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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Bhoys Trouble: Possible fallout from "DeRoGate"

De Ro perfects the look most TFC supporters have

Remember a few weeks ago when Toronto FC Konsültant Jürgen Klinsmann was waxing on about the pre-Christmas signing of our new head coach? Ah... good times. While the future wasn't exactly bright (since Tom Anselmi and ML$E were still involved) it was at least something to look forward to. A shiny present to unwrap on Christmas Day from our German uncle. Well I hope you kept the gift receipt because Boxing Day delivered a box full of circus dung for TFC supporters.
 
Now Reds supporters are used to these absurd antics but rarely have we seen a crapstorm story like the Dwayne De Rosario-to-Celtic drama. Quite arguably, rarely in football do you see a saga that was so poorly handled - from all parties involved. De Ro and his management's "he said, we said" permission slips; Earl Cochrane's denying confirmation of confirming his denial about said permission; and even Celtic who have acted like it was the first time they had even heard of Major League Soccer or active contracts. It is a mess from top to bottom and the blame could still land on any doorstep but the long-term fallout from "DeRoGate 2010" will be felt long-term.
 
Let's take a look at a few best case and worst case scenarios for the main players in Toronto FC's latest (but unlikely last) three-ring-circus...
 
DWANYE DE ROSARIO:
Best Case Scenario: De Ro gets his permission to train with Celtic and impresses the Glasgow outfit during the week landing himself a long-term stay in Scotland and one last decent payday
Worst Case Scenario: Celtic decides De Ro isn't up to scratch and the player must return to TFC and MLS as a pariah who has managed against all odds to turn a large chunk of the club's supporters against him. He would get a rough ride at BMO if he's not dealt to another MLS club first where his career would peter out quietly
 
EARL COCHRANE:
Best Case Scenario: The permission for De Ro to train at Celtic goes through quietly and quickly and the whole mess is spun as a clerical and communications error with Cochrane seen as the upstanding "victim" in a mess beyond his control
Worst Case Scenario: The "Interim-ish" GM is exposed for the amateur he actually is who was too much of a rookie to handle the shark-infested world of sports agents. His fledgling GM career which looked certain until yesterday is cut short in an ML$E clean-up PR job
 
CELTIC:
Best Case Scenario: The Glasgow giants like what they see in De Ro and get a cheap deal worked out with TFC/MLS quickly and don't get their reputation dragged through any "tapping up" talk or threats of action from Major League Soccer
Worst Case Scenario: Want to sign De Rosario (if this whole zoo hasn't turned them off him already) but get caught with their hand in the cookie jar in regards to his contract situation meaning they have to pay a higher transfer fee to avoid any legal wrangling
 
ML$E:
Best Case Scenario: Given a free pass to get out of De Ro's hefty DP salary request and replace him with an Academy player at 1/10th the cap-space all while avoiding the wrath of the fans who are too angry at De Rosario to notice. Also, get to cash in on an unexpected transfer fee, and... have a built-in excuse for when the 2011 season inevitably goes terribly wrong.
Worst Case Scenario: Having to sell De Rosario jersey's at 10% off
 
TFC SUPPORTERS:
Best Case Scenario: ML$E, who seemed to be moments away from handing Earl Cochrane the full-time GM gig, will have their hand forced by the errors of their "amateur-hour" front office and be made to buy a top-level executive and head coach in order to spin the bad stench away from TFC... again.
Worst Case Scenario (yet most likely): The exact opposite of that and the introduction of the "Cochrane/ Brennan/ Dasovic - 5 Year Plan". Oh, and not having anyone who scores goals. That's bad too.

6 comments:

  1. You realize MLSE doesn't pay ANY of DeRo's salary, right? Replacing him with an academy player doesn't save them anything.

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  2. @ Mike...

    Excellent point. Always forget about the weird and wonderful world of MLS salary structure. We meant De Ro's request for DP salary but didn't express it well enough. Noted and fixed.

    Cheers!

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  3. I saw you guys replaced the picture of DeRo with the images of frei and nana....
    Two red soldiers!

    I guess DeRo does not deserve the tribute anymore

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  4. @ Anon 1:53

    It's not so much that we took De Ro off the pic as some kind of pouting punishment, the truth is - we just can't see him being a Red in 2011.

    For the most part here, we still dig De Ro and as I'm sure you've read haven't really put him down apart from saying his move was boneheaded. If we as supporters hate ML$E from the outside, I'm sure his feelings are worse inside the circus!

    Maybe De Ro will turn out mostly to blame... maybe not. Would it surprise anyone if ML$E had screwed this up? Either way, we love Frei and Attakora and they deserve a place up top too... even though they could be next in the TFC departure lounge.

    We would have put a pic of the new head coach but Anselmi won't likely hire him until the week before the season. And even then... it'll probably be Dasovic - then Dichio in July when Daso is fired!

    Cheers for the eagle eye!

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  5. DeRo deserves his just desserts. He has been the class of the league for years. His resume speaks for itself. Toronto can NOT afford to not have him.

    I am slightly amused that some people mention the coach/GM scenario. Word is that they were supposed to be named by Christmas or shortly after.

    This is MLSE (Multi Level Stupid Employees) we are talking about. All they have/will do is remove the “interim” tag from Dick Dasovic’s and Earl Cockring’s names. There you have it, coach and GM. OH how brilliant MLSE….ya bunch of filthy fucktards.

    Don’t let TFC’s sob story affect your thinking for the player. DeRo is right and is standing up for himself. He knows that MLSE management is as bad as the CSA (that’s why he’s spoken up about both).
    If any of you were lied to…just how mad would you be?…it would hang around like an unpaid bill. Those things sting.

    Its the fans fault at the end of the day. No one wants to speak out and revolt. Imagine a march right up to MLSE filled with oh sooo good signs, songs, harsh words and a good piss up. IT would scare the shit out of MLSE and also add that the City people would be even more scared with that much attention…they would force MLSE to make sure a revolt would not happen again. You all bitch about it…make your mark, get the revolt done…I’ll be at the front of the line….Toronto can NOT continue to be the city of douchebag losers!!

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  6. Well said anon 11:46. I think you summed up exactly how many people who read thise site (and i think it's fair to say the people who write it for us) feel. Hard to set up a revolt though when 90% of BMO Field believe the bullshit that MLSE puts out thre as gospel. If you are right about Cochrane and Dasovic this could be the final nail in TFC.

    Thanks for the rant, enjoyed it. Thanks yorkies for not ever swallowing MLSE bullshit and being one of the few who dont and aren't afraid to say it.

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