Comments on: Five Questions: Steve Morrow

By: FCD Hoops

FCD Hoops — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:44:48 +0000

soccer dung – the great thing about hearing other’s opinions & ‘take’ on things (like buzz’s & cai’s) is that you might actually learn something…if you shut your mouth & open your mind.

By: Buzz Carrick

Buzz Carrick — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:11:32 +0000

Dude, I’m not a know-it-all who sits behind a keyboard, I’m a know-it-all who goes to training frequently and has covered the team for ten years. I and everyone else am allowed to disagree with anyone we wish. The funny thing about the internet is anyone can say anything they like.

I SHOULD have no impact, but you might be surprised how much impact the internet has on this club.

By: Soccer Dude

Soccer Dude — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:35:37 +0000

Buzz writes;

“Morrow and I had a more similar taste in players than almost any coach in FCD history, but we disagreed on some tactics and how to manage a MLS roster in some key ways.”
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He disagrees with YOU about how to manage an MLS team ?

Are/were you the coach ?
Or just the know-it-all sitting behind a keyboard whose decisions about “tactics” and “managing an MLS team” have no consequences, other than as an abstract exercise in your head ?

By: Armis36

Armis36 — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:54:56 +0000

Thanks Buzz.

Good Luck Steve.

I think I am now resigned to the fact that silverware will be few and far between for FCD as long as they are owned by HSG.

By: Skeeter

Skeeter — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:31:47 +0000

Yes, I’ve heard. Oscar Paraja Kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he’d consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse.

By: Roundabout

Roundabout — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:24:49 +0000

Toja will get better when Oscar returns..

By: Cai

Cai — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:08:26 +0000

Very good Buzz, thank you, and interesting comments from all.

Morrow is still under contract, and clearly cannot speak freely. But he’s a class guy without a doubt, and I wish him the best going forward. Personally I wish he had time to win here…I do believe he would have.

Looks like I’ll be the only one here to defend Hitch. Not necessarily for this move, which I’ve posted elsewhere stunned me as much as Buzz (though trust me, it was hardly made in a vacuum), but overall. And for those who think he can’t sell??…check out his history of sales records for various teams in MLS.

HSG runs this whole thing. It’s a business to them. Would they prefer to win? Sure. Would they take losing at a profit? Absolutely.
Do I like that? Hell no. But I don’t like a lot of things that are true nonetheless.

Hitch was brought in for financial reasons…to turn a profit…which he did. He has three jobs…which is ridiculous imho, but that’s the situation:
-He’s the team GM (last year he was also President, but believe John Wagner-HSG is now…for those wondering who to talk to above Hitch, there’s your man. Unless you can get to the Hunt boys…knock yourselves out.) He’s responsible for selling out the Oven…and knows he cannot in Dallas without a winning team.
-He’s manages the Oven and complex…they finally hired a guy to do those myriad details, but he reports to Hitch.
-He’s a concert promoter. Which is where the real money is, btw. And they love him for that…that’s how the whole business made money last season, and is well on its way this year.

Hitch is also very competitve…you have to be to win sales contests. He’s not a soccer idiot as some portray…he was captain of his VCU college team. He wants very badly to win trophies for us fans. Of course he knows that will make it possible to someday sell out games.

Would I have fired the Coach that sudden? No. But I do back Hitch.
We have the youngest team in MLS, salary cap money, great international partnerships which are already producing players for us, a great future, and now need Hitch to convince HSG to spend some money (which they REALLY don’t like to do), and hire a great proven coach. And yes, guarantee him time to do the job. Which, as Buzz has stated before, is highly unlikely with HSG.

And that’s why I have hopes that Oscar will be our man. He’s family, knows the team/front office/ownership, is affordable, albeit not necessarily available, but’s let’s try. Which is what I’m urging Hitch and HSG to do.

Btw, I’m not related to Hitch, nor employed by HSG, as many of you know. I’m very independant, and speak for myself. Certainly I’ve bashed HSG/Wagner many times in the past, specifically for the Southlake Debacle. But I also remember further back than that.

I’m a year one season ticket holder like some of you, and have seen many improvements over the years. Our stadium is great, and has improved a lot since opening. To name one big fan improvement: Free parking was Hitch’s idea (well, it was many of our own ideas, but you know what I mean!)…he got it done.

Tickets sales are better, but not good enough. For those who really care, go to every game (if you’re able…if not, watch on tv), take friends, buy from a vastly better Pro Shop, etc. And if you want to really get into it, come early and join one of the many tailgates!

And while Im on a roll, remember to send Buzz a fews bucks every so often for this great free site, which he runs at his loss. There’s a PayPal link, and for those of us low tech, he will happily provide a mailing address. And no, I’m not related to him either!

By: Skeeter

Skeeter — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:40:35 +0000

I have become less and less comfortable with this move as time has gone on and I have come to conclusion that it was a horrible and unfair decision. However, I still do not think it was just a reaction to the LA game. I have been and continue to be more aggravated by the 3 results going into LA then the debacle itself. If Hitch felt the same way and then Morrow gave him the same response that he gave Buzz, then I can see how the decision was made. Those 3 results, given the circumstances are unacceptable and I don’t want to hear about dominating a 1-nil loss at home and a hard fought point against an expansion team, and I bet that is not what Hitch wanted to hear either.

By: Bama

Bama — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:01:53 +0000

Who do we need to get on the phone to call for Hitch’s pink slip? I would hate to throw more gasoline on an already out of control fire, but if we’re going to go tossing out people for poor performances, Hitch has had far more time to right his end of the ship than he gave morrow, and he’s done a much poorer job of it.

By: Buzz Carrick

Buzz Carrick — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:40:55 +0000

Nathan, that was one of my criticisms of Morrow last year was letting guys get away with a little to much. I thought he had improved on that this year.

Trying to get Toja out of his funk is an important question. I know Morrow was concerned about it.