Joe MacCarthy Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 where the **** is Al Eagleson when you need a man to step up !!!Holy cow, did you ever hit it on the head. In another thread, a while back, I thought what Canadian soccer needed was an autocrat who would put all the disparate factions into line and also had a business sense. I thought there was no one available and jokingly mentioned Marc Cohon and Bob Nicholson. But Eagleson would be perfect. Granted he's aged, but I bet he would be dying for something to redeem himself as he is persona non grata just about everywhere and nobody would touch him with a barge pole. Unfortunately the lack of anyone putting trust in him kills him in the business community but my God, he'd really be something for the CSA. Anyone who can kick commie Russia's ass during the Cold War would totally walk over provincial associations. Unfortunately nobody is crazy enough to think of him even though he served his time. People are still busy condemning him and punishing him today. I tell you what though, I would love to see it (Eagleson as CSA head) Even if he was a human train wreck it couldn't be any worse than what we've already seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Canadian soccer has enough crooks, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Nobody better to keep an eye on the crooks than a (former) crook himself ie Joseph P. Kennedy (never charged ) - Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Canadian soccer has enough crooks, thanks. What he said!!! For goodness sake the guy is a convicted felon! Just what soccer needs ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 And I thought I was supposed to be the neo con (pardon the expression) hardliner at Vs. Nobody here believes in a second chance in society? I'd rather have somebody who was a crook and hopefully learned a lesson than that FIFA bunch there is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolbertos Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Well in most countries around the world, the FA chief's are politicians and/or have a business administration degree, and not really an Average Joe Soccer Mom or Dad running the country, like the CSA is. I endorse this thread too. Edit: Thought you were referring to that due that ran against the current CSA president. I retract my statement, but endorse the other candidate the the Caps, TFC and Impact supports for CSA president Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 that FIFA bunch there is now.I was referring to the people at FIFA (the Blatters, Warners (formerly) et al). I didn't mean to insinuate the present CSA regime are crooks as I am sure they are nice fellows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Might as well have Jack Warner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianfoot Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Might as well have Jack Warner Hey at least then we would most likely qualify for sure.......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Eagleson I do nor thinks so, Why Not Dick Pound from the IOC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Eagleson I do nor thinks so, Why Not Dick Pound from the IOC I like Dick Pound for President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Eagleson I do nor thinks so, Why Not Dick Pound from the IOCDick Pound? I do nor thinks so! Might as well put Ken Dryden in there. Ask for the time and you get a lecture on free form thinking. The CSA needs another bureaucrat like a new hole in the head. Discussing the National Hockey League in November 2005, Pound said, “you wouldn’t be far wrong if you said a third of hockey players are gaining some pharmaceutical assistance." Pound would later admit that he completely invented the figure Who's the crook? It seems that the results are showing people here don't want a man of action who could get things done. Oh well, we get what we pay for. I highly doubt the Eagle would tarnish his rep any further after serving time and having his HOF and Order of Canada revoked. I would think he would try to rebuild it and be grateful for the opportunity. But I'm weird that way. I guess some people will never be forgiven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trillium Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 I like Dick Pound for President. A good choice for president... is Dick Pound as he is connected in Olympic movement ... which is tied tight to FIFA. Where Al Eagleson would shine is as head of delegation, the guy that goes with the team and makes sure we get treated properly.... He knows the law... and can get proper written committments, he has a force of personality, he is mecurial and has had great supporters in the number of players he has worked with.. and yes detractors. But the best part he has a passion for our flag.... and what it means to go outside Canada and represent, scandals aside and deals with NHL owners on pension plans etc... aside he did a job for sport in Canada on the front lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 ^What he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Think his family was from Ulster so Alan Eagleson might have a bit of a soccer background, but I think threads like this tend to point to what sport some people on here are most passionate about more than anything else. In a soccer context the provincial associations still have way too much of a say within the CSA for an "autocrat" to ever emerge so the parallel with hockey doesn't really work. I'd settle in the short term for a scenario where CMNT home games generate sufficient profits that the finances become available to make the coaching job more attractive to potential high profile applicants like Holger Osieck again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 I don't think anyone here is naive enough to think that because something works in hockey that it will work in soccer. But people do have transferable work skill sets that can translate to something else. What Eagle has (had) is something that is sorely needed in this country. You don't often here the word visionary describing Eagleson but he was and with a heavy dose of realism to boot. Trillium came closest to a good description but the position he described (at the CSA) is a minor one. Not in terms of workload but in terms of status. Maybe my point is moot and the fire and pee and vinegar is no longer within him. Older and wiser, it happens to the best of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 I can definitely see where you are coming from but the key difference between where things stand in soccer and hockey maybe is that Eagleson emerged on the scene 40 years after hockey had turned into a fully pro business. Right now the CSA is still controlled by the equivalent of the pre-1926 amateur era Stanley Cup participants. If national team games start generating big money and the whole thing no longer has to be funded by amateur soccer players based on a registration levy the scene will be set for soccer's Alan Eagleson to emerge. The Panama home game was quite encouraging in that regard. Hopefully momentum will continue to build over the next couple of World Cup cycles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 A good choice for president... is Dick Pound as he is connected in Olympic movement ... which is tied tight to FIFA. Where Al Eagleson would shine is as head of delegation, the guy that goes with the team and makes sure we get treated properly.... He knows the law... and can get proper written committments, he has a force of personality, he is mecurial and has had great supporters in the number of players he has worked with.. and yes detractors. But the best part he has a passion for our flag.... and what it means to go outside Canada and represent, scandals aside and deals with NHL owners on pension plans etc... aside he did a job for sport in Canada on the front lines. Its always best to keep recovering alcoholics out of bars, former crack heads away from East Vancouver, and recovering sex addicts out of Harems. So I think it would be just plain old wise to keep "former crooks" away from FIFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kj52 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Why not Conrad Black for CFO then? Should be a good fit with the Eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Why not Conrad Black for CFO then? That would have been a good idea except for his Whoregreaves imitation When I originally posted this poll I was half kidding, half serious but it's kinda funny how I now realize that anyone collecting for the John Howard Society won't get too much here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Warner, Pound, Eagleson ... throw in Scarface and we would just be in the World Cup. We wouldn't even have to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 What the CSA needs is someone with good Political connections both NATIONALY and Internationaly and have a good Marketing background and personaly I do not see anyone like that. But a Friend of mine mentioned John Furlong who was Head of Vancouver 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 What the CSA needs is someone with good Political connections both NATIONALY and Internationaly and have a good Marketing background and personaly I do not see anyone like that. But a Friend of mine mentioned John Furlong who was Head of Vancouver 2010 Uhm... I am pretty sure the other people in this thread aren't being serious... I would take Warner over Furlong. I would take Jefferey Dahmer's rotting corpse over Furlong. God dammit. Now I just lost like 30% of today's productivity cause you mentioned his name on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Hey, Furlong just got the Whitecaps and the WNT a training ground after, like, five years of footsie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-collins Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Or how about Mittens Romney? He'll be available in December, and he saved the Utah Olympics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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