BIG NEWS: Darwin Espinal has signed with @SJEarthquakes via @reno1868fc through 2020! @USLPDL and @usopencup set the stage to showcase!— Treasure Coast Tritons (@TritonsUSL) June 17, 2017
In our last six matches we are: L-D-W-L-L-D I'm cherry picking a little because we won the two matches prior to this. Still, we are 1-2-3 over our last six, with three of those at home. Our one win being on the road. We could complain that the L at Portlandia should have been a win or draw, but even that would not substantially improve our trajectory. We suck. So whoever Jesse does or does not get for us, when does Dom get the ax? It's past time for him to be sacked. How bad does it have to get for our top brass and or owners to decide that he must go? I'm OK with Jesse playing it close to the vest on players we are trying to sign. If we don't get the guy we really don't want that public. And we might never have heard of the guy we're signing. That's fine too. I want a younger guy - as Jesse allegees - I want a guy who can play ACM - check - I want a guy who can score - also allegedly so. I'll be happy if we get a good player, I'll be happier if we get a new coach, because this one doesn't want to play our magical ACM at ACM. Dom OUT!! - Mark
https://www.reddit.com/r/SJEarthquakes/comments/6i32ul/open_letter_to_jesse_fioranelli/ Somebody on reddit in the comments section claims a coaching change is in the works.. Would be awesome, but we shall see.
I spoke with Chris Dangerfield* prior to KC game, and he said an announcement could be made this week...he knows who the player is, and is sworn to secrecy and says "he's been scoring goals in the league he plays in".....(2nd tier team in Greenland? Who knows)...Chris did say he was excited when he learned of the signing....It would be nice to be able to debut a new DP at the LA/Stanford match, but highly unlikely..... Not sure one player can repair this wreck of an offense...... **yes he works for the team and some consider him a "homer", so take his comments as you wish.
Wow! Dude sounds like he reads my posts! Oh wait, he must just be a soccer fan. It is obvious that we don't know how to do throw-ins, or free-kicks, or corner-kicks, or even goal-kicks. We suck at the basics. Our guys don't make dangerous runs. Our off the ball movement would be embarrassing for any high school team. The writer is exactly right. We fail on the most basic "smoke" test for a professional soccer team. And Imperiale was good on the weekend. So why did we play Alashe at CB in preference to an actual quality CB? And Jackson looked good in limited minutes. Why hasn't he played before? Dom clearly has a bias against younger players (with very few exceptions). He clearly tells the guys how to play (that's his job) and if they play differently they get benched. So the awful, dreary, boring, SLOW, unsophisticated game that we play is clearly what he wants. Dom has to go, and the rest of his coaches with him. We won't get better until that happens. Go Quakes!! Fire Dom!! - Mark
I have trust in Jesse, but with many things in life, a quick fix is not likely. Not sure the supposedly newly signed player is going to improve things drastically. Maybe a coaching change will give the players a new lease on things and some players will actually play in their most natural position .... I'll have to look it up, but isn't it sometime in July that season ticket holders need to confirm that they are renewing for 2018? At this point I'm 50/50 on renewing. With bay area traffic it takes me at least an hour and a half to get to Avaya (yes i'm sure there are some fans that sit in traffic much longer than I do). And when I see the type of result the Quakes have been getting at home, maybe I should just watch the game from home......but the Quakes (and sharks) are the only teams I'm passionate about anymore so I'm a bit torn on whether to renew or not.... Seems every year we have this same debates/discussions about this team/organization
Yes and it all comes back to the ownership who no one ever seems to blame. I don't' get the reasoning. I get it, the coaching needs to change but why won't our owner speak and why won't he fire Dom? I've heard more from Merritt Paulson of the Portland Timbers than I have from John J. Fisher since 2008.
Anybody heard of this guy? 876849097218633731 is not a valid tweet id His wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Qazaishvili
I did but no one else on the board seems to want to point the finger to John J. Fisher but why not? Is he untouchable? Year in and year out its either the coach (Frank, Mark and Dom) , GM (Doyle) or the players but what about the owner of this club? Why can't he be directly blamed for a failed franchise?
What good does it do to blame ownership when everyone thinks the president can fire the coach, regardless how many times I tell them he cannot?
Yeah, the only reason I'm considering renewing is because I'm actually moving to San Jose, quite close to the stadium. Were I still going to be living in on the peninsula, I would probably not even be considering it. Without a significant turnaround in the team's quality (and the hiring of competent coaches), there just isn't much to look forward to. Granted, part of me thinks this year is the beginning of a real tear down. If that's true, then I don't mind watching a team that isn't good. After the summer signings, we'll have a bit more info on where this team is headed, but with Kinnear at the helm, I'm just not that excited, even if the players themselves are better.