The "Ownership vs. Stewardship" Thread

Grant throwing some darts Krafts way - that can only help us!

As NFL Owners Kraft, Kroenke Vie for Super Bowl, Their MLS Teams Wallow
https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/02/0...s-patriots-rams-mls-revolution-rapids-arsenal

 

Can't argue at all with the general gist of the article--both Kraft and Kroneke are terrible stewards of their MLS teams. But Wahl focuses all on the "lack of a stadium in Boston" theme. While if they did ever do this, that would signal a huge turnaround for Ebeneezer Kraft, but as we've discussed ad nauseum on this board, there are lots of reasons why it might not make sense.

But there are a ton of other things that Kraft is not doing with the Revs, and those things, Urban Core Stadium or not, are not getting done and would go a long way to make the Revs a "serious" team and relevant in their market.

Not that the Krafts would ever read this or try to counter it with any sort of rebuttal, but any half-brained Kool-Aid Drinker could easily refute Wahl's whole premise. It's all about bowl-movement donations, and that's where the Revs are seriously lacking. Good enough is good enough. Or if it isn't, well, it's still good enough, because that's all you'll get.

 

Totally agree - I was thinking similar when re-reading it too

 

Go Bob and Jonathan. Take that money home.

Thankfully, it isn't my money.

 

This is as close as the Revs will ever get to signing a player of this caliber:

A honour to meet @Patriots owner Robert Kraft at the Super Bowl 🏈🙌 #SuperBowl #SBLIII pic.twitter.com/9WSxeovIyc

— Harry Kane (@HKane) February 3, 2019

 

I wonder if they even joked about him playing for the Revs.
"We'd love to have you on our team! We'll pay you $200,000."
"$200,000 a week, right?"

 

I know tottenham are cheap, but I feel like he is already on more than £250,000/wk. That would be a huge pay cut

 

Blame it on currency exchange!

Reminds me of some pro-Precourt Austin shill saying that he wasn't a worse owner than Kraft because he spent "millions" on upgrading Crew Stadium. Well, he didn't specify that it was US dollars that we were talking about. He probably did spend a million on ongoing stadium maintenance. A million Rwandan Francs, that is, which comes out to just short of $1,200

 

Good article. Nothing new in there for anyone on this board but still, it was a positive to see coverage in the NY Times. We need more national outlets to cover the revs' lack of attention by the Krafts.

It was interesting neither Kraft spoke. They can't claim it was a hatchet job this time, at least.

 

They didn't speak to the other guy either. They will almost never comment on these kinds of articles. Any reporter who has the unmitigated audacity to say, "Hey, look at that emperor, he's walking around buck-nekkid!" forces them into some kind of comment. And niether is a very good response (A) "Um, what soccer team?" or (B) Whaddaya mean? He's wearing the finest textiles money can buy! Just look at that white collar with the light blue shirt! How stylish is that?"

So it's a whole lot easier to be "unavailable for comment." Besides, in this day and age, it has almost become the norm to use answer B.

Looking on the bright side, maybe this will prompt us to sign the next Jermaine Jones. Think about it, we were a pretty mediocre, going nowhere team until he joined us.

 

One nitpick on the article: it included a photo of the sparsely populated outdoor section of the luxury boxes for the home opener (with the implication that it was a disappointing crowd). That section is always an unreliable indicator (even for Patriot games, mega-concerts, etc.) since the fans can choose to be inside or outside - and most typically go with the indoor amenities.

No doubt the 13K+ is disappointing by MLS standards (and looks even worse in such a huge stadium), but, in context, given that it was probably just about our earliest home opener ever, that number isn't so bad.

Certainly the larger point, that our attendance is in the lower half of the league in one of the 2-3 biggest (if not the biggest) stadiums isn't a good look, is valid.

 

Unfortunately, that is the way internet media works these days: the photo supports the author's bias.

Take any political article online. You can tell which way it is slanted just by looking at the picture. If the photo of <insert political figure here> is an unflattering picture, you know the article is slanted toward the opposing party.

 

He's a good, experienced transition to said mastermind.

 

Did Justin Rennicks get one?

 

Sticking this here for your viewing pleasure. 19th in the league. Only three teams below the Revs would currently make the playoffs should the season end tomorrow.

 

I’d be interested to know the average salary of non-DP, non-GAM/TAM/SAM/WAM/PAM/HAM/BAM/DAM (I sometimes think MLS will run out of three letter acronyms for X allocation money) compensated players.

The number I read was promising but I fear totally misleading.

 

Only one MLS team (Toronto) is paying their entire roster ($22M) more than the Red Sox are paying Pablo Sandoval ($19M) this year to play for the Giants. Yikes.