Todd Dunivant Named New York City FC Sporting Director

CCMore said:
... I wonder if he was apart of the bid to make Sacramento the expansion side a few years back and what in the end sank them. With his background as president of the club and history of creating competitive teams, I hope he has the spine to stand up to the CFG network and do what’s right for the club.
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He was there at the time. The bid failed as their main investor to pay the expansion fee and invest in the Club walked when things were close to the finish line.
 
gbservis said:
I agree it's better than a B- for sure. Dunivant is coming from the USL, but he's very ingrained in all US domestic soccer with experience with USL, MLS, and the USMNT. Compared to an internal CFG/European candidate, in addition to not being beholden to the mothership, Dunivant comes with some very significant advantages:
  • Familiarity with operating within capped systems and even the concept of a salary cap not being completely foreign, as it would be for someone from Europe
  • Extensive knowledge of the US talent pool - he certainly knows USL, but I'm sure he was tracking MLS players too. We could actually see a return to the days of an occasional quality MLS/USL depth signing.
  • A strong connection to the domestic US soccer network - We can't underestimate how much of an insiders club US soccer can be. MLS front offices are stacked with guys who share backgrounds with Dunivant. If you have a good player on a decent deal that needs a move for one reason or another, who are you calling first, a CFG stranger in David Lee or the guy you played against in MLS or went to USMNT training camp with?

I'm with you that I prefer this more than someone like Vermes or Curtin. I'm honestly pretty excited about Dunivant.
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For whatever it’s worth David Lee isn’t a CFG guy. We poached him from Red Bulls funnily enough.
 
ZYanksRule said:
Can I just say how strange it is that the team never posted anything from Todd's first day? No welcome video, no first day walk-in, nothing. The opaqueness is overwhelming.
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He probably had to fly to Manchester for HR onboarding; it's just orientation for the first 3 days, has to get his direct deposit set up, and enroll in benefits.
 
ZYanksRule said:
Not even a team-issued interview, to say nothing of a real press conference. It's all so bizarre.
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He already did his interview.. what more do you really want? Some video of him at his desk? They already welcomed him. Let the man work instead of being harassed to do digital shorts.
 
moogoo said:
He already did his interview.. what more do you really want? Some video of him at his desk? They already welcomed him. Let the man work instead of being harassed to do digital shorts.
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Yeah, he's only been here three days, Lee did like 3 interviews total during his entire time with the club and nearly all of them where him hiding in his office with a team PR person and canned questions.
 
moogoo said:
He already did his interview.. what more do you really want? Some video of him at his desk? They already welcomed him. Let the man work instead of being harassed to do digital shorts.
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I don't remember seeing an interview with him, just a 10 second little thing. There should absolutely be a press conference. Imagine any other NYC team hiring a GM and not introducing him to the media. It's crazy.
 
ZYanksRule said:
I don't remember seeing an interview with him, just a 10 second little thing. There should absolutely be a press conference. Imagine any other NYC team hiring a GM and not introducing him to the media. It's crazy.
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I agree with you, but they have been doing this for years. Imagine any other NYC sports teams where the GM doesn't open and close the season with a press conference or speak directly to reporters for multiple seasons.

Ignoring the slow start, I am interested to see if Todd speaks to the media at least occasionally. Claudio did press conferences so I'm not convinced the lack of interaction we saw from Lee was 100% CFG.
 
gbservis said:
I agree with you, but they have been doing this for years. Imagine any other NYC sports teams where the GM doesn't open and close the season with a press conference or speak directly to reporters for multiple seasons.

Ignoring the slow start, I am interested to see if Todd speaks to the media at least occasionally. Claudio did press conferences so I'm not convinced the lack of interaction we saw from Lee was 100% CFG.
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The Rangers and Knicks GMs speak maybe once a year if you're lucky. But yes, you're right. Lee seemed very camera shy so hopefully they open Todd up more. It's a very bad start though.
 
ZYanksRule said:
I don't remember seeing an interview with him, just a 10 second little thing. There should absolutely be a press conference. Imagine any other NYC team hiring a GM and not introducing him to the media. It's crazy.
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It seems like a golden opportunity to hold a conference in front of a big picture of Etihad Park and get some coverage. I'm not sure why the team would pass on that.
 
ZYanksRule said:
Really no more excuses not to do it with preseason beginning today. At least give us the club-sanitized interview or something. I'd settle for that at this point.
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The CFG mantra seems to be only communicate when there is good news to share. Notice that Sims typically pops up with an interview late in the season after we finally make a signing or two and results are looking good.

Nothing from Dunivant so far is a further indication to me that they aren't planning any big moves anytime soon. Year 3 of our the only plan on offense being fingers crossed Ojeda and Julian figure it out this year.
 
gbservis said:
The CFG mantra seems to be only communicate when there is good news to share. Notice that Sims typically pops up with an interview late in the season after we finally make a signing or two and results are looking good.

Nothing from Dunivant so far is a further indication to me that they aren't planning any big moves anytime soon. Year 3 of our the only plan on offense being fingers crossed Ojeda and Julian figure it out this year.
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It doesn’t even need to be news though. Just something that actually builds up anticipation to the season. Big facet of their job. Information part is gravy.
 
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