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    Default TFC Equipment manager appreciation thread

    TFC fired the equipment manager Malcolm Philips yesterday. I guess they felt he was the reason for their failure to reach the playoffs this past season.

    I liked the grey kit best, red was good for home games.

    We will no dobt see him do better like everyone else does, maybe NASA kit guy job next :@)





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    The lads always tended to look smart out there on the pitch, with the exception of perhaps Carlos Ruiz, but he wasn't around long.

    I didn't notice a lot of time spent on tying and retying of laces during games, which must be strictly down to some kind of revolutionary lace management system.

    Maybe Vanney got rid of him so he can bring in his own guy ?
    a ha ha heh he hoo.. ha

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    Equipment manager appreciation thread....too funny. Must be the offseason. I heard a couple guest services people and at least one security guard may not be back. Can we merge it with this thread or start another?

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    Malcolm is a great guy, attended some of the team pub nights (back when they had team pub nights) always had a fun story or two to share. Class guy all the way!
    Good luck & all the best Malcolm!
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    Hopefully he will get to see his team Southampton play for the remainder of the season

    Good luck Malcolm

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    Very sad to hear this, Malcolm is a great guy and friend of mine since the early days of TFC. Haven't seen him in a while since I live in BC now, but he hooked me up with tickets to the Voyageurs Cup game in Vancouver last time I saw him. Class act without a doubt.

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    The tea lady is next!

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    Might actually be the last link .. No actually they need to dump all the physio/ medic dudes to clear the system from day 1 . Funny Malcolm story .. Year one on end of season LA road game I was staying in same hotel as team .. We crank called Malcolm and said it was the front desk .. My buddy said "this is Malcolm Phillips correct?" Yes this is .. Well sir their is two black hookers in the lobby that your ordered ?? .. Then he says allright Mr Phillips I willl send them right up .. lol He was screamming in phone when we hung up saying they are not his .. Gooood times .. Malcolm is a solid english mofo ...

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    Not once did I see one of our starters in the wrong kit. They all matched up at kick off.

    I do question some of the boot colours I've been seeing on the pitch, although you can't put 100% of blame on him for that, the players have to take some responsibility for that fuck up.

    I know some people who knew him. Said he was a nice guy. Hope he finds a new gig

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    Will there be a change in the sock policy now?
    “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”

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    http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/malcolm-ph...o-fc-1.2109239

    Shameful the club can't even be honest .. I just spoke with Malcolm and I quote " the club said that when they hired new coaches with 10 games left and in 3rd place the staff had to step it up to the next level and push for the playoffs" They told him he did not do that and he was fired outright .. Basically out of left field in his eyes ..

    Another classy move by a club steeped in tradition of doing this type of thing.. TFC til I die lol... That's what type of team this is folks ..

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    How has the kit man got anything to do with how the players play and get to the playoffs?

    Very Odd !!

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    There has to be a lot more to the story.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldtimer View Post
    There has to be a lot more to the story.
    Exactly.

    I mean, it could have been as simple as them having had a chat with him about making the players too comfortable, maybe, when they weren't deserving, or when they were wanting to see a bit more desire out of the players, and the kit-man was too set in his ways/routine to change anything.. underlining perhaps not the main problem with the culture (not enough buy-in), but a problem, all the same.

    That bit to come out reads like sour grapes, because, on the surface, that makes NO sense, at all.

    As you say, there's got to be plenty more, here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JuliquE View Post
    Exactly.

    I mean, it could have been as simple as them having had a chat with him about making the players too comfortable, maybe, when they weren't deserving, or when they were wanting to see a bit more desire out of the players, and the kit-man was too set in his ways/routine to change anything.. underlining perhaps not the main problem with the culture (not enough buy-in), but a problem, all the same.

    That bit to come out reads like sour grapes, because, on the surface, that makes NO sense, at all.

    As you say, there's got to be plenty more, here.
    yes there is always plenty more.. IMO your explanation is insane .. They fired him probobly because that little numb nuts useless GM wanted his buddy in or something along those lines /..

    I get having fun at TFC games with buddies and bringing kids etc But the bottom line for me is this team does not deserve its fans . The organization stinks to high heaven and always has .. The root of this cancer is in front office / fact !!!

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    Nobody knows why this termination happened (the sort of thing which happens all the time in this city)

    That's as it should be.

    Good labour practice would preclude the employer from indicating


    • the reasons for the termination
    • the financial terms of the severance
    • how the severance happened


    Everything else is speculation - and as per usual during the silly season, people are speculating based on their own TFC narratives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by inheavensince07 View Post
    yes there is always plenty more.. IMO your explanation is insane .. They fired him probobly because that little numb nuts useless GM wanted his buddy in or something along those lines /..

    I get having fun at TFC games with buddies and bringing kids etc But the bottom line for me is this team does not deserve its fans . The organization stinks to high heaven and always has .. The root of this cancer is in front office / fact !!!
    You're right; I just forgot to take me pills.

    I'm sure this is just down to numb nuts, and wanting to hook your friend up with a kit-man gig—insane of me to have a different take, hypothetically or not.

    Look.. if it's one thing we've seen from Vanney, it's that he's extremely detail oriented. Is it really that far-fetched to imagine that he might have had one or two ideas about the finer points of caring for the players, involving the kit-man, where he maybe got a feeling like his approach was being undermined/not taken seriously? You have only to look at all the responses here, as an example of how easy it is to say "ridiculous—just give them their socks and boots, etc. and get on with it," showing a contempt for anyone daring to think there might be something of an opportunity there, in terms of setting the tone.

    People always talk about how important the kit-man is, and I don't think it's because he just robotically does his job; more important is his attitude and impression on/interactions with the lockeroom—that's pretty intimate, and about as close to the root of things as maybe you can get, if not the most significant factor (butterfly effect). He might not have been a bad guy, but, maybe with all the new technological things Vanney is looking to implement, his old school approach wasn't cutting it, and it was causing a bit of friction. This could lead to the odd little joke or snicker about "the new guy," and is not what you need, trying to shift the mentality towards every little thing counting, accumulatively, when it comes to viewing yourself as winners.

    Again, I'm just throwing some very quickly thought-up examples of what it could have been.. so, no need to look for holes to justify your own theory—all we can do is speculate, really. It's often the simplest explanation, but there's always an exception to every rule.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OgtheDim View Post
    Nobody knows why this termination happened (the sort of thing which happens all the time in this city)

    That's as it should be.

    Good labour practice would preclude the employer from indicating


    • the reasons for the termination
    • the financial terms of the severance
    • how the severance happened


    Everything else is speculation - and as per usual during the silly season, people are speculating based on their own TFC narratives.
    You would think it's rocket-science, this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JuliquE View Post
    You're right; I just forgot to take me pills.

    I'm sure this is just down to numb nuts, and wanting to hook your friend up with a kit-man gig—insane of me to have a different take, hypothetically or not.

    Look.. if it's one thing we've seen from Vanney, it's that he's extremely detail oriented. Is it really that far-fetched to imagine that he might have had one or two ideas about the finer points of caring for the players, involving the kit-man, where he maybe got a feeling like his approach was being undermined/not taken seriously? You have only to look at all the responses here, as an example of how easy it is to say "ridiculous—just give them their socks and boots, etc. and get on with it," showing a contempt for anyone daring to think there might be something of an opportunity there, in terms of setting the tone.

    People always talk about how important the kit-man is, and I don't think it's because he just robotically does his job; more important is his attitude and impression on/interactions with the lockeroom—that's pretty intimate, and about as close to the root of things as maybe you can get, if not the most significant factor (butterfly effect). He might not have been a bad guy, but, maybe with all the new technological things Vanney is looking to implement, his old school approach wasn't cutting it, and it was causing a bit of friction. This could lead to the odd little joke or snicker about "the new guy," and is not what you need, trying to shift the mentality towards every little thing counting, accumulatively, when it comes to viewing yourself as winners.

    Again, I'm just throwing some very quickly thought-up examples of what it could have been.. so, no need to look for holes to justify your own theory—all we can do is speculate, really. It's often the simplest explanation, but there's always an exception to every rule.
    You make very good points and in fact could almost convince me .. The fact is history is usually the best indicator of what happened .. The teams history is not exactly riddled with justified decisions .. Just one last note , Vanney maybe detailed oriented etc but whatever he is or was doing took a playoff team out of playoffs and he being the captain sunk the ship all the way to the bottom of lake ontario..

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    Quote Originally Posted by inheavensince07 View Post
    You make very good points and in fact could almost convince me .. The fact is history is usually the best indicator of what happened .. The teams history is not exactly riddled with justified decisions .. Just one last note , Vanney maybe detailed oriented etc but whatever he is or was doing took a playoff team out of playoffs and he being the captain sunk the ship all the way to the bottom of lake ontario..
    Just one last thing .. I do apologize for saying you must be insane .. It is insane to say that .. I would rather say you were being misguided .. I am sorry for the wordage sincerely .. Cheers

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    [CBlake] Malcolm signed the picture I took of him, and once when I saw him on the street he waved 'hello'. [/CBlake]
    a ha ha heh he hoo.. ha

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    Didn't Malcolm get red-carded one game? Or was it the physio guy? Either would be legendary.

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    Great guy who did more for supporters than lots of people know. Its a shame he was let go.
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    Well - he wasn't out of work for long - he'll be enjoying the weather in Tampa from now on

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    Quote Originally Posted by GabrielHurl View Post
    Well - he wasn't out of work for long - he'll be enjoying the weather in Tampa from now on
    Got hooked up with TR.

    Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GabrielHurl View Post
    Well - he wasn't out of work for long - he'll be enjoying the weather in Tampa from now on
    That's great to hear!

    So who's new equipment manager for TFC? Is it another Yank connection with Chivas?

 

 

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