A birdie told me awhile back Leitch made that happen and that it was coup because several other teams wanted him.
He should get together with Gary Singh and write a book, “My 16 years with the most failed franchise in US sporting history - and what I’ve learned.” I’d read it. Sure, it would be depressing and would mostly only serve to confirm everything we’ve known for years, but from his vantage point he could fill in some key details.
Once again, the only thing that Bruce took from CL as "sporting director" is making the calls on the roster. That's the easy part - it doesn't take much time to make a decision on the roster, and Bruce has made it clear he doesn't have much use for "analytics". He probably already knows what he wants to do at any time just from watching the players. So all the other stuff the GM does, managing the whole technical side of the club, fell to CL. I've been joking about CL being Bruce's "coffee boy", which he probably was, but he had all of the technical management of the club to do as well.
I guess to find out what Leitch’s last year was like, we just have to wait until his book with Gary Singh comes out!
BTW, speaking of singing, I just read Rob Halford’s memoir. Interesting to learn how his band Judas Priest wrote music and produced albums.
My post “quoted” the same above article saying the Quakes were targeting Flemming. I thought that was enough. And btw, he scored again last week.
I think the deadline issue was the straw that broke the camel's back. There were several other marginal to major whiffs over the last few seasons trying to bring in impact players. I know you're high on Hernan, but that was a poor expensive reach. I supported CL over the years but my confidence in his ability eroded...time to move on.