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MLS Whisper should be easy to find. 
I nominate JPA for Spanish speaker who can help bring dudes up from SA. Doesnt he live in California? 


I love JPA, but wonder if the need is for someone really knowledgeable of the GAM/TAM/Thank You Ma'am wonky machinations of MLS, someone with the right experience.

Still, I they should make up some front office position for JPA, a la Connor Lade.

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Has Hamlet's stock gone up at all for anyone after Kaku case arbitration? 



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Has Hamlet's stock gone up at all for anyone after Kaku case arbitration? 

Perhaps what Wall Street calls a "dead cat bounce."


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Has Hamlet's stock gone up at all for anyone after Kaku case arbitration? 

 

Only in the sense that it had dipped to below rock bottom when it seemed possible he was single-handedly responsible for losing out on a multi-million dollar transfer fee.

 

But whether or not that one situation is resolved quickly and favorably (still TBD), the rest of his resume as a GM still doesn't exactly shine. After Kaku's signing in which he arguably overpaid, he spent years asleep at the wheel in the transfer market, hired and kept an ineffective coach, and lost a lot of talent throughout the academy (staff and players).

 

I'm still of the mind that another team would have to be insane to hire him in a similar role.



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Has Hamlet's stock gone up at all for anyone after Kaku case arbitration? 


I hope not. Would love a Spanish-speaking MLS insider with Metro/RB ties.

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People argue if this offseason was a shitshow.

 

Last one was.

 

So was the one before it.


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People argue if this offseason was a shitshow.

 

Last one was.

 

So was the one before it.

I'd say he got Clark here, but I think that was more Leipzig. I'm searching for successes, but its tough to find them. 



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Has Hamlet's stock gone up at all for anyone after Kaku case arbitration? 


Nope. If he was on top of everything this never would have happened in the first place.

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it had dipped to below rock bottom

Is there a point below rock bottom?

another team would have to be insane to hire him


Or keep him?

We are good enough to beat the best teams, and bad enough to lose to the worst teams. 


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Hamlett's moves, 2018-2020 (excluding reserve and academy signings):

 

Signed Andreas Ivan
Acquired Jean-Christophe Koffi (never played) from DC
Sold Tyler Adams (was gonna happen regardless)
Acquried Amro Tarek for a 4th rounder
Claimed Marcus Epps off waivers
Traded up to select Roy Boateng and Sean Nealis
Brought back Marc Rzatkowski on a permanent deal
Signed Mathias Jorgensen for 2M+ transfer
Signed Josh Sims on loan, then re-signed on loan
Loaned Derrick Etienne to Cincy, then cut him
Released Andreas Ivan
Let BWP and Luis Robles go
Sold Michael Murillo and Kemar Lawrence
Traded up to draft Patrick Seagrist
Signed David Jensen
Signed Mandela Egbo
Signed Jason Pendant

 

What's his best move? Seriously? Giving 100K to Cincy for two draft picks, of which the first was a bust and the second turned out to be Sean Nealis?

 

[Somehow, the reserve and academy signings are somewhat OK: Omir, Tolkin, White, Barlow(!), Buckmaster, Stroud)]


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Hamlett's moves, 2018-2020 (excluding reserve and academy signings):

 

Signed Andreas Ivan
Acquired Jean-Christophe Koffi (never played) from DC
Sold Tyler Adams
Acquried Amro Tarek for a 4th rounder
Claimed Marcus Epps off waivers
Traded up to select Roy Boateng and Sean Nealis
Brought back Marc Rzatkowski on a permanent deal
Signed Mathias Jorgensen for 2M+ transfer
Signed Josh Sims on loan, then re-signed on loan
Loaned Derrick Etienne to Cincy, then cut him
Released Andreas Ivan
Let BWP and Luis Robles go
Sold Michael Murillo and Kemar Lawrence
Traded up to draft Patrick Seagrist
Signed David Jensen
Signed Mandela Egbo
Signed Jason Pendant

 

What's his best move? Seriously? Giving 100K to Cincy for two draft picks, of which the first was a bust and the second turned out to be Sean Nealis?

 

[Somehow, the reserve and academy signings are somewhat OK: Omir, Tolkin, White, Barlow(!), Buckmaster, Stroud)]

Adams was clearly beyond his control. Acquiring Nealis was a huge move and they sold Kemar at the perfect moment. Other than that, it's been a shitshow.



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and they sold Kemar at the perfect moment.

That one is quite up to interpretation. I think they handled that situation horribly. 


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That one is quite up to interpretation. I think they handled that situation horribly. 

We sold him for $1.5M and used a loanee as a half-year bridge to Tolkin. Lawrence was sold back to MLS for $600k after just 16 appearances and has become a mediocre MLS defender. I don't know what else you want. It's a rare instance of this club managiing to pull off the Salzburg model. I wish we diid it 3-4 times per season. 



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In a vacuum, perhaps this was the right time to let Kemar go. But to enter 2020 with a draft pick at LB (that you gave up GAM to draft), and then giving the very very very below average Jason Pendant a 3-yaer deal really says all about Hamlett that needs to be said.


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