P/I/P Sounders vs. Atlanta United 8/20/23 @7:30pm
Aug 18, 2023 23:28:10 GMT
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Post by Holden on Aug 18, 2023 23:28:10 GMT
It's been 19 days since the boys in green last played competitive soccer. We just experienced our third straight summer transfer window without a single move. What better way to celebrate our roster dilemma than to invite and honor the man who got us in this mess! Welcome back, Garth Lagerwey!! The Sounders will be honoring Pineda and Lagerwey before the match on Sunday.
No, I am not kidding.
Here's some Garth quotes pulled from a recent S@H interview (colored emphasis mine):
On how his new job as CEO and President of Atlanta United differs from his previous job with the Sounders: “Everything on the business side, managing budgets. In Seattle, I’d have to wait to see what resources were allocated to the soccer team, and here in the more strategic role, I’m able to say I want to allocate such and such efforts toward driving revenue and I’m going to direct the revenue into a, b and c on the soccer side. It’s still a shared enterprise, we share ticketing, and corporate partnerships, it’s not that simple, but it’s being involved in that stuff. It’s a degree of insight and it was important to me that I keep learning. This was an opportunity for growth.”
On his assessment of the transfer window: “What I’d say is the ability to not have to do a bunch of things is a real privilege, one that maybe one I underestimated. I think the last summer in Seattle we also didn’t do anything. You come to Atlanta, we’re trying to implement a different model, but it’s been really, really challenging. We have a number of guaranteed contracts over the long term that we don’t have flexibility with, we’ve had to reposition some things and have been as focused on moving players out as on bringing players in. It’s been a really complex enterprise and we probably have one more transfer window before we get to the foundation I want to have to build us toward sustainable success long term.”
On the Sounders’ situation: “What I’d say is the Sounders are in really good hands with Craig Waibel. He was my right-hand guy my last couple of years there; Adrian Hanauer is one of the most engaged owners in the league and very knowledgeable in terms of the workings of the league and team; you have long-term stability in the organization; and you have a vocal supportive fan base. You have all the ingredients you’d look for in a successful franchise and certainly in moving on it’s given me some perspective on the challenges of having to institute a new plan in a new place.”
No, I am not kidding.
Here's some Garth quotes pulled from a recent S@H interview (colored emphasis mine):
On how his new job as CEO and President of Atlanta United differs from his previous job with the Sounders: “Everything on the business side, managing budgets. In Seattle, I’d have to wait to see what resources were allocated to the soccer team, and here in the more strategic role, I’m able to say I want to allocate such and such efforts toward driving revenue and I’m going to direct the revenue into a, b and c on the soccer side. It’s still a shared enterprise, we share ticketing, and corporate partnerships, it’s not that simple, but it’s being involved in that stuff. It’s a degree of insight and it was important to me that I keep learning. This was an opportunity for growth.”
On his assessment of the transfer window: “What I’d say is the ability to not have to do a bunch of things is a real privilege, one that maybe one I underestimated. I think the last summer in Seattle we also didn’t do anything. You come to Atlanta, we’re trying to implement a different model, but it’s been really, really challenging. We have a number of guaranteed contracts over the long term that we don’t have flexibility with, we’ve had to reposition some things and have been as focused on moving players out as on bringing players in. It’s been a really complex enterprise and we probably have one more transfer window before we get to the foundation I want to have to build us toward sustainable success long term.”
On the Sounders’ situation: “What I’d say is the Sounders are in really good hands with Craig Waibel. He was my right-hand guy my last couple of years there; Adrian Hanauer is one of the most engaged owners in the league and very knowledgeable in terms of the workings of the league and team; you have long-term stability in the organization; and you have a vocal supportive fan base. You have all the ingredients you’d look for in a successful franchise and certainly in moving on it’s given me some perspective on the challenges of having to institute a new plan in a new place.”
