Even the manner in which we gave up the chase suggests that Dome doesn't really give a shit about the league, in the sense that he sacrificed momentum for a tactical crash course. If so, can we up the ante for the playoffs?
I have so many questions about this season that will never be answered. Starting with...
Were Vieira and his agent working the network for European coaching jobs that would open in the middle of our season during our 2017-2018 off-season?
As that is almost certainly a yes, did NYCFC and CFG know this, or at least suspect?
If not, why not?
If so, did they start working early on a plan to replace him?
If so, did they try to work an extension that would give us more leverage to get compensation from potential suitors?
If not, why not? That is a very standard arrangement. Team agrees it will let player leave in middle of contract if player agrees to extension that gives team greater leverage for transfer fee.
Did they discuss transition strategies with potential candidates?
Did Dome tell them he would want to blow everything up midseason with a goal to be better in the playoffs?
If so, why did they drag out the process and arrange it so Vieira stayed as long as possible?
The only way to justify getting no compensation from Nice is that Nice and Vieira agreed to have him stay through the Atlanta game even though the deal was made weeks earlier when Vieira flew to France and lied about it.
But if Dome wanted to start over with an all new system, then delaying his start makes no sense.
But if that isn't why we took no compensation from Nice, then why the hell did we get no compensation from Nice?
Or, did Dome think he could just tinker, until he got here and changed his mind?
If so, was that because he decided Vieira's system was more flawed than he realized, or because he decided the team was more capable than he thought and could handle the transition on the fly?
If so, why did he think either of those?