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16 minutes ago, EP Phone Home said:

Lenarduzzi saying that they knew about the divide is mind-boggling. So you’re the boss of all of these players and coaches, you knew that there was a culture issue, and you did nothing? Way to take ownership and accepting the fact that your vision failed. Everyone likes

someone who acknowledges making mistakes and making things right again. Bob has shown us he can’t lead or take any blame for this. That’s all I will say about this and hope for change from

the top down.

Maybe he was hoping this wouldn't come out into the fan/public base. Good for Waston for telling it like it is.

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11 minutes ago, johngould21 said:

Maybe he was hoping this wouldn't come out into the fan/public base. Good for Waston for telling it like it is.

It just sucks that just about 8 months ago we had one of the best defensive duos in the league with Parker and Watson. Now they are both gone and both left probably due to the front office (contract dispute with Parker, and Two faced direction by Bob to Watson). I don’t blame Kendall to want to get out of the dysfunctional mess. But he was our Chara and those sadly don’t come around all that often.

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16 minutes ago, gurn said:

Waston was/is a poor captain, he allowed his temper and ego to get in the way in more than a couple of matches this year, drawing yellow and red cards. Hardly leadership calibre  and I am happy to see him go.

Passion and aggressiveness is a good thing to have in a captain. I can think of many great captains over history who were over aggressive. Zidane, Roy Keane, Sergio Ramos (who I personally think is overrated but he has the trophies to back it up), Daniele De Rossi, Patrick Veira. I could go on.

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5 minutes ago, ReggieBush said:

Passion and aggressiveness is a good thing to have in a captain. I can think of many great captains over history who were over aggressive. Zidane, Roy Keane, Sergio Ramos (who I personally think is overrated but he has the trophies to back it up), Daniele De Rossi, Patrick Veira. I could go on.

Badly timed red cards are not a sign of good captains though. Whiney get me out of here attitudes and statements are also not a sign of good captaincy

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35 minutes ago, MJDDawg said:

Knowing what we know now, this kinda puts Camillo in a whole different light does it not?

Not paying Camillo his much deserved dollars was a HUGE mistake.  Now we get a young Canadian superstar, and he heads off to Europe.  Maybe the league itself is doomed?  We can't keep the young star players, so we end up with not very good younger guys, and older guys, who are (mostly) only playing for the money.  No wonder there are locker-room problems.  I bet there are a lot of MLS teams with locker-room problems.  There are likely a lot of older guys making too much money, while the younger guys (who are actually fighting for their teams) are paid (relative) peanuts. 

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18 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Not paying Camillo his much deserved dollars was a HUGE mistake.  Now we get a young Canadian superstar, and he heads off to Europe.  Maybe the league itself is doomed?  We can't keep the young star players, so we end up with not very good younger guys, and older guys, who are (mostly) only playing for the money.  No wonder there are locker-room problems.  I bet there are a lot of MLS teams with locker-room problems.  There are likely a lot of older guys making too much money, while the younger guys (who are actually fighting for their teams) are paid (relative) peanuts. 

Yep. They were talking about this on the radio. The locker room issue being the wage gaps, not so much that bad attitudes/guys are in the room.

 

We need some popular names to stick around. It's hard to swallow switching out so many players in an off season. How do  you sell that to younger fans? I grew up always picking a favorite player or two on the teams I liked. I know we can't keep everyone but I would like some consistency in the line up.

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, bishopshodan said:

Yep. They were talking about this on the radio. The locker room issue being the wage gaps, not so much that bad attitudes/guys are in the room.

 

We need some popular names to stick around. It's hard to swallow switching out so many players in an off season. How do  you sell that to younger fans? I grew up always picking a favorite player or two on the teams I liked. I know we can't keep everyone but I would like some consistency in the line up.

 

 

 

That’s just it, I’ve had a Whitecaps kit since the 2011 season but have never put a name or number on the back because of the amount of turnover this team has year in and year out. How do you invest into a team that changes more than a seasonal coat? Aside from Harvey (gone now) Tibert and Hurtado we haven’t had a steady core stick around with this team. Watson is another one who’s been around but again he will be gone. Like you said you can’t keep everyone but when you build a team, you try and keep your core pieces intact.

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54 minutes ago, bishopshodan said:

I don't even know what to say. How did they let it get this bad?

 

RIP Whitecaps. 

 

You will always be in my heart but I will not let you in my wallet anymore until you get your act together. 

 

they are not worried

 

they have already won a 3 pact of financial gains

 

1.  the significant increase in franchise value

2.  all those not talked about expansion fees

3.  the 20 million from the sale of davies

 

i wish someone would challenge the franchise more about these monetary issues

 

i see well over 100 million dollars in financial gains here

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53 minutes ago, coastal.view said:

they are not worried

 

they have already won a 3 pact of financial gains

 

1.  the significant increase in franchise value

2.  all those not talked about expansion fees

3.  the 20 million from the sale of davies

 

i wish someone would challenge the franchise more about these monetary issues

 

i see well over 100 million dollars in financial gains here

They should be, I'm a hell of a guyB)

 

I hear you though, they've made money. They can enjoy counting it in an empty BC place.

 

My wife does some dealings with Kerfoot through her work. She says he is very nice, even brings them apples from his orchard. Maybe he can sell the team, get even more money and buy more apple trees? I sure could use a cider instead of what I've been buying from him. 

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Is this due to the lack of leadership on the pitch?  The quality of the type of players in the locker room?  Issues stemming from management?

When did the culture become so toxic?  

 

The only way I can think of having everyone on the same page is if the Caps somehow get some real big superstar with captaincy experience.  

 

In short... the Whitecaps will be screwed for the next few seasons.  

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3 hours ago, Lancaster said:

Is this due to the lack of leadership on the pitch?  The quality of the type of players in the locker room?  Issues stemming from management?

When did the culture become so toxic?  

 

The only way I can think of having everyone on the same page is if the Caps somehow get some real big superstar with captaincy experience.  

 

In short... the Whitecaps will be screwed for the next few seasons.  

Therein lies the bigger issue. No real superstar will come to play for this team as long as they play on that concrete slab downtown.

 

Not the fault of the owners, but it's a reality. Quite frankly though, this teams' owners are content to sell out the lower bowl and role the dice on making the playoffs every season.

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Break shea $745,000 Juarez $619,000 Blondell $295,000 Felipe $400,000 Ghazal $700,000 Techera $415,000 Aja $250,000 Reyna $533,000  

 

that empty $4 million salary can bring in some big names.  All of those names are hopefully gone

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12 hours ago, bolt said:

Break shea $745,000 Juarez $619,000 Blondell $295,000 Felipe $400,000 Ghazal $700,000 Techera $415,000 Aja $250,000 Reyna $533,000  

 

that empty $4 million salary can bring in some big names.  All of those names are hopefully gone

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The face you make when you get 4 mill off the books and will replace it with only 500k in south american rejects.

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