Didn't we have an awesome trainer who went to England after a short while? @eboe may know who I'm thinking of.
Feel so bad for the dude but my goodness. No idea why the crew have not bought him out yet. Unless he has a guaranteed contract clause or something. Won’t even see this guy until mid May, and then he will need to get fit.
No, but I almost lost three fingers in a farming accident when I was in high school. Does that count for something? Pro athletes get painful boo-boos requiring painful rehab all the time. Goes with the territory. I see no reason to send thoughts and prayers to a player who, in this case, has been injured a big chunk of his career and yet is raking in DP level money into his 30s. Nice work, if you can get it, as far as I’m concerned. Now, Aidan Morris blowing out his knee in early ‘21 right when his career looked like it was going to take off? Yeah, I certainly did feel sorry for the kid. But not Molino, who (I’m sure you’ll agree) shouldn’t even be on the roster.
Molino apparently had what's called a meniscectomy (sp?) which involves removing some or all of the meniscus in a knee. This is done after a tear because there is no blood flow to the meniscus and thus it does not ever heal and eliminates the pain and the click in your knee when you walk. Afterwards you're on crutches for a week and following rehab you can usually use it for normal walking etc. in six or eight weeks. However, for strenuous athletic activity, six months is normally needed to fully regain use. This is especially true if there are adjacent acl or mcl repairs, as Molino certainly has. Furthermore he's now looking at a lifetime of arthritis and eventual knee replacement. Bottom line, it's going to be a lot longer than six weeks before he has full use and in any case he'd be a fool not to stop beating crap out of the thing as a pro athlete. I think the guy is done
May not be permitted for an injured player... (you cannot cut them for example). And he may still count vs the cap; if so, you may as well keep him now in the unlikely event he can come back if you have to count him anyway. Any one have an idea on the rules here? Yes, I know it's Calvin Ball (TM).
I was thinking the same thing. But the change in the salary buy-out rule implioes that we could buy out his contract today. I mean, from the player's perspective, what is being lost? Healthcare coverage? Could the team agree to contonue to provide for that? But if the player gets 100% of his salary, then what's his loss? The season ending injury rule says this: It certainly seems like we could replace Molino and get roster budget relief for him via this route, and maybe via just buying him out.
Even if they truly believed that some miracle would happen and Molino was able to play soccer at some point late this season, so what? Leaving game fitness aside, the guy has shown nothing whatsoever over the past 2 1/2 years. Nothing. So what is gained by keeping him around? Pay off his contract, extend his health insurance, and buy him a plane ticket back to the Caribbean. As others have pointed out, continuing to pay out his contract every two weeks vs. giving it to him in a lump sum today makes no practical difference. To anybody. Could they really believe that he's going to have any trade value? Can they be that delusional?
Money aside it’s a painful rehab that any human should have compassion for another’s suffering but to each their own
Millions of people have to rehab painful injuries. Many of them every bit as bad or worse than his. The vast majority of them aren't getting paid 3/4 of a million dollars to do it in a luxurious private setting with a dedicated trainer at their daily beck and call. I'll concede that it's probably no picnic, but if you don't mind I'll save my tears for others who aren't getting rich while sitting in the plunge tub and enjoying a catered buffet lunch.
Remember that German(?) doctor who was light years ahead of everyone else? Then again, I'm sure Kevin doesn't want to turn into the next Brian Maisonneuve.
His agent bezboozled (bamboozled) Bez so you can’t fault the player for the contract and continued injury issues. If healthy he is a good player but he has never been healthy longer than 5 minutes. I don’t want him on the team , hate the contract , don’t understand why we didn’t buy him out but yet I feel sorry that he has to go through this because if I was in his shoes I’d rather play vrs collecting free money
If we only get one such replacement, I'd hesitate to use it this early for a guy who does not start. I'd want to save it for if a starter goes down. At least until we a certain he cannot come back. Plus, it builds some goodwill with players if you don't ruthlessly jettison them when they get injured. I seriously doubt we are a 600k TAM signing away from a title. If it looks like we could be, I will change my tune.
At this point, I’d say certain player’s names are written in ink: Cucho, Zelarayan, Matan, Morris, Nagbe, Moreira, probably Degenek, Room. That leaves the defense. Who can be replaced? That leaves Quinton, Farsi, and Sands.
FWIW to my eyes Sands was a monster last night. Brooks Lennon is no patsy and he made him look like an amateur all night long.
Meh, he had a couple times where he took heavy touches and ran out of room before trying (and failing) with a desperation cross. I think that last goal is sticking in people’s minds as the final imagine of the game, and now people act like Will Sands is Alphonso Davies or something. He did well against Araujo defensively. I think Sands has the potential to be a solid two-way MLS fullback, maybe like a Justin Morrow or Steven Beitashour type. Not really good enough to play for the US, but solid.
Here's hoping we see enough of Shulte in 2023 that we let Room and his massive contract go after this season. That money will be much better spent on the field somewhere.