Don't confuse being a public face with decisions of real consequence. They let him go to the NHL BOG meetings too (right from the start), it doesn't mean he's important.
The Argos are here because the increased seating capacity associated with winter classics. I put little stock into anything else.
Larry has cleverly stepped in and has regained much of his lost authority since the Bell/Rogers animosity. First consequence: Tim L. Not needed if your chair is really active. Again, it isn't necessarily bad, but the Argos situation should make us all wary of his increasing influence.
i am ok that you don't agree with me, but there is no other way to read recent events.
If the Christmas tree builder was in charge, MLSE would have bought the Argos.
Nah, he's a figurehead.
Thanks Manning for bringing playoffs to Toronto! Greatest signing ever.
^ Only a few days into the job, and he's already paying off!
Did the USA , of all countries, just fix soccer? - C. Ronaldo, May 27th commenting on the FBI-led investigations into fraud and corruption throughout FIFA.
The AA story today is making me wonder - will the same drama play out for TFC post season? Or has Bez made his peace with being a second fiddle?
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
“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
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
“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
To be fair to Bez, he's had a fuck ton on his plate the last two season's. Building a full-scale scouting network and properly evaluating each individual player himself probably would have been pretty hard to do. Now that he's in full control of roster managment and Manning can take on the exectuive side of running the club we'l most likely get a significantly more clear picture of how capable Bez is at his position. looking in from the outside, I think he has a pretty clear idea of what work's inside the league and what doesn't. This will be a very telling off-season.
Are they really building a scouting network? I don't know, that's been bandied about by a couple of TFC regimes. I'll believe it when I see it, or the effects of it.
“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
So I'm curious has this guy accomplished anything in pro-football?
He's won the MLS Cup in 2009 and came runner up in 2013. So, yes.
Seems to me we need to hear from this guy sooner than later.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
“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
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Will there be some sort of locker clearing out day/media availability? Presume that's when he'd speak.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/KurtLarSUN/status/660103976436666369
The Globe today has a good piece about Liewike. very very clear that Larry Tanenbaum runs the show at MLSE. And by inference, TL was pushed out to free up control for him.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...ticle27053245/
Manning has made his first big call by declining to do the obvious right thing and hire Kreis.
While I might disagree with his call, I am impressed by the clarity of his thinking in the press conference today.
What he implied but couldn't say: this wouldn't have been just about Vanney, it would have required massive roster changes (and really, as I have argued, the departure of Bez too). Manning has decided to give everybody a year, rather than rip it apart right away. Given our history of turmoil here, it is hard to argue.
I am impressed.
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"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
I found it odd today when Manning said he told Vanney he wants eight points through the first eight games next season since they'll all be on the road. Is he setting the bar low? Does Vanney get sacked if the team fails to get 8 points?
It's not actually all that low. 6 out of 20 teams this year posted better than 1.0 points-per-game on the road. Coming out of an 8 game road trip with 8 points would be about average. From an expectations standpoint that could be considered low, but it isn't statistically.