Jermaine Jones - should he get re-signed?

TheHoustonHoyaFan · Mar 10, 2016

I think in the end NE should be commended for trying to do right by the player while still getting value.

It ended up as the best situation for all parties once it was clear that the Revs were not going to give JJ a long term deal that would make sense for him to move his family to the Boston area.

During Jones’ stay in New England, he’d routinely take the first flight to Los Angeles following a home match to see his wife and five children. Less than 48 hours later, he’d be back on the training pitch in Foxborough. To say it was an ideal situation for the 34-year-old box-to-box midfielder would be a stretch.

“There was also the sentiment that he wanted to be closer to home,” Heaps said, “and when everything was finalized, it was the best possible scenario for both sides.”

http://nesoccertoday.com/?p=41285

goussoccer · Mar 11, 2016

TheHoustonHoyaFan said: ↑

I think in the end NE should be commended for trying to do right by the player while still getting value.

It ended up as the best situation for all parties once it was clear that the Revs were not going to give JJ a long term deal that would make sense for him to move his family to the Boston area.

During Jones’ stay in New England, he’d routinely take the first flight to Los Angeles following a home match to see his wife and five children. Less than 48 hours later, he’d be back on the training pitch in Foxborough. To say it was an ideal situation for the 34-year-old box-to-box midfielder would be a stretch.

“There was also the sentiment that he wanted to be closer to home,” Heaps said, “and when everything was finalized, it was the best possible scenario for both sides.”

http://nesoccertoday.com/?p=41285
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Well...I'm not sure that offering such a huge pay cut was 'doing right by the player'. Why didn't they just try and trade him to begin with rather than give him such a poor offer?

Minutemanii · Mar 12, 2016

goussoccer said: ↑

Well...I'm not sure that offering such a huge pay cut was 'doing right by the player'. Why didn't they just try and trade him to begin with rather than give him such a poor offer?
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Poor offer? $600,000? Poor? I has now settled for $500,000 with Colorado.

Minutemanii · Mar 12, 2016

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TheLostUniversity · Mar 13, 2016

Kinda wished there was a Jermaine Jones on the Revs yesterday.....[yeah, I know, he still would be in the suspension phase].....

NFLPatriot · Apr 17, 2016

rkupp said: ↑

A likely top-5 pick is a nice magic bean!

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If the CRapids win the cup this year, you won't be the only one laughing. They have a much better chance of finishing last.

Getting what will likely turn out to be a top-5 pick IMO, is a fantastic return. Who even knows what Jones will produce in 2016 - coming off a terrible season, missing all of pre-season, facing a suspension, likely to miss time for USNT (and always giving that his top priority), going to a team that's been turned upside down and a coach on the chopping block?
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Rapids are 1 point below the top point total in the league. Jones had a goal and an assist in his debut. He also assisted on another goal that was called back for offsides, and on another shot that hit the post.

But it's early, I'm sure Jones will drag the Pids down to the bottom 5 eventually...

patfan1 · Apr 17, 2016

You see every single Rapids player go over to celebrate his goal. He just brings a team together, it's hard to explain.

Watch most of the Revs goals (well, when they actually score). It isn't like that.

RevsLiverpool · Apr 17, 2016

Colorado was a good team without Jones given they are at the top of the West. He's a leader and had a good start to his campaign last night playing in an advanced role. However, the league is not won or lost in mid-April so we need to watch and see how they do the rest of the year. The West is tough top to bottom so Colorado has their work cut out for them. Will Jones stay healthy? How much will he contribute on the scoresheet (he's already beat his 0g, 0a in 1300+ mins last season). Will Colorado have a strong playoff run? That all remains to be seen.

TheLostUniversity · Apr 17, 2016

What's crystal clear is that whatever we see Jones do, it won't do the Revs and damn good....
...but, hey, All's Well with Caldwell!....

RevsLiverpool · Apr 17, 2016

TheLostUniversity said: ↑

Colorado Rapids sure are..... now, why could that be???...........
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A few stats on JJ...

In his 1 game with the Crapids, Jones is already 50% of the way to his 2 year revs' regular season goals total (2) and 25% to the assists total (4).

He played 1925 minutes across 28 regular season games for the revs.

He has 2 SOG with Colorado which is 50% of what he did in all of 2015 with the revs.

Just interesting to watch and see how it all develops.

JasonMa · Apr 17, 2016

I know things ended poorly in NE for JJ but I've always been a fan and I'm already loving having him in Colorado.

RevsLiverpool · Apr 18, 2016

TheLostUniversity said: ↑

...but, hey, All's Well with Caldwell!....
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I see Koffie as JJ's replacement but would like to see Caldwell higher up the pitch. When the new guy from Sion gets healthy it will be interesting to see the new configuration. We may have to wait til next year but I would love to see Scotty take Rowe's place to combine with Nguyen and link up with the forwards.

RevsLiverpool · Apr 18, 2016

JasonMa said: ↑

I know things ended poorly in NE for JJ but I've always been a fan and I'm already loving having him in Colorado.
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Even though I voted for him as an assistant coach in this thread, I knew there was an almost zero chance of retaining him here, for both financial and geographic reasons (he was on a flight to LA every week to see his family).

He is a helluva player. I figured the Krafts wouldn't re-sign him for multiple years but wanted to keep him around as a leader. Well done to your FO, I hope you guys win the west and make a playoff run. At least beat LA and Seattle because I enjoy when those smug pricks are miserable.

patfan1 · Apr 18, 2016

Let's move this to the MLS Other Teams thread. 500+ posts.