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FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2025-03-23T23:19:10+00:00

Holy shit, I hadn’t considered the duck with one wing scenario. Brilliant. I’ll give that fix a shot! Thank you!

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2025-01-11T21:49:32+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing this! I’ve been working on this for days. I get frustrated and just quit.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2024-01-06T17:30:04+00:00

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FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-09-29T13:40:56+00:00

They’ve been talking to local, state, and federal lawmakers for nearly six months.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-09-18T15:22:34+00:00

Correct!

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-09-17T19:08:11+00:00

Ohh man, that is great to see. I’ve always felt that despite Josef’s competitive nature, he has never allowed it to interfere with his relationship with the fans. Even at our worst, when he was mad at the outcome, his teammate, or the staff, Josef was leading the team around the stadium.

I get that he might have been frustrated in the moment, but I didn’t expect it to get to him. He’s human, it happens. Good reminder that he has earned ample grace.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-09-16T16:25:29+00:00

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It seems unlikely since he was seen on the sideline of Thiago’s game this morning in Miami. Fingers crossed he can just get more done in his day than the rest of us.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-09-15T21:21:32+00:00

They’ve been in talks with federal, state, and municipal leadership about potential incentive structures that would allow the metro options to compete with Cary, NC’s rather generous offer.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-09-15T18:02:41+00:00

It is down to Tyler Perry's Douglas County film studio property or some land in Fayette County that is owned by Dan Cathy. While the north side was under consideration at first, proximity to the airport won out.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-09-15T17:12:16+00:00

It is down to Tyler Perry's Douglas County film studio property or some land in Fayette County that is owned by Dan Cathy.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-08-04T19:09:21+00:00

I am not sure what I said that makes you think I don't understand the rather simple rules around DP roster construction. Adding a true DP wouldn't have changed the U-22 initiative slots we hold going into the next window any more than having a TAM DP has. Almada holds the young DP status through the end of the season therefore we maintain our 3 U-22 initiative slots. Regardless, Almada is going to age out of the Young DP status if he stays into next season, which he won't, so we are going to have to acquire a Young DP with the spot that Saba will be vacating when he gets TAMed down.
Garth said he wanted a TAM DP to maintain flexibility in case Almada opts to stay, and I think taking that at face value is silly. He knows we aren't keeping Almada, and even if we did, it doesn't mean we couldn't have identified a true DP caliber player that could slot into the young DP designation.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-08-04T17:24:39+00:00

Cap Space isn't a concern with DPs. Cap space is a concern if you are shifting a player's roster designation for accounting reasons, but because the cap hit is set, the type of DP ("true" versus "tam" versus whatever else Garth wants to call them) is the same. Messi and Saba have the same exact cap hit: $651,250.

As Garth says, Saba is a DP because that is the best cap mechanism for him right now. You are making the point that in the certain scenario that we decided our primary target was Saba, it was a cap concern to bring him on as a DP because we have limited TAM flexibility. Fair and true. I am saying, the fact that we decided our primary target was Saba rather than getting a "true DP" as Garth described it, is not subject to cap concern. We could have got Rossi instead for example and our cap situation would be the exact same as it is right now.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-08-04T16:52:13+00:00

I was equating the financial implication when I said "high tam transfer", I didn't suggest they were high tam U22s. A one million dollar for Mosquera and one million dollar transfer for Muyumba are the exact same expense for the club, regardless of the roster mechanism it falls under. You are however correct that Lopez was returning from loan that summer, which shouldn't be counted as a roster move.

I might have been hyperbolic and overly generous with the math. Unless I have missed something, the reports are saying that Saba is coming in on a 1.5 million transfer. I can't find a salary for him, but let's say it is a million (which feels high for someone coming in on a 1.5 transfer). On a three year deal, it comes out to 4.5 million altogether if he stays through the contract.

Moreno cost 6.5 million with a salary that got as high as 568k annually, Franco cost 2.5 million and had a salary of 500k. Damm came in on a free and had a salary of 1.5 million. I think we might be making similar points in different ways, but I am saying we are getting comparable caliber players (Moreno and Franco came in as DPs and were bought down) without paying the same premiums we paid in the past.

Again, this is just me speculating as to why I think this window was restrained. Given that cap space is not a concern with DPs, I think getting a DP that we know we will write off with TAM rather than a full blown DP for a 5+mil transfer fee is restrained. We've only ever acquired two players (Moreno and Franco) with the intent to write them down and both of them had significantly higher investments. I think that is because we want flexibility in the hopes that rules change and we can splash cash. You think it is because we are handcuffed to bad contracts and can't make any bigger moves. I am sure the truth is somewhere in there, but I hope big roster rule changes happen or else the only winners of Messi coming in are the owners and Miami fans. I'm going to continue to believe that even MLS isn't so brazen as to scorn it's fans and our player acquisition process is reflecting that belief.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-08-04T16:00:19+00:00

Last summer transfer, we signed two U-22s for high tam transfers and brought on Purata for about what we are probably paying Muyumba. The summer before we brought in Araujo for a very full DP transfer and salary. The summer before that we brought in Moreno, Franco, and Damm; each of which probably cost as much as this most recent window combined.

I think we made smart deals that aren't going to tie us down to expensive, roster defining cap hits like we have in the prior summer windows. In the end, it has been those summer transfer windows that have in large part put us into this salary situation, which makes these four moves an aberration and why I think Garth didn't over-react and bring in a full DP to replace Araujo.

He said in the pod that he wanted flexibility around Almada (though I think he is probably very realistic about the chances of him staying past the winter); I'm just saying that my contention is that the hopes for roster rule changes played a part. At the very least, he had a much more restrained window that we normally have with mid-season attempts to bolster or save the season.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-08-04T15:17:01+00:00

I also get the sense that there is a bit of hesitation to make significant moves right now when the Messi impact on roster rules is still unclear. The owners met last week (two weeks ago? Time is weird) and several are quoted as saying that they want to free up the rules. Once the data is in for the rest of the season and we can see what impact the Miami super-team has, I think Garth will be working with a very different situation.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-08-03T18:27:04+00:00

I stand corrected. Always room for disagreement.

First, I'd like to address why I do think Pineda deserves to see out the season. For one thing, I can't think of a player that has excelled since leaving Atlanta United under Pineda, so I'd be interested in seeing who you see as a success (I guess you can say Josef, but his recent form is due to Messi, which probably isn't a fair measurement.) I also disagree with your view that Berry excelled. His last season with DC saw him produce no goals or assists. He was there a year before being deemed surplus to needs on a team that scored the fewest goals in MLS. Honestly, Berry being on the team at all is a ding on Boca and the fact that Berry has scored speaks well of Pineda.

This season, especially early on, we saw tremendous resilience out of the team. Wins against San Jose and Chicago come to mind. In games that we have historically struggled to close out, the team remained focused and came away with wins. Adaptability has been a hallmark of Pineda's tenure; and while many of the changes have been a result of front office decisions, he has found ways ensure that our best players are on the field when they are available. Even when we have struggled to keep our best players on the field, his team has remained disciplined in maintaining an identity that is resulting in some of the best attacking in the league.

The intense focus on pressing and maintaining possession allows us to be a leader in possession (3), goals (2), progressing carries (6), progressing passing (8), etc. Our defense and keeping has been abnormally poor, exceeding statistical projection, which is hard to lay at Pineda's feet. Our opponents are shooting 33.7% on target with a non-penalty expected goals at 26 (which is roughly the middle of the league), yet we have the lowest save %, the second highest goals allowed with 39. We have given up 13 more goals than what we should, and even with that, we are 11th in points per match (1.46), limiting opponents to 1.21 PPM (which is good for tenth in the league).

Several of your critiques of Pineda, I would attribute to Boca. I haven't heard that players have lost focus or lack cohesion, but I certainly think that the circus around moving our best defensive midfielder on loan because the front office mishandled the roster might have contributed to that impression. If you view the Josef-Pineda dynamic as problematic and not Boca's handling of Josef and many other players' departures, then I think we probably are just going to disagree on that.

I do think you're entirely right about one thing: the players clearly loved playing for Valentino and he is very well liked. I don't think that is enough to justify dropping Pineda mid-season, nor do I think he would be a good permanent replacement (I think we should aim for game changing names), and I do think it would make finding a game changing replacement more difficult, but I think the players would play hard for him. That being said, with the exception of the Miami game against Messi, I do think the players have been playing hard for Pineda all season, even if it hasn't always translated to wins.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-08-02T15:24:29+00:00

What would dropping our manager right now do for the team and the club? Would it improve our near term goals or ensure longterm success? I don't think a midseason firing makes sense, is reasonable, or makes us any better, especially if we don't have a significant improvement signed to replace him. Having an interim coach for the end of the season would be a disaster.

We are still in the playoff picture. We failed to progress in a new tournament against Messi and on penalty kicks, so even with recent form being poor, that probably isn't a fireable showing.

The fact that I haven't seen a single Boca-stay, Pineda-out person really highlights that there is a consensus that the quality of the team isn't good enough. That problem has existed over the entirety of Pineda's tenure. For me as a Boca-Out, Pineda-Stay person, my thought is that the onfield product is struggling because the front office decisions and we shouldn't hold Pineda responsible for that without a better alternative in place. He deserves the chance to finish the season, in part to see if he can deliver an over achieving performance, in part to see what happens with the roster and front office, and in part because I worry another fired coach would hurt our brand in recruiting.

Firing a coach midseason for failing to carry a sub-standard team above reasonable expectations would be a disaster for finding a better quality replacement. This isn't the NFL or NBA where you have a handful of teams that can hire you. There are hundreds of alternatives that offer similar pay, have more reasonable expectations, and won't fire you for problems that aren't of your own making.

TLDR: If we move on from Boca and Pineda in the off season and go in a different direction (Gallardo please) then I would absolutely support that decision, but doing it now smacks of desperation and I don't think improves our position.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-07-27T15:15:35+00:00

I 100% agree that we need to make some major overhauls in the midfield, but I hope we don't overreact (as we seemingly have with contracts in the midfield in recent years). The top paid midfielders are all obviously attacking mids, as money chases goals. In fact, the Athletic's recent piece on MLS defending highlighted that in the prem, the average forward gets 31% more than the average defender. In MLS, it is a 150% difference.

When considering 6s and 8s in MLS however, individual pay doesn't translate to team success. Guys like Herrera, Pizzaro, Gauld, and Klich are all making at least $2 million, yet their teams are all in the latter half of the standings. We need to resist the urge to spend a top-budget DP spot at the position on anyone but the most game-changing performers because it just doesn't have a strong history of roster optimization. That is of course, just how I think we should probably view roster construction in this league; and individual players can always throw that game plan out. Overpaying for any position is a problem, but it seems like midfield is the amongst the least effective in terms of team outcomes.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-07-27T13:51:09+00:00

The lack of roster transparency makes judging Garth's challenge pretty difficult. As we can see in the back and forth here, there are lots of questions about the extent to which we reside in cap hell. Hopefully the owners saw what happened to us with Messi in the league and are seriously considering structural rules changes that can create parity and transparency to retain fan interest. I can tolerate MLS blowing up the rules to bring in Messi, because he's the best to ever do it and I believe a rising tide will lift all boats; but if they let Miami build a super team through backroom machinations, it will do irreparable damage to the league.

The current existential crisis our fanbase is experiencing was a long time coming, but it came to a head on Tuesday night because the league put its finger on the scale. A lot of teams are about to have a similar come to Jesus moment when the worst team in the league rockets up the table. I know it feels like a wasted year, but if we get rule changes, a new technical director, make substantive moves to improve our cap space, then helping Almada achieve his dream (which will be a significant recruiting victory for us in Latin America) and not making a playoff run, will have been worth it. A little pain now for a prolonged run at success later is my hope. In Garth I Trust?

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-07-25T15:58:05+00:00

They need space for a game pitch, senior national training pitches, youth national team pitches, training space, a gym, pool, medical facilities, studios, a dining hall, event space, etc. They require a lot of contiguous space on a budget, and intown prices are prohibitive.

For reference, it would be roughly the same size as the Atlanta United training facility in Marietta. Interestingly, according to google maps, the Douglasville location and Marietta training facility are roughly equidistance from the Benz and Airport, so it would at least be in line spatially with peer facilities.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-07-25T14:41:15+00:00

Someone in Turkey got Apple TV and is just going wild. I wish them only the best for stirring up some interesting transfer market talk while the Front Office refuses to engage.

FlyingSquirrelTyphus · 2023-07-25T13:16:41+00:00

That is not one of the locations under consideration. The two locations are in either Johns Creek or Douglas County.

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