There will be a presser today concerning the hire at 1pm ET.
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https://24thminute.substack.com/
Last edited by Oldtimer; 01-14-2021 at 05:31 PM.
That's all I'll say about that.
https://twitter.com/torontofc/status...484601862?s=21
New coach presser
I can’t watch Ali talk anymore, can someone please summarize? 😂
Comment from Rollins:
https://twitter.com/24thminute/statu...832632834?s=21
So maybe a press is coming?
Just seeing the reporter tweets & ...yup....the press is coming.
Which means team turnover
Which means 2021 is a lost season.
Any time a new coach comes into a team, they deserve to be given 3 transfer periods before being judged on their body of work with a club. That said, I foresee a lot of upheaval in 2021. Toronto will probably still be a playoff team, but an early round exit at best with the current lineup trying to implement a press. Expect snafus and the occasional hilarious error. I'll just try to enjoy the ride this year. However, if June 2022 comes around and the team is mired in mediocrity, then at that point the brain trust needs to be investigated.
So now when Bradley retires after next season does he now become the automatic assistant to Armas since this was his preferred choice to be coach?
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Hold on there chief....from Davidson's article tonight...
Back in the early '90s, Armas played for Puerto Rico alongside current Toronto president Bill Manning. Both men spent time in the USL with Armas at the Long Island Rough Riders and Manning — who went on to become the Rough Riders GM prior to working in MLS — at the New York Fever.
KJ and Armas:
https://www.tsn.ca/video/armas-grateful-for-tfc-coaching-job-motivated-to-repay-organization-for-opportunity~2119245
Unfortunately a little short on any real info.
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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 just finished watching the Armas press conference on YouTube. There were 257 views and 8 comments posted. So for those of you wondering why the club is not pursuing a big name coach or DP you now have your answer.
So Armas, who made a team built for the press not press as much is expected to make a team not built for the press press more. Fantastic.
I just realized that we now have a bald trio of Manning, Ali and now Armas
I would be willing to extend it to 4 even given the fact that unless a miracle happens the odds of TFC being allowed to play at BMO this season a slim to none. It will be at least the mid to late summer before the government will even consider giving the ok. Which in turn mean that they will be playing out of Hartford again. I can see that being a hard sell especially for a DP, having to say goodbye to your family for weeks at a time.
On the plus side it will mean we get to hear more Brass Bonanza
Hes been made assistant coach in 2019 for the men's team under herdman after previously coaching our u20 squad
This is the wrong way of thinking about it. The bigger name (maybe not coach but DP) widens the interest in the club exponentially. This, in contrast, as unenthusiastic a hire as they come and Armas might be a good coach (or not) but I give his public speaking a 2/10. You can’t headline sports centre with a rambling, shifty-eyed dude who nobody has heard of. Even in this depressed environment, that clip is probably going into the last 5 minutes of taping.
This team doesn’t have much of a history to fall back on, it needs big, attention-grabbing moments to keep market interest. You have a large audience in GTA and beyond that likes soccer. You just have to sell them on the credibility of your product. You could probably trace a decent chunk of interest we have today back to Defoe, Giovonco, and all the hype created by the last management team.
Just to come full circle on this, I am concerned regardless of what Manning and Curtis can accomplish on the field, off of it they are hopeless when it comes to marketing. I feel like we could have a good team and public interest would still drop off because they just don’t get it.
And hilariously, when people reference whether they are up for the challenge of managing here, we get talk of “oh, Ali managed in New York” (cause what’s Toronto if you can handle that? Right??). Except New York was actually New Jersey and that team struggles to be relevant. It’s like me saying I’m a big-time chef in Manhattan and when in reality I run a hotdog cart on the corner of Times Square.
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So true, I am now going to say something that will piss some people on this board off. Vanney was an excellent communicator, and you need that in a coach. But I remember looking back at 2017 Payroll, Lieweike & MLSE spent money to win. Vanney won one time.... was he a tactical genius. I would say that is suspect.
I think our lot is going to be determined more by what is the budget moving forward and who is running the football operations and Bez over Ali every day of the week.
Armas vs Vanney (meh), I still think the best thing would be to see MB grow into that role.
Toronto FC LA Galaxy New York City FC Chicago Fire Los Angeles FC Portland Timbers Montreal Impact Seattle Sounders FC Atlanta United Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union 2016 21.8 18.11 21.13 5.6 - 6.83 6.74 10.73 - 8.49 4.32 6.75 5.96 11.55 5.67 2017 22.55 14.57 18.11 13.09 - 11.37 6.32 11.82 - 8.26 7.35 6.3 8.58 14.58 7.18 2018 26.17 17.5 14.15 13.8 13.43 12.52 11.89 11.38 11.31 11 9.33 9.18 8.98 8.98 8.92 2019 24.27 19.64 10.41 17.11 13.77 12.55 13.15 13.68 12.96 8.6 8.81 12.07 11.12 12.57 9.85
I honestly don't know what is going to happen and Armas could flop, but if MLSE keep spending not worried. If the tap shuts off, then we need real football people in the room.
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