Why do you assume Tefu is any better than the rest of our CBs? Granted the bar is pretty low but it's not like the team didn't get a good look at him. What we know about him:
1. He played his whole career and was one of the better players in a league most would consider to be on a lower tier than the MLS.
2. He was on trial for a considerable period of time with NYCFC, we got a good look at him and decided to pass
3. He ended up going to a league that is possibly at the level of MLS or maybe below it.
Other than the fact that a few SA journalists showed up on these forums and hyped us all up about him none of the other things we know imply that he's actually any good. While the decision making of our talent evaluators can be questionable I find it hard to believe they got that good of a look at him and ended up passing on a guy that truly would have been an upgrade for our D.
That's very true. He could have been garbage and not have contributed to the team at all. He also wanted more money from us then what he is making at BK Hacken. I believe the money issue and the potential of Mena was the ultimate reason for us not signing him, not his skills. If at the very least he was a bench player (like Mena is now) and signed the same contract as his current one for BK Hackenthen I would have sign that contract in a heartbeat (also I realize that's a few ifs)
His $116,173.05 salary would be lower than Shay Facey's last year ($120,000), Jason Hernandez's ($175,000), Jefferson Mena's ($200,00), Ethan White's ($125,000), and Fredric Brillant's (transfermarket.com has his value at €700,000, which I find extremely unlikely, so I'm probably reading that wrong)
He was a leader on a championship team, the best player in his league, a defender who commited hardly an fouls, and was known to score goals on set peices using his head. Now that was in another league, and we only have to look as far as Iraola and Lampard to show us what potential vs reality really is, but as of right now, yea I would have definitely liked Reyna to have signed him over Mena. He would at the very least provided a little leadership on the bench.
Anyways it's all water under the bridge now, so all of this is just conversational fantasy. I'm just hoping we can dump a few players and tweek the roster for the summer. Hopefully slowly build this team up piece by piece (and I mean everywhere, not just the d)
Nick Chavez sharing what he's getting in good faith and folks mock & bash him if it doesn't pan out. That's a good way to make sure any lines of information dry up.
