I don't think anyone saw this season's implosion coming. And really, losing Giako, Almada and Wiley all now is probably for the best. This season was already headed in a bad direction. I'd rather see Lagerwey be smart about the rebuild than try to hastily get guys in here with a slapdash attempt to "salvage" the season. We've seen that before here in 2020 and it led to some long-lasting effects that kept the roster kind of jammed up. I don't have a huge issue signing players without a manager in place, as long as the player moves, and subsequent manager signing are made with one vision in mind (example, don't go get a big slower hold up striker then sign a manager that wants to utilize fast attackers in a high press or vice-versa). The one place it could still be a "miss" is if they do sign a bigger name to be coach, maybe we miss out on a player that manager might be able to attract that we cannot at the moment.
I don't think anyone saw this season's implosion coming. And really, losing Giako, Almada and Wiley all now is probably for the best. This season was already headed in a bad direction. I'd rather see Lagerwey be smart about the rebuild than try to hastily get guys in here with a slapdash attempt to "salvage" the season. We've seen that before here in 2020 and it led to some long-lasting effects that kept the roster kind of jammed up. I don't have a huge issue signing players without a manager in place, as long as the player moves, and subsequent manager signing are made with one vision in mind (example, don't go get a big slower hold up striker then sign a manager that wants to utilize fast attackers in a high press or vice-versa). The one place it could still be a "miss" is if they do sign a bigger name to be coach, maybe we miss out on a player that manager might be able to attract that we cannot at the moment.
Thanks Sam and Joe!