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I just feel like if you go through an extensive interview process where you are speaking with guys multiple times, theoretically, you should be able to tell who is fully invested… unless of course Atkinson is just purely deceitful.

Chicago falls in game one 5-4, blew a 4-2 load in the third. Lyon was in net, hopefully Koochie gets the net in game two.

Atkinson’s heart wasn’t in it from the start, whatever, I didn’t want him anyway and I’m personally glad that he isn’t going to be our head coach. However, that fact that he was able to deceive our higher ups when it should have been obvious that his heart wasn’t truly in it is concerning. It leads credence to the belief that our front office has no idea how to hire a competent head coach.

Would really like to see Jozwiak or Vargas get more time out on the wing. Gaines seems like a player who would dominate the USL but just provide solid depth in the MLS. Speed alone isn’t going to get it done. Also agree on Kahlina, those types of mistakes can’t happen. That was Bender’s worst game, he got bodied quite a bit. I also agree about the defense. Walkes has been great back there beside Corujo. I do wish Fuchs had more speed because I’d love to have him at LB, I just think he’s too slow.

Have to feel like Carolina is the odds on favorite to win next years national championship, they are stacked. 2022-23 Roster G - R.J. Davis, Seth Trimble, Creighton Lebo, Jackson Watkins G - Caleb Love, D’Marco Dunn, Duwe Farris F - Leaky Black, Puff Johnson, Tyler Nickel F - Pete Nance, Dontrez Styles, Justin McKoy C - Armando Bacot, Jalen Washington, Will Shaver

I’ll take the draw but man… knowing that we could have won if Kahlina didn’t have a brain cramp.

Gaines is looking a little more lively now.

Obvious dive.

Need more from Rios and Gaines. Rios has been nonexistent Gaines is dribbling with no purpose. I’d like to see Vargas at center forward and Jozwiak come in for Gaines. Lindsey also needs to come in for Afful, we can’t afford Afful picking up his second yellow and being sent off.

There we go, great combination from Shinyashiki, Bender, and Ortiz. Nice finish by Shinyashiki on the rebound.

Good God… Kahlina just made one of the worst blunders I’ve ever seen from a goalkeeper.

1. This referee is poo. 2. We’re going to have to really use our wingers tonight, the 3-5-2 that Columbus is playing is crowding up everything in the middle.

Almost show time, need to get an away win today to keep pace for the playoffs. Starting XI GK - Kahlina RB - Afful RCB - Corujo LCB - Walkes LB - Mora CDM - Bronico RCM - Ortiz LCM - Bender RW - Gaines ST - Rios LW - Shinyashiki Subs - Marks, Lindsey, Sobocinski, Makoun, Alcivar, Ruiz, Jones, Vargas, Jozwiak Not in Uniform - Sisniega, Franco, Reyna International Duty - Swiderski Injured - Fuchs, Armour, Mello On Loan - Zendejas, Santos, McNeill, Hegardt

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D’Antoni or start the whole process over and give Sam Cassell an interview. I’d also be interested in giving Sean Sweeney another interview. Snyder and Jackson are other good options.

Thank God, he’s not what this team needed.

The USL’s Charlotte Independence will feature a strong contingency from Charlotte FC this year: GK Adrian Zendejas, D Koa Santos, M Quinn McNeill, and M Chris Hegardt will all be with the Independence. Former Charlotte FC trial player, Gabriel Obertan, is also back with the Independence. Charlotte FC certainly has a few open spots should they want to bring in some transfers during the summer window. Their current roster is as follows: GK - Kristijan Kahlina, George Marks, Pablo Sisniega RB - Harrison Afful, Jaylin Lindsey RCB - Guzmán Corujo, Anton Walkes LCB - Christian Fuchs, Christian Makoun, Jan Sobocinski LB - Joseph Mora, Adam Armour (Injured) CDM - Brandt Bronico, Jordy Alcívar RCM - Cristian Ortíz, Alan Franco LCM - Ben Bender, Sergio Ruiz, Derrick Jones RW - Kamil Józwiak, McKinze Gaines, Yordy Reyna ST - Karol Swiderski, Daniel Ríos, Vinicius Mello (Injured) LW - Andre Shinyashiki, Kerwin Vargas A good LB, an elite CM, and an elite W would be nice adds during the transfer window.

I think it’s in the best interest for him to come back but with him turning 30 before the season starts, I’m not sure how interested the Canes will be. It’s highly unlikely they’d give Niederreiter a salary bump, I feel like they’ll offer him a 3x$5.25M and then Nino will test the market. The rest, we’ll have wait and see.

It does not sound like the Canes are interested in bringing Bear back. I’ve heard rumblings on other boards that he might not even be presented with a QO. I’d be happy with a third round pick if we are able to trade his RFA rights.

There are so many scenarios here: 1. The Canes could qualify DeAngelo at $1M and if no one offer sheets him then he’ll file for arbitration and it’s highly likely that he’ll be awarded $5M at the very least which would probably be too rich for Carolina, but at that point they’d be stuck for the year. 2. The Canes qualify DeAngelo at $1M and then DeAngelo receives an offer sheet from another team for less than $4.2M. The Canes then happily match the offer sheet and lock DeAngelo up long term. This is unlikely as DeAngelo isn’t required to sign an offer sheet that another team presents him and I don’t see him signing anything for less than $5M a year. 3. The Canes qualify DeAngelo at $1M and then DeAngelo receives an offer sheet from another team for more than $4.2M. The Canes then decide not to match the offer sheet and they receive a first round and third round pick as compensation. 4. The Canes trade DeAngelo’s RFA rights to another team as they are worried that they won’t be able to sign him and aren’t interested in possible arbitration should they not be able to agree to a contract extension after the qualifying offer is signed. 5. The Canes do not qualify DeAngelo because they are fearful of arbitration and they are also unable to trade him. This worse case scenario would see DeAngelo walk for nothing. And Finally 6. The Canes and DeAngelo play nice and DeAngelo signs a 6x$4.5 and everyone is happy as DeAngelo is locked up long term. Going to be a wild ride.

I’ll definitely catch a game in Miami and Atlanta.

I’d be hesitant to trade a lot for Turner. His recent injury history is concerning and the fact that he’s a big man with foot issues is even more concerning. I’d be okay with 15 and P.J. Washington but they’d also need to take Plumlee and Richards for salary purposes. All of our young guys (Bouknight, Jones, and Thor) should be off limits in a trade for Turner and I don’t think I’d be willing to include Oubre either. Trading Washington would theoretically open up playing time for Jones and Thor so I’d be okay with including him.

The last Calder Cup Final was back in 2019 and it was televised on NHLN, hopefully this years will be as well. Speaking of the 2019 Calder Cup Final, the Canes are probably looking at sort of some of history between then and now. In 2019, the Calder Cup was won by the Charlotte Checkers who at the time were the Canes AHL affiliate. A few players on that Checkers team are still in the Canes’ system today: Martin Necas, Steven Lorentz, Andrew Poturalski, Stelio Mattheos, Spencer Smallman, and Jesper Sellgren. The Checkers ended up beating none other than the Chicago Wolves in the finals. Fast forward a few years and things have changed a bit, the Calder Cup Playoffs took a two year break due to Covid and the Hurricanes elected to switch their AHL affiliation to the Chicago Wolves. Now in 2022, the Canes have a chance to see their AHL affiliate win back to back Calder Cup Finals though it would be with two different teams.

I feel like a lot of UEFA teams wouldn’t have even made the trip and made a petition for the game to be postponed, let alone play their star players like the USMNT did last night.