Claudio Reyna Departs NYCFC; David Lee Promoted to Sporting Director

Shwafta said:
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There are some parallels to be drawn, but... In a million years I'd prefer to support a club that has won 10+ games in all seasons if its existence, rather than a club that finished 14th or lower in its entire history. Neither have won trophies, our attendance is similar... The only difference is we don't have a SSS. If we had that, would we see 25+ per game? And more support from the community?

Sure, maybe Orlando's FO is better than ours but... I don't like watching 90 minutes of yawn soccer, and that's what I think of when I think of Orlando City SC.

TL;DR: I think we're way better off than OSC
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I think your missing my point. I actually think their FO is just as bad or even worse then ours however for me, like I said, they already have their stadium which again is at the top of the league and in addition to that the support they have from their city and community and fans is leaps and bounds better then us and frankly something that I dont think we will see with our club ever. I hope I'm wrong with this last point but to me this is the absolute trump card for me why I think they are in a better spot then us at this stage of both of our history.

And again, no one is arguing we have had more success in terms of regular season points but again neither of the teams won anything. Like nada.

If we switch roles, and we had the stadium they have and the support they have built, it's a no brainer.
 
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BxLio91 said:
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None taken. It's ok to disagree and see things differently. For me I would rather have the stadium, support from the city and community/fans etc and be treated like a big deal by these groups then us right now with no stadium in sight, nyc politics being what it is, diminished fan base for many reasons, instability in the front office much like Orlando I admit but again they have the infrastructure and we dont.
 
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S1ARK5 said:
None taken. It's ok to disagree and see things differently. For me I would rather have the stadium, support from the city and community/fans etc and be treated like a big deal by these groups then us right now with no stadium in sight, nyc politics being what it is, diminished fan base for many reasons, instability in the front office much like Orlando I admit but again they have the infrastructure and we dont.
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I mean its orlando, vs a big city like new york. Of course you gonna be treated as a bigger deal when all you have is the magic taking up space in sports world.
 
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Fantazma said:
I think you overestimating the media that will show up. Podcasts and blogs no doubt will, the likes of newsday, post, and daily news won't because i dont even think they have a soccer writer. Kyle is no longer in post anyway. This is not someone of like cashman level of exposure leaving so they don't care here in nyc press.

Like i said whenever a coach is named im sure something will be done and they can ask stuff they want to them both. I personally want them to get to work right away naming coach finding players which is more importan to me than a press confernce for the GM.
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The Post has had a new person lately, and Newsday has a beat writer for us since July or so.

A press conference can be done while finding a coach. It's not an either/or, doesn't take all day, etc. Sports teams should be operated as public trusts. They're not, but they should be. The paying public would like answers, and deserves answers as to what the front office is doing right now with all this apparent turmoil.
 
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ZYanksRule said:
The Post has had a new person lately, and Newsday has a beat writer for us since July or so.

A press conference can be done while finding a coach. It's not an either/or, doesn't take all day, etc. Sports teams should be operated as public trusts. They're not, but they should be. The paying public would like answers, and deserves answers as to what the front office is doing right now with all this apparent turmoil.
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Its like you just started following nycfc......CFG aint been transparent for years, they are not going to start now.

I think i found newsday beat writer but who is in the post? The only articles were of beimg eliminated, not sure that counts as coverage
 
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Fantazma said:
Its like you just started following nycfc......CFG aint been transparent for years, they are not going to start now.

I think i found newsday beat writer but who is in the post? The only articles were of beimg eliminated, not sure that counts as coverage
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I realize they aren't transparent. We should still call it out when we see it.

Ryan Gerbosi is the Newsday writer covering NYCFC. Jake Nisse was writing a bunch of NYCFC articles starting during the playoffs, so unclear whether that will continue. https://nypost.com/tag/new-york-city-fc/
 
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It sounds like Lee was heavily involved in player acquisition. That's great. What about the other stuff that seems like it's more in Reyna's wheelhouse? Building up the academy, working connections to give USL stints to our homegrowns and young players, maybe even working US soccer connections to get to players like Keaton?

I'm not sure if promoting Lee is a longer term, considered plan to shake things up, or a desperate bid for stability. Everything I've heard suggests the latter to me but I'm seeing a lot of gaps in our technical department right now. We live in interesting times.
 
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Fantazma said:
Do they do press conferences for GM and sporting directors in MLS though? Honestly all i tend to read is a tweet with a link to an artcle. I think even other soccer leagues they dont do this, if anything when a new signing or a manager is presented that they show up to the press.

And honestly your gonna get like 4 people at nycfc press conference for a GM/director role
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Like the time Michael Scott had a press conference
 
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S1ARK5 said:
True but this doesnt change the fact that this is reality.
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Yes but like a tell people on reddit, different markets have different levels of red tape. Its still much easier to build something in an orlando than nyc. Red bulls failed cosmos failed and we are failing. The west side stadium was killed off too, barclays took long time to build and changed many times from original plans. The islanders (not nyc but still state) are still getting sued and they broke ground already. The realities of the two cities are very different. Especially when building something not realated to housing.
 
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Also, on a completely unrelated note, I was searching for a Big Lebowski "calmer than you are" gif in the giphy tool here, searched "big lebowski calmer", and there's definitely some soccer chaos stuff in there if you click next a few times.
 
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Fantazma said:
Yes but like a tell people on reddit, different markets have different levels of red tape. Its still much easier to build something in an orlando than nyc. Red bulls failed cosmos failed and we are failing. The west side stadium was killed off too, barclays took long time to build and changed many times from original plans. The islanders (not nyc but still state) are stull grtting surd and they broke ground alrady. The realities of the two cities are very different. Especially when building something not realated to housing.
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It's near impossible. Put aside soccer. New York city drove out 2 major league baseball teams and 2 NFL football teams who could not get land and/or permission to build here. Getting a soccer stadium done will be a phenomenal achievement.

PS: The Dodgers wanted to build the Ebbets Field replacement where Barclays ended up so that site took about 55 years to develop.
 
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mgarbowski said:
It's near impossible. Put aside soccer. New York city drove out 2 major league baseball teams and 2 NFL football teams who could not get land and/or permission to build here. Getting a soccer stadium done will be a phenomenal achievement.

PS: The Dodgers wanted to build the Ebbets Field replacement where Barclays ended up so that site took about 55 years to develop.
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Also, after the current Madison Square Garden was built the city passed a law to make sure nothing like that ever happens again.
 
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mgarbowski said:
Also, after the current Madison Square Garden was built the city passed a law to make sure nothing like that ever happens again.
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That what never happens again?

Building the butt ugliest and most useless arena in the country?
Tearing down a beautiful landmark train station?
Building a new station that treats people from New Jersey like subterranean rats?
Enriching a bunch of entitled assholes like the Dolans?

Certainly 1 and 2 - maybe 4 - definitely not 3.
 
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Gotham Gator said:
That what never happens again?

Building the butt ugliest and most useless arena in the country?
Tearing down a beautiful landmark train station?
Building a new station that treats people from New Jersey like subterranean rats?
Enriching a bunch of entitled assholes like the Dolans?

Certainly 1 and 2 - maybe 4 - definitely not 3.
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Well, the law was specifically to avoid tearing down anything like the old Penn Station again. But it's also fair to note that it's at best uncertain whether they could have found anywhere to build a new arena otherwise in Manhattan and the law generally adds to the entire tapestry of factors that makes building in NYC so difficult.
 
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