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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
right-- you gotta get them when they're 6 or 7 and develop the shit out of them
with our current system however there is no incentive for teams to develop youth. instead there's the goofy draft with ANCIENT college-age players. does not work.
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indeed and this follows the American model for professional sports. and indeed part of why "rookies" traditionally have been in their early 20s because like i said, most American professional athletes didn't commit to one sport until late teens. i mean when the best basket ball player on the planet, who btw did start his professional career at 18, was playing another sport when he was 15??
when one of the best American football quarterbacks actually had a pro contract for pro baseball BEFORE he had one for football??
and btw i think that kind of system works fine for American pro sports.
but yeah for better or worse that isn't how world class futbol operates.
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but we can't be waffling like this and testing forever because the players won't know where to stand on
i think klinsmann needs to lock a system and just practice practice practice that at this point. either one will do, just commit to it and do the best you can with it. or to quote some shit i heard in a computer game-- "if you chase 2 rabbits, you will lose them both"
lightning continues in chicago, apparently. im getting tired of waiting.
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100% AGREED. indeed that is precisely and exactly what i have said is the problem. too much tinkering. too much experiments. not enough focus and continuity. all i want Klinsy Poo do so is pick a system or style of play and run it consistently which is what i expected him to do years ago and in his first two years is what i saw him starting that i liked.. then maybe he got too many ideas for the WC or maybe got too cute knowing generally the Gold Cup is cupcake but NOW its time to stop wanking here