Conventional wisdom on this board is that if a player is not getting playing time for another team, that player must suck, because his coach knows best.
I laid out my syllogism regarding Colvey in another thread, and I've explained what I believe to be yours. If your logic is different than the generalization, please explain it.
Only one of whom is still a head coach in MLS, the others no longer being rated. And the coach who is still a head coach (for now) cannot defeat an expansion USL side in a meaningful match.
The goal went from competing for a MLS Cup to competing for the playoffs to wait until next year every year. This is what mismanagement looks like. Utter dysfunction. I half expect Fioranelli to recruit Vako's youth club coach to replace Stahre. Pay for a full season ticket plan for a team in playoff contention for less than half a season. I think the academy matches are free if you want to same some dough.
I would venture to guess that Hudson has a pretty good grasp of Colvey's abilities since he has started him for New Zealand on many occasions. But, I think it is safe to say that Hudson knows MLS opposition is a few steps above Vanuatu, the Cook Islands, and New Caledonia.
I get it that you, personally, don't believe that Colvey is MLS quality. We disagree. That's fine. People have different reasonable assessments of player abilities all the time, and I'm no expert. Indeed, I may have a profound ignorance of soccer. But your logical assumption that Hudson believes Colvey lacks MLS quality is flawed. Hudson affirmatively added Colvey to his MLS roster, where he remains. The more logical assumption, as I've postulated, is that Hudson believes there is a better starting left back option on his roster. I don't believe the same can be said for the Quakes, and I have not heard you assert that the Quakes have better left back options than Colvey currently on their roster.
As New Zealand coach, Hudson had to play the cards he was dealt. He is apparently holding a better hand in Colorado.
Hudson is not a coach who plays a possession -oriented style. So for the more direct style he plays, he apparently prefers other options most of the time. As I said Colvey fits best in a possession-oriented scheme. For New Zealand, yes he probably has fewer options and chooses Colvey most of the time even though he's not a great fit stylistically. And as stated previously, Hudson's record in MLS is not exactly something that would inspire great respect for his lineup selections and tactics.
If you want to make the argument that the Quakes are so dire at left back that Colvey could be starting there, then fine. He couldn't be any worse than the trio of less-than-MLS starting quality LB's/wingbacks we have tried there, Salinas, Qwiberg, and Partida.
I said he couldn't be any worse, I did not say he would shine with the light of a thousand suns.(or register and unheard of 7 key passes in one half)
Nice strawman. The point of "7 key passes" was not that "he would shine the light of a thousand suns", it was that was a very strong performance. Again, based on that I would have liked to have seen more. Not that I'd expect him to repeat that, but simply that it showed some real promise.
What is the fascination on this board with Kip Colvey? Is there really something there? Is he simply this year’s flavor of Adam Jahn? Whatever the answer is, it’s water under the bridge. I don’t understand why people obsess over stuff like this...