News: San Jose Earthquakes Owner Hires Bank to Sell MLS Club

He wanted to wait until you moved away, as a final act of retribution .

 

haha, I'm sure that was it. I've always detested the man for ruining Quakes soccer.

 

Well I think those signings were Bruce’s doings. But the signing of Bruce, and making him sporting director also, was smart - the first smart thing we’ve done in a long time. I don’t think our salary spend is really any more than last year, not to any significant degree anyway. Josef’s not a DP and Arango replaced Gruezo as DP.

 

I suspect PPP was less than 10 years old when the mayor concocted this idea.

 

I think Fisher wanted to add an air of legitimacy to what he was doing in SJ (so as to fetch top dollar), which is why he brought in Arena and greenlighted a couple of good players.

 

He’s been trying to add an air of legitimacy for a while, including the hiring of Matias, etc. but nothing really fit until the Bruce hire.

 

I agree that hiring Matias was a good step towards legitimacy, but the austerity measures (that followed) crippled any hope of building a competitive roster for him to work with, so there was that.

This to me looks like Fisher trying to build up the team (a little) for sale. He's keenly aware of how he's perceived among sports fans in the Bay Area, I'm sure.

 

Well it’s also possible that he was waiting for a bit of an upswing before putting the team up for sale. In another thread or earlier in this thread I listed all the reasons why the timing makes sense for him (even outside of presumably needing the money for that dumb Vegas ballpark).

Here it is:

1) He's already made like 30x on his investment. It's's already a huge rake.

2) He's "selling high", at least at a relative high, because:

• Messi is in the league (what happens when he leaves)?
• The AppleTV deal is still ongoing but with a questionable future
• The WC is coming with a lot of hope, but there's a risk it's a dud for the US, given nats team struggles, and political uncertainties
• It's getting more and more expensive to "keep up with the Jones's" in MLS. Operating costs are increasing, and I don't think he's getting revenue increases to cover.
• The stadium is still fine, but may need upgrades in the coming years.
• He's currently got the most successful ever American coach, and the team is in a relatively rare respectable state.

 

and he doesn't have to pay for an academy training facility, so we're right back to square #1 on that.

so yeah, wonderful that he can rake in so much $$$ off the backs of Quakes fans, after screwing everyone over for so long.

 

And they've built it into a Championship League team - at least comparable to MLS.

 

Lived in Cole Valley for years, too. Kezar is not a realistic SF option, as dope as it would be for SF residents.

The most realistic SF option I can fathom is Stonestown getting raised and a stadium built there, but that would be in like 7 to 10 years.

That or building by the Warriors stadium.

 

Raze Chase Center and build it there.

 

Stonestown is the liveliest (only?) mall in the city these days. Those Asians sure do love their boba and udon and soufflé pancakes.

 

No reason to sweat the details.

 

Just put in a motorized roof and basketball floor. The Bay Area is know for innovation world wide: first multi-use soccer/basketball stadium.

 

One thing that can be said about them is they at least appear to be ambitious. They also have an infrastructure geared towards soccer with the Leeds United purchase. Having a “sister club” could be advantageous for developing players for higher levels than MLS. Loaned players from Leeds would be pretty cool as well. Just saying….

 

I once saw the 49ers at Kezar. This was the mid ‘60’s. Parking was absurdly bad, and I was 8 or 9? Even then, I thought it was a absurdly bad place for a stadium. And the people who lived in the neighborhood were pissed. (Whether they should have been or is another matter.) Anyway, it sucked. Hope I never see another game there.

Go Quakesfans!!

 

Still comparing apples to oranges. R and R bought a team for a couple million and put a few million more into it. And the Championship is a totally different creature than League 1. That Wrexham team that was second in League 1 would be Wooden Spoon contenders in MLS.
The Quakes will sell for few hundred million at least. You think there are a couple of Hollywood actors who can afford that? John Fisher bought the Quakes for $20 million, but, was worth a couple of billion. It was just a small percentage of his net worth.

 

Jesus ********ing christ, dude. I was making a what was supposed to be a humorous anecdotal comment with the reference to Rob and Ryan, but it either went over your head or even sadder - somebody has beaten the sense of humor out of you at some point...