Jeremiah is on vacation so Aaron fills in to host with guest and friend of the show, Mark Kastner. They discuss the Leagues Cup aftermath, their outlook on the rest of this regular season and give their takes on how they feel about this current group of players.
I agree with almost everything you said, including the price for winning CCL, except for the point about it not being a good idea to do something right now. We’ve heard over and over that the best players are available mid-season, and over and over we’ve waited til mid season to make signings because of that. Also, combined with the fact there’s often a long acclimation period to MLS, doing nothing now sets us up for another year of waiting to be an interesting team to watch. My expectation is that we only replace 1/2 to 2/3 in the off-season, several of which come in at the very end of pre-season, then we hear how much the team needs to gel for 6 months and then finally get the last pieces a year from now and then those pieces need time and a pre-season to gel. Doing something now gets at least one major, team-leading piece ahead of all of that.
I agree with almost everything you said, including the price for winning CCL, except for the point about it not being a good idea to do something right now. We’ve heard over and over that the best players are available mid-season, and over and over we’ve waited til mid season to make signings because of that. Also, combined with the fact there’s often a long acclimation period to MLS, doing nothing now sets us up for another year of waiting to be an interesting team to watch. My expectation is that we only replace 1/2 to 2/3 in the off-season, several of which come in at the very end of pre-season, then we hear how much the team needs to gel for 6 months and then finally get the last pieces a year from now and then those pieces need time and a pre-season to gel. Doing something now gets at least one major, team-leading piece ahead of all of that.
Jesus christ, you guys, too?
Are we 0-24-0 with a -400 GD? What the hell am I missing?