ok so here is the thing I am wondering The players that we aquire...congrats to them! BUT...with no coach and a possible dissmisal of the GM why would any player want to come to this club?? I think if I was drafted here I would have to say NO THANKS! We have a history of being a Losing club and I am not sure why would a player would be interested in coming here????
We have a history of being a Losing club and I am not sure why would a player would be interested in coming here??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ another good reason.... negative fans all the time.. instead of more negativity why not great we get a new coach and GM. It can't go anywhere but up!!
First off ... a player that is drafted has no choice except heading to Europe. And Phills is sort of right ... I'm so excited ... with one good decision, the Rapids could be put on the US Soccer map! Things are looking rosey from here!
I am really excited about finally seeing the lists. All the speculation is fun but it will be interesting and educational to see who is left out in the open. By educative I mean that it will show what direction the team is taking. Are they going to be very conservative and stick with what we have (namely staying with old players/ injured players) or are they going to try and go with unproven youth. I personally think it would be best to fall somewhere in between. There is no way that going all youth will work unless you hit homeruns with every possible draft pick and allocation. With the expansion of roster sizes and expansion of the league that is just not a realistic option. However, going with all old players has been done. Sure, sure we will have a new coach and a new system which will help greatly, but we can only expect so much production out of players like Hendo, Chung, Powell, Zizi, and the cubans. A very exciting time.
Actually a player can turn down a draft. and a trade...may not bode well for them later. But they can turn down both!
Woo-Hoo the answers to some of our questions. And Trembly has finally graduated from P-40. http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20041113&content_id=18925&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp Now, let's hope we don't protect him. Let him fly free. If he is truly destined to be ours he will return home on his own. Run Trembly, RUN!!!! *waives*
Because a new coach and possibly GM means that EVERY player that shows up for preseason camp knows they have a shot of winning a starting spot, no matter what their name is. Truth is, after three mediocre seasons and an overall losing record, when the Rapids didn't fire Hankinson and gave him a 4th year it delivered the wrong message to players throughout the league, especially as the majority of them had little to no respect for Hankinson to begin with. Take DC United as an example. A lot of players were less than impressed with Hudson, but in hiring Nowak they brought in a competitor, a winner, and most importantly someone that carried a boatload of respect among the players. Certainly there were players who were unsure of the job he'd be able to do as a coach (no questions now, I hope) along with simple personality conflicts. This is why it is paramount for the Rapids to make a true step forwards. In hiring Hankinson after Mooch, everybody -- players, media, fans -- knew this was a sidestep and that little would change.
**The 11 newly graduated Project-40 players are: Nelson Akwari (Columbus Crew), Jose Burciaga (Kansas City Wizards), Brian Carroll (D.C. United), D.J. Countess (Chicago Fire), Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution), Alecko Eskandarian (D.C. United), Eddie Gaven (MetroStars), Nate Jaqua (Chicago Fire), Eddie Johnson (FC Dallas), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew) and Seth Trembly (Colorado Rapids). Come on ... sing with me ... One of these players is not like the other ones ....
Yeah, I would take any of those other P-40s over Seth. Imagine if we had Gaven this year, and he had a similar performance? Can we please get a p-40 who is good this year!
Based on these rules here's who's vulnerable to the expansion draft: Internationals(Only One of these guys can be exposed): Delgado Powell Zizi Rey Rest: Beckerman Borchers Cannon Chung Crawford DLT DiGi Henderson Kotschau Mastroeni Pedro Stewart Sullivan Trembly Protected from expansion draft: Cila Erush Foss Lewis This means we need to expose (we can protect 12 players and we need to protect 3 SIs) 1 SI and 5 non-SI players: So my list would be: 1. Zizi 2. Trembly 3. Digi 4. Sullivan 5. Stewart 6. (this one gets though) DLT or Beckerman
Oh come on now. Name ONE person in here that is negative ALL the time. This isn't another, thinly-veiled "if you have something negative to say you aren't a true fan" thread is it? There's been puh-lenty to be negative about this past season, and I think now that Hankinson is gone, things are looking up and the positives will flow like Rocky Mountian water to California.
Will someone be able to get the play by play off ESPN News tomorrow and post the results as the happen?
I imagine the league will have the video stram on the website like the MVP award was. They'll probably have some sort of on-line draft cast too. I wouldn't worry about finding out who gets picked.
The Rapid Fire email today said the protection list will be posted on coloradorapids.com sometime tomorrow.
In case you guys missed it, here's a piece of propaganda from the official Rapids site. http://coloradorapids.com/news/newsdetails.asp?ID=785
Here's the list, according to the Post. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~94~2539823,00.html SIX UNPROTECTED PLAYERS Antonio de la Torre, 26, defender Joey DiGiamarino, 27, midfielder Darryl Powell, 33, midfielder Jeff Stewart, 24, defender Seth Trembly, 22, midfielder Scott Vallow, 27, goalie 12 PROTECTED PLAYERS Kyle Beckerman, 22, midfielder Nat Borchers, 23, defender Joe Cannon, 29, goalie Mark Chung, 34, midfielder Matt Crawford, 24, midfielder Alberto Delgado, 26, striker Chris Henderson, 33, midfielder Ritchie Kotschau, 28, defender Rey Angel Martinez, 24, striker Pablo Mastroeni, 28, midfielder Jean Philippe Peguero, 23, striker Zizi Roberts, 25, striker DEVELOPMENTAL PLAYERS (PROTECTED) Jordan Cila, 22, midfielder Michael Erush, 21, midfielder Byron Foss, 25, goalie Ricky Lewis, 22, defender Gary Sullivan, 22, defender
Wow, DLT unprotected. Are you sure Hanki didn't make this list? I would have thought he'd be a decent bargining chip for a high Chivas draft pick. The Rapids continue to hope Zizi will get healthy as they protect him over Powell. Not that either expansion team will be silly enough to take him. I'd imagine DLT is the only one taken from us. Maybe Vallow for a solid back up keeper but they could draft one of them from the many quality senior keepers coming out of college. It will be an interesting Friday.
I see Vallow and DLT going, although the Rapids can protect one player if DLT (for instance) goes early. Who would you protect once the first player goes? I'm hoping they just plain cut Zizi. If he gets injured again, take him out back and put the poor bastard out of his misery. If any team takes Trembly, they officially become Colorado's bitch.
DLT's status as a Mexican green card holder makes him a potential first or second rounder. I don't know if there are any others in the league. I don't think there are. If he goes, I'd take back Vallow. I know in that article he says this could be a good opportunity to go and fight for a starting spot, but I don't want any of the others to stick around. The article also points out that Trembly played for Ellinger on the U-17 team. Maybe we'll get lucky and see him taken, in the 10th round.
What a fvcking mistake. We could have at least traded for draft picks for De La. And its even possible that draft picks would mean something now that we don't have the Christmas Turd in charge...
WTF!?!? Protecting Beckerman over McDLT and Delgado or Roberts over Powell stinks of Hankinson logic. I suppose Councebert has struck again...