What you say makes sense, but we are talking about a team that protected Kevin Alston over Patrick Mullins... We will find out in the next month. If the Revs get eliminated from the playoffs, I would expect them to play Cropper in the final game of the season if they intend to keep him.
Oh that's totally the case. Ties to both expansion cities, talented enough to be USMNT quality, they won't protect him.
See, that's why people say that Burns is 4-5 steps ahead of everyone else. No other GM in the league would make a move like that, I guarantee it!
I agree, but I can't shake the suspicion that there was some kind of deal that allowed the Revs to discover him. Otherwise, he certainly seems like a guy who has a lot of upside that they'd want to keep - or if they don't like something they see in training, then at least get a decent deal for him. Yes, they made a blunder with Mullins and, long ago, another with Francis Okaroh, but in the history of expansion drafts I'm sure just about every team has a couple of embarrassments. I doubt their overall track record with expansion drafts is too bad.
This has nothing to do with their overall track record. firstshirt said it made sense to protect the younger keeper and expose the older ones. I just pointed out a case where the Revs didn't follow that philosophy, so even if it "makes sense" it doesn't mean the Revs will do it. Doesn't mean they won't either.
That brings up an interesting point. If they want to try to slide him through the draft without protecting him, they probably wouldn't want to play him (and provide a scouting report). OTOH, if they are interested in trading him, they would want to showcase him. If they want to keep him, it doesn't matter much either way.
If they want to keep him, they should protect him and expose both Shuttleworth and Knighton. If one of them gets taken then they have their 2 keepers and everyone else they want to hang on to. Simple, innit?
First US call in over a year means more for "maturing" Juan Agudelo October 11, 2016, 10:23AM EDT Charles Boehm
It's great to see him get another shot with the NT. I remember watching him play and being excited about the kid when he was 18 in 2011 and scored against Argentina in a friendly.