Ding ding ding ding ding!!!! That's all that is done. They look at the stats. Dempsey had goals and assists next to his name, and Marshall didn't (well, he may have had an assist or two). Travesty. He was the most solid guy. Andrulis winning is a joke. Gansler should have won. Period. Tied for the same record with the Crew. He did it while having to juggle his lineup due to his sustained run (and victory) in the US Open Cup. Did it while juggling his lineup due to season ending injuries to both Klein and Preki (and apparently Meola) ....... not to mention missing Simutenkov for much of the year. Who the hell is voting on these things????!!!!!
I seem to have defended Andrulis more than anyone, but I would have gone with Gansler. They finished level with us on points, and that was with injuries to Preki, Klein, and Meola. Whereas Columbus was pretty healthy for the large majority of the season. Oh, and they're in MLS Cup, and we're not.
Now what you need to do is run over there and take that little round thingy-ma-jig and put it in this rectangle thing. --Andrulis on offensive tactics
1) Nowak is clearly the Coach of the Year. Gansler is second. Naming Andrulis is nothing but an intentional slap in the face to CBus fans. The league knows how unhappy we are with this clown, and they think they can get us to back off the guy by giving him an award that he doesn't deserve. Well screw you MLS. This just pisses us off worse. 2) Chad Marshall obviously paid the price for Coach Stupid's trophy. They have to spread the wealth around amongst the teams, and since Greg the Yellow was being gifted with COTY then ROTY had to go someplace else. MLS could screw up a wet dream. So the real question is: when will they announce that Sir Greggie of Lardass has signed his fat new contract? Anyone want to bet they'll do it during Michigan week?
Well....this award should put to rest any claims that the regular season is meaningless. Since it's apparently the only thing the voters are looking at.
Well, the votes are tabulated before the playoffs, I believe. What else would the writers consider? These awards are regular season awards.
I'm just the messenger. I posted that picture just for you. Frankly, I think Chad was jobbed. I can't believe Dempsey won ROY. I also thought that Gansler deserved COY.
This guy, who looks like hang's brother, got the ROY? Marshall played with a broken bone in his foot all year and showed he was tops in the league. What did this guy do?
Screw you, Mead. You took the damned picture, you posted it where you knew I'd see it and you smiled the whole damn time didn't you? You're a sadistic bastard. The sight of that carbunkle, that pustulent, reeking mass of flesh next to a trophy makes me puke. Now I have to get seriously drunk. If you get the chance, ask him when he's planning to give a post-game interview for the last game.
He played two matches with a broken jaw before he got it looked at. After he got it set and got his jaw wired shut, he only missed a few games before returning to the field.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1997a.shtml maybe Greg Andrulis could be the first in soccer to do what Davey Johnson was the first to do in Baseball
BTW, Abbey Okulaja easily wins the best-dressed award. Dempsey ties with DeRosario for worst-dressed. For the record, if I was Freddy and I saw Greg Andrulis wearing the same thing as me, I would change in a second. I would wear t-shirt and boxers to an awards ceremony before I would wear the same thing as Andrulis.
It's a league conspiracy. 1) A*dr*lis wins coach of year 2) A*dr*lis gets big contract 3) Columbus continues to wade in mediocrity 4) And the fans continue to find other things to do on Saturday nights.
Indeed. "Parity on the field leads to parity off the field." - MLS Oh man, serious deja vu. It may not have been you, but I do believe someone said this SAME EXACT THING last year. Theory being that the entire city of Columbus is so wrapped up in OSU/UM hype that February rolls around and we're digging to find the press release that we all supposedly missed.