by:BTF
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
TORONTO - With the merriment of the holidays now behind us, a well rested staff at PistolasFC.com returns to work this year with a very busy schedule of duties.
Though the season won't commence until May, the executive staff has been hard at work behind the scenes working on issues related from the 2010 roster, to new kits, to formations and strategies, the BMO intersquad game, as well as troubleshooting the technical difficulties that have plagued the expansion franchise websites.
Having already held a few meetings, the executive committee (of Romerinho, President, Charles, Vice President, Davidinho, Director, and Steve Ward, Assistant Director), have resolved to aim for a hard cap roster 22 players.
If last year taught us anything, it was that the league became more competitive, and as good as a unit as we were in 2007 and 2008, the deficiency on the bench - or in attendance rather - fatigued the solid first half efforts of the guys playing. I don't doubt for a second that a solid five subs every game - even just getting 11 guys many games - was the difference in winning and losing. Sure the league has gotten younger, faster, and skilled, but with a deep roster, we are by far a more dangerous team," relayed Romerinho in a press conference announcing the roster decision.
"Unfortunately the ugly face of injuries plagued our team, with many players suffering setbacks leading to more than a few weeks on the injured list. The defensive trio of Conrad, Rocco, and Luch all suffered ankle or leg injuries, that could only heal with time. And losing not one but three mainstay defensemen would cause hardships for any team. Then with long weekends, vacations, weddings, and other commitments, the absences accrued and they team slipped in the standings."
"Therefore, the Executive Committee has decided that we will take a 22 man roster to help rectify this issue. At stake is the commitment from all 22 roster invitees to man up to their commitment. Though we don't expect 22 guys to show up every Sunday due to injury, other pressing commitment, or vacation, we would expect that from 22 players there would be no more than 6 absent at a time. The large roster size also gives us the flexibility of letting an injured player rest a week so to not put more pressure and cause more damage to that knee, ankle, or leg. We learned this lesson when we brought back Jay Shumski too soon in '08, and then lost him for the critical games in the playoffs and all of the '09 season."
"Another big part of the decision was that although a roster of 22 seems extremely large, we are basing the decision on the past 2 years, as we had 24 guys at one point in 2008 (though some like Roman the 'Rainmaker' never even played a game - it actually rained out the time he showed up and he never returned), and last year we had a roster size of 20."
At the end of the day commitment will ultimately dictate the 2010 season.
Though the season won't commence until May, the executive staff has been hard at work behind the scenes working on issues related from the 2010 roster, to new kits, to formations and strategies, the BMO intersquad game, as well as troubleshooting the technical difficulties that have plagued the expansion franchise websites.
Having already held a few meetings, the executive committee (of Romerinho, President, Charles, Vice President, Davidinho, Director, and Steve Ward, Assistant Director), have resolved to aim for a hard cap roster 22 players.
If last year taught us anything, it was that the league became more competitive, and as good as a unit as we were in 2007 and 2008, the deficiency on the bench - or in attendance rather - fatigued the solid first half efforts of the guys playing. I don't doubt for a second that a solid five subs every game - even just getting 11 guys many games - was the difference in winning and losing. Sure the league has gotten younger, faster, and skilled, but with a deep roster, we are by far a more dangerous team," relayed Romerinho in a press conference announcing the roster decision.
"Unfortunately the ugly face of injuries plagued our team, with many players suffering setbacks leading to more than a few weeks on the injured list. The defensive trio of Conrad, Rocco, and Luch all suffered ankle or leg injuries, that could only heal with time. And losing not one but three mainstay defensemen would cause hardships for any team. Then with long weekends, vacations, weddings, and other commitments, the absences accrued and they team slipped in the standings."
"Therefore, the Executive Committee has decided that we will take a 22 man roster to help rectify this issue. At stake is the commitment from all 22 roster invitees to man up to their commitment. Though we don't expect 22 guys to show up every Sunday due to injury, other pressing commitment, or vacation, we would expect that from 22 players there would be no more than 6 absent at a time. The large roster size also gives us the flexibility of letting an injured player rest a week so to not put more pressure and cause more damage to that knee, ankle, or leg. We learned this lesson when we brought back Jay Shumski too soon in '08, and then lost him for the critical games in the playoffs and all of the '09 season."
"Another big part of the decision was that although a roster of 22 seems extremely large, we are basing the decision on the past 2 years, as we had 24 guys at one point in 2008 (though some like Roman the 'Rainmaker' never even played a game - it actually rained out the time he showed up and he never returned), and last year we had a roster size of 20."
At the end of the day commitment will ultimately dictate the 2010 season.
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