2011-2012 Offseason Thread: League Wide Info

What the hell kind of deal is that?

 

Not a first. It likely is part of a trade that will be announced on Wednesday.

In 2006, Dallas traded Ronnie O'Brien to TOR, part of the deal was TOR had to pass on DAL players in the expansion draft.

 

Did the Revs get a pick for trading Fred's rights? Was that this year or next?

 

Second rounder in 2013.

http://www.dcunited.com/press-release/2011/02/dc-united-re-acquires-brazilian-midfielder-fred

 

Re: 2011 Other Teams Thread II (NRC) [R]

Seth Sinovic is on his way back to KC in a swap for Davy Arnoud. SKC also gets some allocation money from Montreal. Good deal for both teams.

 

Re: 2011 Other Teams Thread II (NRC) [R]

Interesting move. KC must be pretty high on him....or wanted to get rid Arnoud's 250k contract....probably both

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

Donovan Ricketts to Montreal for an allocation. Great move by Marsch, they're building what looks to be a very solid defense for year one.

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

that answers their keeper question. Guess they were not confident in Gaudette

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

Also might have something to do with the Revs protecting both Keepers?

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

Confused.

Revs protected both keepers in the hope they'd be able to make a trade? If so, good idea, bad execution so far.

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

I believe he's saying that the Revs protected both keepers because they thought that Montreal still had interest in acquiring another goalie. Had they left either Reis or Shuttleworth unprotected, there's a good chance they may have been chosen.

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

I wouldn't exactly be crying myself to sleep at night if Shuttleworth got selected. I'm really concerned that by protecting him Heaps and Burns consider him to be Matt Reis' successor, which would continue the trend of replacing important players with mediocre ones from the draft.

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

Probably not, though the Impact do have Preston Burpo as the GK coach so I guess there's an outside shot he has man-love for Shuttleworth. Yet Montreal has Evan Bush, so why bother with Shuttleworth? And we now know that the Impact was looking for a better class of keeper, like Ricketts.

So the Revs may have protected two keepers because the team didn't really have 11 players worth protecting. The alternate theory is they may be trying to work a deal with a team that kept no keepers.

As for Montreal, it's acquired Ricketts, Arnaud, Bryan Arguez, Justin Braun, Gerson Mayen and Tyson Wahl in the wake of the draft. That's a good haul for two business days of work.

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

OK, gotcha. But, I kind of agree with this:

Losing Shuttleworth might have been addition by subtraction. Hasn't he been with the league long enough to have a guaranteed or quasi-guaranteed contract?

Are teams required to protect the full 11? I really think I'd have stopped after Reis, Fagundez, SJ, Soares and Benny. Maybe Alston. And I still bet the REVs wouldn't have lost a player. [Edit - I probably would have protected Carglio too but now I know that wasn't in the cards]

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

Montreal looking at former Spurs full back Chimbonda.

Also linked with Anelka and Materazzi.

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

The revs don't need or want them, we've got Eusebio.

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

I wonder if Nicol will be considered for the Wales vacancy

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

Yeah that Whalers job has been open for years now.

I’m not surprised Nicol turned down Colorado. Why uproot your family to work in another situation where the team owner can’t be bothered to pay much attention and installed corporate lackeys instead of soccer people to run his…er, soccer team?

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

hey,,,,its early,,,haven't had my wheaties yet

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

No worries, I tried to pay for Dunks this morning with my work ID (resembles a credit card).

 

Re: What are the other teams up to? The Offseason Version

Montreal picked up a pretty good keeper today, Donovan Ricketts.