AAABatteries said:
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what to expect but when I heard Blank was in charge I knew it would be well run. That doesn’t always mean success on the field as there’s too many variables to assure major success. Blank is a very savvy business man and he seems to have the right balance of control and letting people do what they are good at - and to that point he seems to do an excellent job hiring the right people. Despite what happened in the Super Bowl he’s made the Falcons a solid franchise after 30+ years of being a laughingstock. I love the guy.
Exactly! As to your point of being a success on the field, I agree that there is no way to know.
The specific items I was referring to was:
* Getting the right people in the right places (the trio below has worked near flawlessly)
-Eales with his Euro knowledge
-Boca with his US knowledge
-Tata with his South American ties
* Blank understanding that he needed to over reach for a coach to cement some legitimacy to the team
* Blank understanding that he first needed to invest before he would see growth (something that the Kraft's use a 180 degree different philosophy). The immediate large expenditure on a training and academy facility before they had any indication of the financial success they were going to have was heartening.
* The entire front office yanking the rest of the league into understanding that paying transfer fees, especially for young players, is not the devil incarnate.
Atlanta now needs to just complete the Almiron transfer (for hopefully good money) and then announce Pity to again show the rest of the league how this is cyclical. (see my next post for some information on MLS across the board getting ready to finally enter the global market)