mo get as a business man? Does he warrant a B...full house? Great ROI? Profit (well) beyond expectation?

How do you rate the two based on field performance...Mo on TFC...Tom on the Leafs, Raptors and TFC?

[Roogsy]

Really? A bonafide news website makes spelling mistakes like this?

"We set the sites on last year, and we missed it by a point."

It's sights. S I G H T S

When it happens on an internet board, it's not big deal. But when the media can't get their spelling straight, it's ridiculous, and it happens more and more every day.

[twistedchinaman]

He's a smart man, and as such I'm hoping he sees that this team represents a very real opportunity for MLSE to add some luster to their heavily tarnished image.
It is in their interest to turn this team around ASAP. If they can manage to do good things this year, they can recover from the pessimism that has settled in among the supporters.

That's the thing -- Mo was hired because they thought he knew what he was doing. Four years later Mo is still playing the same card and Anselmi's now catching on...this could have a grand impact on Johnston's ass.

There's a Chinese folk tale about a guy who tries to steal a bell from a monastery by breaking it into pieces, thinking no one will hear. Mo is that bell thief -- we're the loud bell rings, let's hope the villagers hear.

[AL-MO]

I don't care what people on the board say, I like Tom Anselmi. He wants to win, he wants to put TFC in a position to do that. He trusts Mo, but he's slowly becoming more football savy. I think the club is now realizing the major change that needs to made.

The jury is still out on Anselmi IMO.

He is not a football guy, that is for sure. I think it will take a long time for him to become 'football savy'.

[footballcanada]

MLSE hates sports.

[Keystone FC]

What I want, other than a winning franchise, is for the top brass to start making statements that have some weight to it. To say:
"That honeymoon is over," Anselmi said. "I mean, we're expected to be a competitive team now. We set the sites on last year, and we missed it by a point." And:
"The expectations are going up, and they're totally entitled to be thinking that way," said Anselmi, executive vice-president and chief operating officer with MLSE. "It's time. It's time that we're a competitive team. We're not an expansion team any more. We need to be competitive."
Is all neat and gives me a warm fuzzy, but I want there to be some sort of sum of all this. I want a: 'If we miss tha playoffs TFC WILL have a new FO Manager.' or "If we miss the playoffs TFC WILL have 2 DPS by the start of PRE SEASON.'
I want something I can sink my teeth into. I want some substance among the whip topping to make it worth a slice.

[ilikemusic]

I am slightly concerned that he appears to be implying one extra point last season would be enough to term this club 'competitive'.

[Brooker]

wait.... they just realized we're not an expansion team anymore?

better late than never.

[twistedchinaman]

wait.... they just realized we're not an expansion team anymore?

better late than never.