Offseason- THIS team's news

What the hell are you talking about- they are doing nothing?! I got a nice new calendar and a nice letter. The logo on calendar could use more rivets though.

 

hey Mr. Negative,
Relax. We have the draft coming up in a few days. We'll be fine. That's all we've ever needed before.

 

---and this is your annual cry slagging Rev Central and positing all manner of negative outcomes due to their apparent inactivity during the offseason.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

 

Interesting that nothing happened in Revs history between playing their first game and the appointment of Steve Nicol.

 

Monty, I think you should resign in protest.

 

I actually agree. Usually we get something by this time of the year. The only news have been players leaving, or rumored to be leaving. It's starting to make me wonder why I put a deposit down for season tickets if they aren't going to let their fans know they are trying to plug the huge holes in their lineup. Did they forget it's us who pay their salaries?

 

Didn't Nicol already have a couple of trips under his belt at this point last year?

We better have one hell of a draft.

 

seriously....

although didn't we hear he did make 1 trip back in early to mid dec or am I making this up in desperate hope and utter denial of reality?

 

Or a dynamite swing through the Africa Cup of Nations.

 

To sum it up, in the words of Kyle McCarthy:

"Not too much on the Revs front...but here's what has gone on since Heaps retired..."
"Osei = back for year two on permanent deal, Dube/Mansally/Nyassi = extended, Badilla = shopping in CR, Ralston = holding pattern."
"Nicol also signed an extension to his deal. Club searching for temporary Reis replacement and new assistant coach."
"I'm sure Nicol will go on a scouting trip. I can say for certain it won't be over the next two weeks with draft stuff."
"I can almost hear SN saying he'd like to strengthen in every department. Left back, goalkeeper, central mid, forward most likely."

Sums up the Revs' offseason in less than 700 characters.

 

That sounds to me like the Revs have a plan.

 

The Revs are quiet about Nicol's scouting trips. If there is no one at Foxboro to report on the Revs then no one knows he's gone. I'm pretty certain he makes a lot of trips in the offseason to scout players.

I hope the team realizes that they will need to make a lot of moves and that the picks in the draft minus the first rounder should be those competing for the 2nd and 3rd player off the bench, not starting positions.

 

Revs' offseason plan summed up on one sentence: "We should probably try and fill those gaping holes in our line up, one way or another."

 

It's going to be a tough year if it's 3rd and 4th rounders filling those holes.

 

My own personal litmus test for the offseason:

Wells Thompson
Pat Phelan
Chris Tierney
Kheli Dube*

Barring injury to players who aren't already injured, if any of them are in the starting lineup on Opening Night, I'll consider the offseason to have been a disappointment.

* Dube gets a pass if he's paired with a forward who is NOT a Draft Pick and who is NOT Taylor Twellman.

 

That's more than reasonable, but I wouldn't bet serious money on anyone other than Tierney at this point...

 

How else would you phrase a plan at the "intention" phase of the process?

 

Wouldn't it be easier to resurrect the same post from any previous year at this time?

Every year there's this hue and cry about inactivity, complacency, ... at this time of year. No one likes to hear it, but they're going about their work *quietly*.

Last year they knew they needed to go out and get players and they did. The year before, ditto.

Last year everyone was freaking out about needing a central defender.

The year before it was something else, more defensive concerns IIRC.

It's the beginning of the annual Revolution winter fan "sky-is-falling-freak-out".

Seriously, how can they not?

I know, some people will actually think that Nicol and company are going to yawn their way into the season. But, the history of the last few years shows that they are very active this time of year scouting players and have been *very* aware of their needs and the urgency of filling them.

 

Wrong thread Bryan

 

Whoops.