Rochester 2016 (Revs affiliate news)

ICYMI: #NERevs 1st pick McCrary goes 70 for @RochesterRhinos during loan spell https://t.co/ymXipz8KC2 #MLS

— Brian O'Connell (@BrianOConnell21) April 10, 2016

 

Taken from the 2015 Rochester thread:

Not sure if the Rochester thread would be the place to discuss this, but I'd think a u23 team wouldn't happen until after colleges finish up, as a lot of players in that age group would likely come from college programs.

That said, I'd think if the team was going to happen, they'd have figured out many of the players who would play for the team, both former academy kids coming home for the summer, and other local college kids.

 

Sounds like by short term loan, they mean 1 game, which sounds a bit too short to me. Gamble did get into the game as a sub, but if you want players to get playing time, I'd think sending them down for a few games would be preferable, so that they could get used to the team and the team could get used to them. I see Jordan McCrary played a week ago, but wasn't on their roster this week, nor did he make the Revs squad, was he recalled for some reason, or injured perhaps?

Looks like we've had a guy play in each of their 3 games so far, which is very nice to see and does seem to be a pleasant change, but for guys who aren't going to make the game day squad here - as Donnie Smith did yesterday, for I believe the 2nd time - I'd like to see them get a chance to stay in Rochester longer and vie for more consistent playing time.

Did someone from the team admit in the past few months that they weren't getting as much out of the relationship as they could, or was that just a local writer who said that?

 

Rochester is 4W 2L 2T. They're 3 W 1 T at home.

 

I reped this, because I don't think they get enough out of the arrangement, but to be fair, the Revs have had a lot of injuries of late, and they did send some guys down early. I can see that they might have needed to keep the guys lower on the roster, with so many injured. A thought for a different thread, but of greater concern for me was why did they get so many muscle injuries, especially hamstrings? Koffie's injury at least looked like landing wrong and twisting something, which happens, but I think all the others just muscles popping for guys, as they played.

 

The revs were theoretically setting up a u23 team this year. I guess that's about as real as their SSS, so may as well loan some of the young guys out.

 

I've seen players referenced as "U-23 players" in articles on the Revs' website; however, I can't seem to find a roster or any of their results.

 

The U-23 team was also in action this weekend, taking on the Revolution first team reserves in a scrimmage match.

 

I'd assume the U-23's are going to made up of college players, so I wouldn't think they could finalize things and announce a roster until after all the kids finish their terms, and perhaps even finish graduation.

 

They very well could need those guys just to have a full practice, we've only got 26 on the roster from what I can tell, and if some of the guys who make the game day 18 are carrying a knock and might be questionable, I can wanting to keep a few extra guys around. We're obviously not going to compare to a team that has it's own USL team, that's just a different argument for me, one about the philosophy of the organization, and if you want to spend to try to develop what you might call fringe or incomplete players within your organization, as opposed to say relying on scouting to try to find players, or something else.

As I said, I reped your comment because I don't think they use the relationship well, I'm not trying to argue that the way they run their organization is the best way possible, but given their current constraints, ones that are self imposed if you like, I can understand them keeping those players around until they have a mostly healthy roster.

 

But hey, who needs those guys at the end of the roster anyway? All they do is take up space and eat up all the granola bars and bananas from the table after practice!

 

http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/pos...er-squad-will-compete-slate-friendlies-summer

 

Yeah I couldn't either. Some irony they announced the roster today. It's progress and hopefully will yield first teamers or at least push them.

 

Sure, for the Revs it makes a lot of sense, but if you're the Ra-cha-cha coach, why would you want 3-4 guys coming down from the Revs, displacing "your" guys who have earned their starting places/minutes, only so they can get some time, and then they'll be gone in a few weeks?

Maybe that's why some teams actually own/control their reserve teams so they can do this kind of thing. An independent team might not be so accommodating.

 

Plus, taxes, insurance, all that fun employee stuff that takes allocated time and money away from the organization's "number one priority". Heck, with a smaller roster we could pay for TWO full time employees working on that top secret project rather than merely 1.5. We may even be able to get them new tape measures. KIASBM!