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Discussion in 'San Jose Earthquakes' started by Goodsport, Jan 2, 2024.

  1. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    You're the guy who thinks that if we're not nice to Fish, with Fisher Out signs and the like (oh that oughta do it!), he'll sell the team :ROFLMAO: . As I said I think he's got thick skin. You're not going to move him one way or another whether you're nice to him or mean to him.
     
  2. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

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    Feb 28, 2004
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    The bet is where the training center will be built. Who knows about the timeline.
     
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  3. Quakes05

    Quakes05 Member+

    Oct 1, 2005
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    I feel like three years is enough time. I will bet you $100 that they will not have shovels in the ground (at the fairground site) by April 5, 2025...3 years from the date that this partnership with the county was first announced.

    That is the bet. :)
     
  4. Quakes05

    Quakes05 Member+

    Oct 1, 2005
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    No, I'm the guy who says "Don't feed the fish" in hopes that if enough people refused to reward all this failure every year, he might have to step up his game or gtfo.
     
  5. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Yeah, I'm sure 10 people on BigSoccer canceling their season tickets oughta right about do it. :thumbsup:
     
  6. Quakes05

    Quakes05 Member+

    Oct 1, 2005
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    It might, I doubt that he has many more than that.

    And over 2.5 years we've been at this lost cause plan with the county, were you surprised? :D
     
  7. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    It'll only be a "lost cause" if the negative nancy's and curmrudgeons like Joe Simitian and Quakes05 get their way. :)
     
  8. Quakes05

    Quakes05 Member+

    Oct 1, 2005
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    It's a long damn time...sure hope we don't end up right back at square one, which is what I've kind of expected all along. :(
     
  9. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

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    Feb 28, 2004
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    Not taking that bet.

    Training facility is going to get done at the Fairgrounds. But unlikely shovels by April — even had the supervisors given approval on Tuesday.

    You’re moving goalposts to timetable because you sense I’m right that Simitian’s hissy fit will ultimately not prevent the project moving forward.
     
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  10. Quakes05

    Quakes05 Member+

    Oct 1, 2005
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    I hope so, Don, I really do.

    We hadn't set up any goalposts. We're at the negotiating stage and an open-ended bet about a facility being built someplace, and some point in time, isn't one I'd take.

    And so, the 3-year anniversary of this announced plan of a Quakes/SCC collaboration to get it built at the fairgrounds seems reasonable. Unlikely? Yes. I expect it will drag on for another 6 months or so and then fall through...if the energy, enthusiasm and support was there, we'd be further along by now.

    Again, I hope I'm wrong...I'd love to see this facility get built anywhere, but this plan has always looked like one with an outside chance, at best.
     
  11. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

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    The disagreement was where it will be built, not when. Willing to bet you on the subject of the location.
     
  12. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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  13. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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    GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


    -G
     
  14. DotMPP

    DotMPP 'Quakes fan in Stumptown

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    Jun 29, 2004
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    Don's bound to have replied by the time I've read this, but it was pretty clear he thought there will be a facility and it will have a ceremonial ground breaking.

    The location is the question - and the subject to the bet - not the time of a groundbreaking.
     
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  15. bsman

    bsman Member+

    May 30, 2001
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    Quakes are trying to lure back recalcitrant season ticket holders with the following headline on an email I got today or yesterday:

    Catch Every Match of Bruce Arena's First Season
     
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  16. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Yeah, he is the winningest ever MLS coach but it's kind of tough sell - "Come see a cranky old guy standing on the Quakes sidelines".
     
  17. bsman

    bsman Member+

    May 30, 2001
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    They need to make him wear a purple sweater so he's easier to spot...
     
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  18. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


    -G
     
  19. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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    GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! [​IMG]


    -G
     
  20. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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  21. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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  22. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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  23. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    At first I thought that was a Quakes award, but turns out it's a world wide award save for England (which has their own special category). Not sure exactly what "player care" is but I'm guessing it's about the mental health side of things. Fish and co. get raked over for being cheap but the fact that they have a person responsible for "player care" at the academy level is a good thing. I assume she's done some good and possibly innovative things if her nomination got the attention of the group / committee amongst presumably many from all around the global soccer community.
     
  24. Quakes05

    Quakes05 Member+

    Oct 1, 2005
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  25. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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    United States
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    GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


    -G
     

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