Fair enough, but reason why I got season tickets originally because TL vision. Whoever taking over TFC/MLSE share similar vision as TL, then it wouldn't be an issue with me, but if MLSE hires another Ton Anselmi (nice guy, but crappy guy to have run your sports teams) then I am done.Originally Posted by Shakes McQueen
LMAO
Steve Ballmer is worth 21 billion dollars. Might be the guy to help Leiweke bring NFL to LA.
cathalkelly @cathalkelly3sJust talked to Tim Leiweke re: rumours he's leaving MLSE: "It's not true. 100 per cent not true. I'm fully committed to the season at hand."
Hard to see someone coming in who has the kind of clout that TL brought to the table.
Leiweke Out. Moyes In.
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Season at hand? Well that doesn't clear anything up.
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Just talked to Tim Leiweke re: rumours he's leaving MLSE: "It's not true. 100 per cent not true. I'm fully committed to the season at hand."
Bryan Colangelo is looking for a job and we all know he's BFF with Larry T.
gotdammit, if I wasted a full blown freak out on this...
That quote makes me believe even more so that the reports are true! (esp. the bolded part)
It reeks of a carefully worded denial, that once he does leave at the end of the season, he can say he never lied about it.
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Either he's lying, or perhaps that's carefully crafted language indicating when he DOES plan to leave (the end of the TFC season).
“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
Which season? Summer?
oh, fuck no. this is really too bad. I had visions of Leiweke overseeing a sports empire in Toronto, turning the Raptors, TFC and the Leafs into perennial winners.Not to be I guess.
Now, Before anyone here gets too crazy about how horrible things might be without him and how it will all go back to old TFC, let's remember that these new owners had the sense to hire Leiweke in the first place. Our owners are still committed to winning, spending money and building a brand. I have every confidence we'll be impressed with his replacement.
If he goes then at least he did about 1/2 to 3/4 of what his goals were:
1) First fix TFC - Got DPs and seems to have a management in place with a plan and direction - we are on the road to recovery
2) New stadium for TFC - Half way there probably. He could have this sealed by the end of the whichever team's season he means.
3) Fix Raptors - Got Masai in and like TFC are on the way up. If he goes he won't get the big name free agent splash he'd probably want.
4) Fix Leafs - He'll be dead by the time they win anything. We all will.
If he does go then it's probably a mix of some Tannenbaum B.S, maybe the lure of big money and glitz back in LA with the Clippers, and the failing of their NFL bid. I am happy & grateful that he pulled TFC out of the shitter and actually changed the culture instead of just saying it year after year in town halls. Hopefully the stadium is a solid go and then if he does leave, he leaves with a solid legacy for us in TFC nation. That's all I really care about anyway. I hope he stays though and this is just blowing smoke.
Just about to say the same thing. Who's season? TFC, Raptors, Leafs? All will have gone through a season by next spring.
A lot of us knew he wanted out since the beginning of his time with us. There goes our chances at moving forward... Savour this season folks...
The clippers point is interesting. Gotta wonder if Ballmer has the Raiders and Chivas on his mind too. (We're still in the speculation stage here)
Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur2mIn addition to Leiweke's now-on-the-record denial that he's leaving soon, another significant MLSE source echoes that. We'll see.
I need a drink!
Y'know, if you go back in his corporate history, he has as many dramatic failures as successes. Prior to getting in with KC when he was younger, he was an indoor soccer huckster just like the rest of them.
I'd be interest to see what Ensco thinks of this news. He's moved in CEO circles for a long time and pegged TL as a huckster a long time ago.
The Raiders are 100% leaving at the end of this season so I wouldn't be surprised.
there was a lot of talk that he hated the three headed monster of a boss that he had.
and i'm guessing he knows they aren't getting the Bills.
on top of that his wife hated the cold.
I wonder what Defoe makes of it.
Tim L wined/Dined him, sold the sizzle (not the steak).
now that salesman is gone.
it could all be BS.
Last edited by Wagner; 08-19-2014 at 12:47 PM.
This makes a ton of sense...
Right away I thought about NFL to LA with Ballmer. But throwing Chivas in there as well? Could definitely see it.
Leiweke does seem to have a legitimate affinity for soccer (or maybe it's just the potential to tap that global appeal and market).
I am sure Defoe is fine with millions he's making playing for TFC.
TFC is small player in MLSE, so I don't think it matters what someone from TFC thinks about this news.
Gone where?
if Tim L leaves.
He sold Defoe on his vision of the team.
then he bails on it.
TL will probably be gone when winter arrives.
I find it interesting that TL's wife is already in L.A., so that should tell you TL is leaving really soon.
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