Reno 1868 FC Super Thread

There are some real winners out there hiding in their parent's basement still no doubt. Sheesh.

 

Many people also just don't realize how hard it is to make a pro team and think that the guy who can dribble in their local beer league could make it in MLS (much less the USL). It's great to have local talent but if you're not good enough, you shouldn't be on the roster just because you're local.

 

Awesome work from the FO. They are definitely moving well.

 

I saw Mac Prindham and Matt LaGrassa play in college and they were both good in college then I lost track....

 

Do you know if Ian has hired any assistant coaches yet? There's not a lot of info on either the Reno or Quakes sites about the team, coaches, and so on.

thanks!

 

@matbluvenger, I have noticed and appreciate your posts (in spite of the LA logo in your avatar). I'll go check on their facepalm page.

I'm a longtime Quakes fan. So I'm coming at it from that angle. In theory, the Quakes are hiring a new Big Time GM (BTGM) who will set the style for all Quakes related teams, including Reno 1868. I'm getting a little skeptical of that, given that they are looking at Tab Ramos as one of the candidates. But whatever. I like Ian and want to see what he can do as head coach, freed from the Yallop-Kinnear coaching tree. I expect him to go much more offensive. It's his inclination.

I hope to get down there for a game or two, but we'll see. My 2017 calendar is already looking crowded.

Go 1868!!

- Mark

 

Ian's inclination is to run a very offensively oriented team, but I don't know how much liberty he'll have to do that.

 

Isn't that what every new coach says, that they want to play an attacking style?

 

Falvo buddy, I live the Pacific NorthWet, home to Ian Russell, his family, and friends. I am quite confident that Ian wants to play a more attacking style of soccer. I am all but certain that he has felt restricted by conservative head coaches.

NOW, it might be that this is Ian's friends saying nice things about him, and he might really be infected with Yallopitis. I could be wrong here. It's not like I knocked back a couple of pints with Ian after a dismal defensive display by our guys and chatted with him about it. I do not claim to have discussed coaching styles and team strategies with Ian. But his buddies say he wants a much more offensive approach to the game. I'm hoping that we get to see that with Reno 1868.

Go Reno!!

- Mark

 

Actually, although I don't really know him personally, I know many of Ian's former colleagues and friends and they all say the same thing. That he is a good guy and all but that he isn't really a great professional coach. They all say he was an ok as a youth coach with the De Anza Force academy but that was about.

 

That sounds right. In 2016 Rio Grande Valley, which is being run similarly by the Dynamo, announced several of their USL contract players at the end of January and the beginning of February last year. Most of the players worked out with the Dynamo until the RGV training camp opened in mid-February.

 

Are they going to cover over the dirt infield for Reno games? Sorry if this was discussed earlier.

 

They did for the Sac vs Salt Lake last year. I would assume so; standard practice in baseball stadiums housing soccer teams.

The pitchers mound is the wildcard. Some baseball stadiums do not like to move it, affecting the soccer field layout. (Exhibit #1 is Yankee Stadium- they could widen the pitch quite a bit if they would move the mound.) Not sure what Reno will do; cant remember from the exhibition game.

 

They have the back line in place it appears now. Getting jazzed for the season.