Pibe wants "another year in MLS"

jdonnici · Mar 8, 2003

Nothing earth-shattering here, but...

"I can't accept that kind of thing [a pay cut]," declared Valderrama.
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http://www.soccer365.com/US_NEWS/Breaking_News/page_131_47742.shtml

greenie · Mar 9, 2003

Oh, fudge. I just read that article, and now I've peed myself laughing.

Ingmar4Rapids · Mar 9, 2003

I thought he was contemplating a farewell year back home in Colombia.

Can you imagine him as a coach? That's surreal. I honestly can't begin to think how he would approach it.

greenie · Mar 9, 2003

Originally posted by Ingmar4Rapids
Can you imagine him as a coach? That's surreal. I honestly can't begin to think how he would approach it.
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If it's anything like his final playing years, I i
I imagine his approach would be to stand around and make no effort to get things done, rather waiting for things to come to him. Then he'd hand it off to someone else and then yell at them when he felt they did it wrong.

SankaCofie · Mar 9, 2003

Originally posted by greenie
If it's anything like his final playing years, I i
I imagine his approach would be to stand around and make no effort to get things done, rather waiting for things to come to him. Then he'd hand it off to someone else and then yell at them when he felt they did it wrong.
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so he'd be a general manager and not a coach is what you're saying?