We have major roster construction questions lurking out there. What do you do if you are Manning and Bez?
You have two more years in this setup. Bradley, Altidore and Gio all expire together after 2019, Vazquez is a short term solution too, which means, starting this coming summer, there will be a lot of noise around that.
Gio and Altidore probably won’t age well, given their injury histories.
Vanney may be the lead candidate to be the USMNT coach in a year.
We spend more than anyone, thanks to a departed CEO whose vision was rejected by our board. They have, at a minimum, uncertainty around the direction the board will take on spending when the DP contracts roll off. Winning is not financially rewarded in this league.
You have, today, the best European scouting in the league. (Vazquez, Mavinga, Hasler, in 2017). You have the magic touch bringing guys in. Two of these three guys were younger. Shouldn’t we be harvesting that strength?
Given how TAM works, the structure of better teams is about to change. Atlanta, NYCFC, LAFC and Seattle will have 7-8 guys making 1.0-1.5M each. Do we think our 6th, 7th, 8th guys (say, Delgado, Osorio and Hagglund, for arguments sake) are good enough to be better than these new guys will be? (Guys making $1.5M will be a lot better than Gustav Svensson was)
Do you move a DP next year to create salary room, and maybe get some more TAM?
I wish it wasn’t a talking point, but I don’t see how they aren’t talking about it.