Questions for Peter Wilt Version 3.0 - Nothing But Questions!

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  1. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Scouting Rockford's CJ Klaas? He'll be a solid MLS player.

    Makin' the new guy schlep to all those cold Northeast autumn games - nice! (I know it likely has more to do with Craig having been the Region 1 - Northeast - ODP coach for so many years, but sending the new guy to the cold makes for better thread debates.)

    Sounds like you guys have a pretty thorough strategy. Is Matkovich on the paid staff or does he do this as a volunteer or his role as the CFR coach?
     
  2. Peter Wilt

    Peter Wilt Member

    Jun 11, 1999
    Whitefish Bay, WI
    Thx. as his role as CFR coach.

    peter
     
  3. Peter Wilt

    Peter Wilt Member

    Jun 11, 1999
    Whitefish Bay, WI
    It would have pluses and minuses. an extra week would help group sales, but as you noted, would prevent one team from having a home game.

    peter
     
  4. crusio

    crusio New Member

    May 10, 2004
    Princeton
    Last follow-up I promise. Wouldn't making the regular season more meaningful also make it more interesting? The more interesting the product is, the more people that might like it and follow it? Not overnight ofcourse, but wouldn't this eventually lead to having loyal fans cause they would have something more care about over 30 games. 1'st place being rewarded the same as 8'th place, the matter how many teams are in the league isn't going to capture the imagination of many, is it?
     
  5. Fanaddict

    Fanaddict Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    streamwood IL USA
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They are not going to reduce the # of playoff teams especially now that they are going to 12 teams but this unfair home and home series must go. This would really make the regular season more important if you had a one game knockout game in the home of the higher seed.I've said it before and I will say it until I'm blue in the face the #4 team does not deserve a home game against the #1 team.
     
  6. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why? Because they might win? Heaven forbid. Why have playoffs at all if you want to legislate away any chance whatsoever of an upset? I'm in favor of one-off, too, but this "God forbid there be an upset" mentality is absurd. And you can get blue in the face all you want, I don't think the league is listening.

    BTW, you weren't so blue in the face against it here when you said "Now that the Fire is at best getting last playoff spot in conference, I'm not so against teams 3+4 getting a playoff home game, as I was last year."

    Funny how that works.
     
  7. numerista

    numerista New Member

    Mar 21, 2004
    For what it's worth, Hamlett attended the UW-Cal game (Klaas goal, 2 assists) and/or the UW-Stanford game (Klaas goal). CJ probably didn't hurt his chances. It's quite possible that DH was following UW's opponents, too ... Cal in particular has a bunch of interesting upperclassmen.

    As I'm sure you're aware, not many MLS teams can match the Fire's track record of finding players from all around the country ... though you've got to wonder why they're not making more use of Ian S. :)
     
  8. Fanaddict

    Fanaddict Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    streamwood IL USA
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah but the fire didn't get the last playoff spot and I was just kidding anyway. There can still be upsets but I say let the lower seeds really earn it by winning on the #1 teams home ground.I hate games that are not played to win, both the columbus-NE and kc-sj games the losers were not going all out to win but hold the score down because it wasn't really a game it was the first half of a 180 minute game.Now in the second game NE and sj will be playing for a 0-0 tie or actually in SJ case a 1-0 loss.
     
  9. feuerfex

    feuerfex Member

    Apr 21, 2001
    As a life member of the worldwide "bigger is better" association, 120 is much better than 116.

    And if, for some unknown reason (a team full of wimps, perhaps), there is a perceived need to shorten the field, that can always be done. But it's tough to pack a 120 yard field into a 116 yard space.
     
  10. murtaugh29

    murtaugh29 New Member

    Oct 4, 2004
    roja LOCURA
    I dunno. there is some charm in having a smaller field. but generally you are right, bigger is better. Better really long and narrow than short and wide.
     
  11. Stevedm

    Stevedm Red Card

    Jan 19, 2000
    Chicago
    I was curious to know if there will be an indoor practice arena with seating in the stadium complex? It would be nice to use for practice and games and maybe even a team like the storm could play in??

    Sorry about that Heather mitts sillyness a couple of days ago I was hanging at the P's enjoying pops homemade wine and was in the mood to be goofy.

    ;)

    Ciao
     
  12. Fanaddict

    Fanaddict Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    streamwood IL USA
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Fire was going to use the Bridgeview soccer dome south of 79th and harlem to practice indoors.It is where they had that reception when they formally announced bridgeview.
     
  13. krolpolski

    krolpolski Member+


    And what beers will be on tap?














































    Well, it doesn't hurt to ask, does it?
     
  14. Marchetti

    Marchetti Member

    Sep 23, 2004
    Chicago->STL->Denver
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Budweiser, Bud Light, Schlafly, Natural Light.

    Just some love for Chicago straight from St. Louis.
     
  15. Fuegofan

    Fuegofan Member+

    Feb 17, 2001
    Chicago
    Amen. Narrow so that they (the enemy) can't get very far from the fans. And long so that we have more $ideline $eats.
     
  16. jmeissen0

    jmeissen0 New Member

    Mar 31, 2001
    page 1078
    i'd prefer the field not be long and wide...
     
  17. PYordan

    PYordan New Member

    Aug 31, 2002
    Pamplona, Spain

    Wow, do they actually sell Natty Light to non college students?
     
  18. Chicago1871

    Chicago1871 Member

    Apr 21, 2001
    Chicago
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mostly to people who didn't go to college and are trying to make up for the loss.
     
  19. kevbrunton

    kevbrunton New Member

    Feb 27, 2001
    Edwardsburg, MI
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Peter,

    Goff has reported that Eskandarian and Carroll will be losing P40 status for DC United. Has the league informed Chicago of who will be graduating off P40 for the Fire?
     
  20. DrBobC

    DrBobC Member

    Feb 28, 2004
    Burton upon Trent
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    peter,
    now that you have a little free time, do you want to play a little soccer?Come join us on friday nights in the BBSL out in schaumburg or just show up and have a couple of beers with us.
     
  21. I love this thread. Peter, you are the best GM ever, in any sport. Your timely, courteous, and thorough responses are fantastic. Questions:
    When will season ticket holders be allowed to select their seats in the Bridgeview stadium? Will there be any chance to actually step into the stadium before selecting a seat? If the first row is three feet above ground, will the players' benches be covered with those plastic canopies they use in US games or open as they are for Fire games? Will there be any dining area, similar to the south end zone of the HDC, that can be dressed up and serve something a bit better than standard stadium fare?
     
  22. Ron Keller

    Ron Keller New Member

    Jul 9, 2004
    Shampoo-Banana
    Didn't Wolfgang Puck get some kind of food contract for the Firehouse?
     
  23. Fanaddict

    Fanaddict Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    streamwood IL USA
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I sit in the first row at midfield at SF which is about 6-8 feet off the ground and still wish it was a little higher. So as everyone else approves,I'm not crazy about being only 3 feet off the ground. You don't get the perspective to folllow the play. The trade off being in the first row is no one is in front of you blocking your view.
    Those plastic canopies would block your view being only 3 feet off the ground.
     
  24. Wolves1935

    Wolves1935 New Member

    Jan 28, 2002
    Prospect Heights
    Or are the benches going to be incorporated into the stands (ala Old Trafford)?
     
  25. Stevedm

    Stevedm Red Card

    Jan 19, 2000
    Chicago

    Well I think Wolfgang got a deal with Home Depot center, via Levy restaurant services.

    I am not sure if they got one for The Fires stadium. SOndiering none of it will be funded by AEG I am not sure how much clout they will have in securing the foodservice vendors for the Fire house. I would imagine it woul be a local service company.
     

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