Originally Posted by
FiveThreeTwo
I had pretty good feelings about bez because of his pedigree and experience. Might not have been a GM but he started in MLS HQ. was in the system and knew the paperwork, knew the steps and the process. Understood the rules and knew even if he'd never GM'd in his life - knew where the opportunities were and gaps in the cap/team building to work a roster into prime shape. He had all the knowledge assets banked up and he just had to apply them.
Hernandez comes from nothing, so ye i'm with you guys - he's basically got the role for being in the right place at the right time in an organization who needed to plug holes asap and needed good guys who would be allies with Manning. Might have an MBA now, but MBA doesn't teach you how to become an GM or even a leader lol. You recite case studies and its paper leadership to get yourself a higher salary at base. But most his knowledge was gained through 3-4 of TFC's shittiest run years ever lol with some of the shittiest managers and backsupport staff ever, and if he's getting 'how to be a leader' type career vice from Manning he aint getting much pedigree there either. He's stumbling through the rules and the manual on how to be a GM and a leader in real time, and were basically his sandbox of trial and error - he doesn't have any first mover advantage like Bez did on being a master of the rulebook - so with all due respect to em anyone here who's managed personalities and people, understand detailed MLS rules, understands how to run a budget and plan vs. actuals - could have slid into that job like Hernandez and evolved at his same pace. I don't have it out for him- I hope he grows and becomes a beast and our albright. But he's startin at a much lower bar to impress from