Well it's that time of year again for end of year player awards, which according to the FO will be announced at the game this Sat. Up for grabs are : Defender of the Year, Humanitarian of the Year, Scoring Champion and MVP. Now taking predictions.
Humanitarian usually goes to the guy who sits out due to injury and makes a lot of public appearances... My guess... Johnny Spencer...
First a question -- why wait until the game on Saturday? Why not announce the postseason awards on a day when the Denver media won't otherwise have Rapids news? Oh, right. Because the Denver media won't give us any press unless there's a game... I forgot that it's Donkey season. Kinda hard to make any kind of prediction for the Humanitarian award when the majority of the "apperances" listed by the Rapids are at soccer clinics for kids with money. As for the players that are most MIA, it'll be a tight race between Shak and Jackson. But with Shak supposedly spending time with an A-League club (not that the Rapids would tell us this), it's doubtful he's making those countless visits to the sick kids. From what I've heard however, Pibe is a lock to finish last in this category. As for MVP and DOY, it's too hard to figure out the Denver media (who votes on the winners) to guess who will walk away with the award, although most likely MVP is the same as the points champion (Shak). Legend, did you actually ask for people to "predict" the Scoring Champion? If so, put me down for Shak.
*LOL*!!! Holy Sh**T! I almost forgot about Shak!!!! Shouldn't they just make this guy an assistant and free up a roster spot??? He's always keenly dressed however...
Shak's supposedly got a lot of valuable time down in the A-League (w/Minnesota? or is it Milwaukee?) and again supposedly has played well. FWIW. Maybe the guy's still got a future; you never know.
Awards Scoring Champ: Shak (unless I miscounted...) Defender: Fraser MVP: Chung/Henderson the two headed wing. While the rest of the team was benched, hurt, in Asia, or masturbating, they actually played hard all year and had assists and goals. Humanitarian: Ha! I have no idea and don't care! Comeback/Breakthrough Player: Carrieri (had he done ssomething early in the year, he'd have been MVP) Raising Rapids to a New Level: World Cup star Pablo Mastoeoieoini!!! RLH