http://www.lariotsquad.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=3da2f7af5da4ffff;act=ST;f=10;t=43 At least our team's play can make up for .... oh nm
Jesus, Ed. I'm not a fan of Nick either, but are you pathologically obsessed with him, or what? LA has a nice stadium on the way, being paid for mostly by Anschutz and the USSF. The trustees of the California state university system had to sign off on it. It's sad that Anschutz isn't willing to bankroll the Harrison project to the same extent, but really, that is not Nick's fault. Whether or not we get a stadium is not dependent upon Nick. If anyone else was the Metros point man on this, he would be doing and saying almost exactly what Nick has done and said.
By the way, if we were get a stadium bill through the legislature, it's not like you would ease up with this bizarre obsession.
You know what? You're right that it's incredibly frustrating that we don't seem to be making much progress towards a stadium, and that it's just as frustrating to see a great stadium going up in LA. But as I see it, that is not Nick's fault, at all. It's Philip Anschutz's fault for trying to shake down the state of New Jersey. But I'd like to hear just how you pin it on Nick.
I don't like the Metrostars, really.....that's news to me. I have no *obsession with Nick. He likes to take credit for everything, so this has to fall on him too to a degree. From trading Ammann, to not supporting Jon & Rob when they got kicked out (actually lying about it), railroading Walsh and getting Diallo, he has taken me from a 100% gung ho die hard fan to a so so die hard fan with all the great moves he has made over the past two years. And I think the poor showing in the ESC section definately backs up what I'm saying... I was there for every game in 99 (plus 4 road trips) when they sucked, so team performance has nothing to do with it. Getting rid of Diallo is a start to winning me back, but I'm sorry, I don't go blindly following like the masses.
Diallo showed himself to be a huge problem. You were right on that, but I still don't understand cheering against your own team's players-- it works out the same to cheering against your own team. And I agree with you that Nick has made a large number of mistakes. And some of his decisions have gone against players that you have a loyalty towards. Those aren't necessarily the same thing, which you don't seem to understand. What concerns me is Nick's desire to take a very active role in the day-to-day affairs of the team-- what should be a coach's job-- is going to drive away the best candidates for the coaching job. But ease up on this vendetta. Anschutz's decision to build LA's stadium and not ours has nothing to do with Nick.