Heimdallr Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 15 hours ago, TENINCH said: good or bad? Fantastic move. It was expected that he wouldn't be back next season, but most people thought we wouldn't get anything back because the team was not going to pick up his contract option so he was going to be a free agent regardless. Getting $600k in allocation money instead of nothing is huge; that is enough to bring in a starting caliber player. By letting him go we are also clearing $2M of salary and a DP slot. With that slot and money we should be able to bring in a much more productive attacker. Darwin is one of the most electric players in the league when he is on, but his game is based on speed and technical ability, and he is 32 years old and slowing down. He also has some effort/focus issues when things aren't going well, and he never meshed well with the other attackers this year. He was actually benched for the US Open Cup final and some other big games. I also like bringing in Marlon Hairston. Just a backup, but he is young, domestic, cheap, and has 100+ MLS appearances. In the middle of last season we spent $10M+ to bring in Thomas Chacon from Uraguay, who is essentially an 18 year old version of Darwin. Same position and style. Now we can use the DP slot and money that was tied up with Darwin to bring in a big time striker. That is the biggest need this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Seeing one of the local scoops guys saying that Oddorizi is considering signing his qualifying offer with the Twins. Which would be nice, because we have a lot of starting slots to fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 22 minutes ago, The Gnat said: Seeing one of the local scoops guys saying that Oddorizi is considering signing his qualifying offer with the Twins. Which would be nice, because we have a lot of starting slots to fill. It would sense, considering it's probably more than he'd get in the marketplace (from at least what I've heard) and he's guaranteed a starting spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 32 minutes ago, swede700 said: It would sense, considering it's probably more than he'd get in the marketplace (from at least what I've heard) and he's guaranteed a starting spot. Especially with this years starting pitcher FA's out there, Gerritt Cole is going to hog the money on the market, and Wheeler, MadBum, etc. Next year, if he has another year like this, he'll be the #2-3 FA SP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 And yup, Odo is back with the Twins. Good move for both the Twins and him. Hopefully he'll be dominant this year so he can make money in free agency and help the Twins win. We have a good 1.5-3 punch with him and Berrios. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 Gophers have some work to do in the 2nd half.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBrocks Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Omg Fleck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 I need context Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 38 minutes ago, JDBrocks said: Omg Fleck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcblack34 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Terrible effort by the Gophers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcblack34 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Truly a MN football team. Choked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBrocks Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, Heimdallr said: Even so, that’s unacceptable as a head coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBrocks Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 minute ago, wcblack34 said: Terrible effort by the Gophers. I wouldn’t say poor effort. Bad loss, sure. Tyler Johnson is going to have nightmares about thT play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 It's a growing program. Minnesota will be winning those games At Iowa in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worm Guts Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, wcblack34 said: Terrible effort by the Gophers. It’s not entirely surprising, it felt like they won the Super Bowl last week. It’s hard to keep the same type of focus after a win like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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