Will cheer him loudly the first time he is introduced upon return to BMO.Originally Posted by DangerRed
5 seconds later... He is one of THEM!
I do wish him luck against everyone but TFC
Will cheer him loudly the first time he is introduced upon return to BMO.
5 seconds later... He is one of THEM!
I do wish him luck against everyone but TFC
Guess I should change my avatar picture..Will cheer him loudly the first time he is introduced upon return to BMO.
5 seconds later... He is one of THEM!
I do wish him luck against everyone but TFC
Great work ethic while he was here.
Always liked him as a person but he was frustrating to watch and more than once his horrible misses drove me to do bad things.
this thread your read So Long Chad and DeRo!
good guy, great effort level. I think he was criticized too much, when his stats were actually pretty good. I once did a comparison whereby his scoring rate/efficiency and SOG rate were almost the same as Dichio.
He turns 26 next season and might be finally mature/experienced enough to take it to the next level.
I'll judge the move when I see who is his replacement. I trust Mariner has something in the works....
^ huh? haha
see ya, chad. i hope winter and the brass' footprint translates into more goals instead of barrett's hard-worked misses.
Paul B tweets that Ives doesn't have the right details on trade. Stay tuned.
“We made this move to give us more flexibility in building our squad for the new season. This creates more cap space which will help us create a team capable of playing the style of soccer we are looking for.” - Aron Winter
He wasn't moved for anything other than his salary cost to the team. He made $200k last year and I am pretty sure this year was going to be substantially more.
With Buddle gone in LA, he may get some playing time and he is on the west coast which is where he is from. I think this move helps both parties.
You never know, he may turn out to be one of those players that do better elsewhere than while they were at TFC.
He looked like Wayne Rooney and suffered from leg cramps. Other than that, what was he to TFC?
I'll miss him b/c I thought he was a good guy but I need WINS.
He scored seven goals last year despite missing about a third of the season with injuries. But too expensive for his rate of return, for sure.
^7 goals last season. Decent for an MLS forward and call me silly, but I really had respect for him as he never stopped working for a moment when he was playing. That said, not worth $300K or however much he was going to get in 2011 from us.
This should be avoided.. catch my drift viejo
“We made this move to give us more flexibility in building our squad for the new season. This creates more cap space which will help us create a team capable of playing the style of soccer we are looking for.” - Aron Winter
Best of luck to Chad. He may have occasionally been frustrating to watch around the net but his work ethic was beyond reproach and that's something I really appreciated. I'm not terribly upset to see him go- I don't think anyone could say our current offensive attack was good enough, but I will miss having him around. All the best in LA.
And 2nd to Parkys comments. I have faith in this brain trust that they're doing something that's part of the long term (or even short term) plan here.
And that's what I mean. Bill Belichick style from now on.
This is the key. If Barrett's salary was slated to increase to 250K-300K for the next 2 years then the trade could be justified. The cap space could be utilized for a more prolific scorer...
Last edited by ManUtd4ever; 01-13-2011 at 01:05 PM.
Too bad to hear. I hope Chad does well in LA. He gave it his all for us everygame. You will get a good oviation when you come back.
Oh well...no more need to "grin and Barr-ett"...as was often the case with Chad...
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He was really turning the corner last year. I'll be sad to see him go, by far the best work rate on the team. The guy never gave up. You can't find too many players like that.
It's a real shame - was a good player for us. But it sounds like it's all about clearing cap space which makes sense, even if it hurts a little inside. Had he been healthy all of last season, he'd have bagged what, 10-12 goals? For 212K (his salary last year), that was a good return. If rumours of his increase in salary are true, to something like 300K, that's a little much. I don't recall that increase ever being talked about beyond just "I heard that..." in the past few months.
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Worked hard, loved the city, was passionate on the pitch (sometimes to a fault), and scored lots of big goals for the team.
He was never quite what the team needed, but I appreciate everything he did here. And I will definitely cheer him when he returns to Toronto - for a few minutes.
- Scott
“Heroism breaks its heart, and idealism its back, on the intransigence of the credulous and the mediocre, manipulated by the cynical and the corrupt.” ~Christopher Hitchens
I became a big fan of his last year. I'm sure he'll do well in LA. I won't wish him luck though, we need all of the luck we can handle here in Toronto. I wish him good Karma.
not well pleased about this, but it's shame about the circumstances of his contract ... i've always liked Chad and appreciated his work ethic and passion. best of luck to him.
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sad to see him go but its time to move on lets hope our trust in the new management team pays off
wow 2016 and things are looking up --- come on you reds lets go
can never doubt his effort or his love for the badge. Take care buddy and good luck!
Damn, I liked Barrett.
Ah well, hopefully there's more to come.
So what did we get? Or is this just another move to clear cap space?
One more thing about Barrett: has there ever been a more awesome celebration in the history of TFC than his 21-gun salute with the corner flag?
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