This was posted by "will" in another thread but it deserves a thread of its own
https://www.yousendit.com/download/M...en_US&s=301019
Open letter to TFC fans
Subject: If we loose game tonight please don't ask for heads to roll.
I am a passionate TFC fan. From last 3 weeks I have been thinking -What's going on with my club?
What I can do to help and why?
What's going on with my club?
Current situation: This is season 6 with 7 losses on trot in MSL.
Reasonable Possibility: Out of playoff.
Bonus: Technically, its possible to get into playoff with solid performance in rest of the season.
I can see all the guys (players and coaches) are trying their best to change the tide but some how its nothappening.
Historically, how TFC has been managed:
I have observed a trend when team starts loosing fans get charged up and starts asking for replacementof a player or coach and MLSE respond to that call. After season 4, MLSE started rebuilding TFCfrom scratch (arguable). We got some exciting performances but 0-7 record has raised those voicesagain. If this keeps going then MLSE may perform another act of shuffle. I call this trend a “TorontoShuffle”.
In this Toronto Shuffle (TS) there has been 2 things constant. Acts of MLSE top management andToronto fans. Together we have changed whole roster and set of coaching staff many times in 5 yearsbut payoff is still in doldrums.
Don't you think its time to make changes in these 2 constant acts before we perform another TorontoShuffle?
What I can do to help and why?
As a fan we can't do much with MLSE top management. Its a boardroom game plus its harder to dothat. But its easier to make changes in our attitude/approach towards our beloved TFC.
Why we (fans) need to change?
- In first 4 years TFC did not had vision and a plan to achieve long term success and exciting
football.- Now we have that in terms of academy and style of play which will be the identity of our city.
- Rome wasn't built in a year. It takes time to build something new from scratch but easy to
destroy via TS.- The plan we all believed in at the beginning of season 5 has come a long way. It needs to
nurture together and fill in few gaps for this season at least (if possible then next season too).
Otherwise, we will be back to square one.- Plan is not bad. Its about how it gets executed and team needs time to learn the art of executing
TOGETHER. We have seen some exciting games against good teams in the past. That giveshope that we are on right direction. All we (fans) need to be patient and support our TFCTOGETHER.
• Its a young team. Need time to become a winning team and we can help by being patient andgive them reasonable time to achieve results.
Being a passionate fan, its hard to be patient but victory never comes easy.So dig in guys... for the TEAM.
With this approach i feel lot better. My blood pressure is not racing to the extent of getting a heartstroke. Only worried about Toronto Shuffle. That will destroy my 1 and a half years of wait for anothershort term vision which for sure will not last as history has taught us that there are no short cuts in life.
I don't mean to offend anyone. My only purpose is to see TFC as a winning and exciting team. If i haveto wait for this plan to work for another year or two I'll do that willingly for a change than to performanother “Toronto Shuffle”.
Good Luck...
Disclaimer:
I am not a journalist or anything like that. I am just a TFC fan who shared his feelings with TFC fans.