FIRE PAYNE and KASPER

I forget, is this year four or five of the rebuilding project?

Fire the F.O.

 

Who is still in favor of not firing them now?

 

Actually - The rebuilding progressed very far - Sure we were the pits last year, but in the off-season AND DURING the season, they acquired a significantly better team than we ended with last year

The performance on the field the last 2 months is a reflection on the players and injuries to Jakovic and Pontius, the improvement and rebuilding are undeniable

except for the people whining here

 

I'm sorry, but using injuries as an excuse for losing is a loser's mentality.

LA, Seattle, Salt Lake, Dallas, KC, Colorado, Philadelphia, Houston - they all had injuries cost them key players for chunks of the season and they managed to overcome them enough to make the playoffs.

I don't disagree that the team is better today, even with the injuries, than it was at this time a year ago. But using injuries as an excuse for failure rings hollow when so many other teams overcame their injuries to be much better than DC and, in some cases, flourish.

 

so - you're agreeing with me that Payne and Kasper did a pretty good job in rebuilding this year

 

In order to flourish in spite of injuries, a team needs depth. But when you're retooling a team that was as legendarily bad as DCU 2010, depth is a luxury. I would expect some depth next year.

 

Yeah - well, EVERYONE ELSE IMPROVED TOO. DCU is no closer to the pack today then they've been over the last several seasons - ironically, the team's relative health has somewhat masked the LACK of progress . . . EVERY team has injuries.

There you go, improvement and rebuiliding ARE deniable. This team is a farce right now. And it's sad because they have some great pieces including a promising young coach. Whistling past the train wreck won't help.

 

Nope -- they did a better job of putting a better non-playoff qualifying team on the field this year. However, last year's team probably wouldn't have qualified for the NASL playoffs it was so bad. For comparison, Philly a second year expansion club is in the playoffs, DCU isn't. I would say building a team from scratch is harder than rebuilding a team with at least some serviceable pieces in place. (I won't even mention Seattle which has qualified for the playoffs every year of its existence and is a three-peat US Open Cup champion because that would be piling on.)

 

I would argue that with today's roster acquisition and DP/GA rules, along with other roster/pay/contract changes, it is actually the opposite. You can't just slough off half your roster any more without serious problems - which are all good for the players and welcome, but make the job of the rebuilding FOs a bit harder than just starting from scratch.

 

After a year-long hiatus this thread shouldn't be forgotten. Maybe a title change.

After a 4-0 clowning by Houston, I

bump.

 

Kasper should be sacked this morning

 

i'd be willing to give Olsen till seasons end if we cut Kasper this week

 

Screw that! Bring in Etcheverry!

 

Just make a Fire Kasper thread if you want to. No need to Necromance this thread.