Interesting news indeed - if true, there may be some hope for this club yet.
Interesting news indeed - if true, there may be some hope for this club yet.
as long as they're not the same as Duane Rollins' sources... (no offense, D.)Ives Galarcep@SoccerByIves
Sources have confirmed to SBI that Kevin Payne is heading to Toronto FC, finalizing what was apparently an on-going courtship
a ha ha heh he hoo.. ha
Grant Wahl is also confirming based on his source.
whats next for the COCH..will he trade our first pick this yr for sturgis??Originally Posted by mastermixer
latin fetish... hmmm...
if true...will he want his own coach....hmmm can i still renew?
But getting the best out of local talent from the academy is an important part of being successful. There is a huge talent base here in the GTA and the club should be using this their advantage.
TFC will put out a press release next Wednesday.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
That was one of the problems, sure, but the biggest problem was lack of experience. If this signing is true then that won't be a problem. And there will probably have to be a period of "meddling" for the guy to find out exactly what's going on. This is an organization rife with cliques and loyalties and mini-empires that need to be ferreted out.
Everyone's piling on the 'reliable source says he's moving to TFC', but I won't believe it until I see him sitting at a table with Tom Anselmi :
Tom : I don't know anything about soccer, so I'm bringing in someone who does [/redux]
note my post, i said incl academy...
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
revised deadline : if Payne comes here he's got until Dec. 8th to dump Mariner and Cochrane for me to renew.
Cue multitude of 'House of Payne' references.
Ives Galarcep @SoccerByIves
Report: Kevin Payne stepping down as D.C. United president to join another MLS club: http://bit.ly/UTGy4h
Would Kevin Payne go to TFC? I could see it. He strikes me as someone who would love challenge of building a winner where others couldn't
Payne also has ties 2 TFC front office. Dir. of Team+Player ops Earl Cochrane worked 4 him in DC, TFC academy boss Thomas Rongen coached DC
Sources have confirmed to SBI that Kevin Payne is heading to Toronto FC, finalizing what was apparently an on-going courtship
UPDATED story: Kevin Payne leaving D.C. United to take over as Toronto FC president: http://bit.ly/UTGy4h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Payne_(soccer)
Last edited by tfcmanu; 11-27-2012 at 11:28 AM.
I think he's really unlikely to make any coaching moves right now. I think Mariner will be given the chance to pull a Rob Ford and author his own demise.
nice reference.I'll sit back down on my wallet then.
the house of payne...start to clean house and i will nenew....make PM head bermuda scout and EC can become there travel agent..
Just a matter of time for Rongen to become head coach of club. He's itchy to move on from academy for a while now
As for knowledge of Canadian soccer.......not a priority. Experience in this US league (made up of mostly American players and for US national team benefit) is whats needed to put a winner on the field- full stop. This move has the leagues hands all over it to stop the downward spiral of TFC.
Betcha it's only a matter of time though. We all knew that was the case with Rob Ford too....nice reference.
hmmm... interesting POV
Hmmmm
Now Mariner will taste his own medicine,Rongen will really "work his ass off "to help him,same as Mariner did for Winter,and having DeKlark still on the contract Academy Director position can be filled very fast.
Rongen
_____ MarinerPayne
This, please!Now Mariner will taste his own medicine,Rongen will really "work his ass off "to help him,same as Mariner did for Winter,and having DeKlark still on the contract Academy Director position can be filled very fast.
Rongen
_____ Mariner
Steven Goff@SoccerInsider
FWIW, Toronto FC exec Earl Cochrane worked for Kevin Payne in communications office at #dcu many moons ago #tfc #mls
And we all know what a good communicator Cochrane was.
^But he's coming back.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
Sources close to DC United confirming TFC- Payne interest.
http://www.blackandredunited.com/201...s-team-stadium
It's on the MLS frontpage, not as a confirmed article from them, but if they're willing to put that much, I'd say it's a done deal.
LOL, this has Earl's influence all over it. Tom turns to him for advice, and we hire his ex boss?
Payne has done a good job in D.C.; I don't mind us hiring someone who protects Cochrane, as long as it's as team manager, not the guy pulling the trigger on deals.
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