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It’s pretty much irrelevant from Indy Eleven’s perspective, as the club is now safely ensconced in the USL, but the club’s original home,, the NASL was dealt a crushing blow in today’s Second Circuit opinion, quite possibly the final nail in the league’s coffin. It’s a good thing Indy got out when they did.
With three teams, no sanctioning, and now no 2018 season, the NASL is good as dead. Really, despite playing a 2017 season, it stopped being a viable entity a couple of years ago.
coach rennie spoke briefly at the ISA coaches meeting yesterday. he said he was a youth coach 5 years ago, and in that short time he's risen to where he is today. that's pretty neat to think about. obviously he's excited for the season, and it sounds like he expects the team to be pretty good. he also invited all of us to come watch training whenever we want so that's cool.
Soc Takes @SocTakes 23h23 hours ago Indy Eleven assistant coach Trevor James was unceremoniously let go last week. Many #ElevenForever supporters have begun questioning the club's professionalism regarding the handling of personnel decisions. Story >> https://www.soctakes.com/2018/03/02/indy-xi-parts-ways-assistant-coach-scout-trevor-james/ …
Absolutely. Peter Wilt was on the Soc Takes podcast last week, and he was highly critical of the way the club handled its existing roster, holding onto players until mere weeks before training camps opened, and only then releasing them, making it harder for them to catch on with other clubs. The club was perfectly happy o hang onto Trevor James while it was assembling this year's roster, perfectly happy in particular to take advantage of his knowledge of former NASL players whom the club might want to sign. And now that the roster is assembled, James is let go, too late (in all likelihood) for him to find a job for this season. I am not impressed by how Indy Eleven is being run.
i haven't been following the roster assembling closely at all, but i wonder how much differently indy has handled the player side versus how other clubs have done it. informing via text or email by non-technical staff sure sounds crappy though. that being said, i can understand not letting the coach discuss personnel decisions with players they didn't sign. that sounds like they have a good employment attorney. that's not what fans want to hear though. as far as trevor james is concerned, didn't he have a contract with the club? did he not have a contract for 2018 or was it a team option for 2018? if not, why was he still working for them? obviously, i don't really know, but it sounds like he either saw the writing on the wall (as the story said) and decided to keep working while the club would have him or he was a poor businessman and didn't protect his own interest. again, neither is a satisfying answer for a support, but it is a business.
New house. New league. New team. New Coaching staff. Same forum league! WE ARE NOT IN THE NASL!!!!!!!!
On balance, I'd say yes, by a good measure. There are some downsides. Members of the Brickyard Battalion will complain about the lack of smoke (which, to be honest, I never liked) and other restrictions on their activities. The food is more expensive (and there may be a bit less variety). And there's no question that looking across the field at a vast swath of empty seats, with empty seats all around above, is a bit dulling (this was less of a problem for the opener against FC Cincinnati, when the whole lower bowl sold out, but it's been an issue since, as they don't sell seats along the western sideline). On the other hand, the seats are vastly more comfortable (I mean *vastly*). The sideline seats are much closer to the field than they were at Carroll Stadium--there's no track in the way. And it's nice not having to worry about rain--or worse, about having to evacuate the stadium if there's a thunderstorm. I've already been to more games this year than I did during the whole spring season last year.
Thanks for your perspective, very helpful. I’ve been trying to go to more lower division games when I travel for work and I have found the experience to be varied. I figured Indy would benefit from better creature comforts but maybe lose some of the atmosphere from Carroll. I’m hoping to get to a game there later this year
I like that playing at LOS is more comfortable, but hopefully it doesn't end the long term plans for a Soccer Specific Stadium for the team.
Follow the link in this thread to get this to happen. https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/lets-get-the-indy11-subforum-moved-to-usl-where-it-belongs.2083883/
Got to follow the link in this thread to get it to happen from my understanding. https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/lets-get-the-indy11-subforum-moved-to-usl-where-it-belongs.2083883/
Jeff Belskus has left. And good riddance. Belskus was never a soccer guy, and IMS hadn't exactly prospered under his direction. His hiring only made sense as part of a concerted effort to gain a new stadium, and that effort never materialized (moving to LOS doesn't count). The team's fan engagement seemed to take a step backward under his direction
That certainly could have contributed. If Belskus were expensive but performing brilliantly, that would be one thing. If Belskus was expensive (as he almost certainly was) and performed as he did, that's another thing entirely.
📰 NEWS | Martin Rennie (@Renniecoaching) will continue to lead the #BoysInBlue in 2019. 📝➡️ https://t.co/J2DUecGVBN pic.twitter.com/RqRwhz6GeG— Indy Eleven (@IndyEleven) November 12, 2018 how do we feel about round 2 with rennie?