My feeling is the management has done very well in the wake of the mass
exodus of Donovan, Ekelund, et al. I think Clark, Davis and O' Rourke have
great promise as a young midfield. So long as O Rourke doesn't turn into the
Chris Carrieri of 2005. I think the defense will be better with Barrett back
and a healthy (we hope!) Robinson in the middle. And Onstadt is a rock in
goal. Not to mention the reaquisition of the great Cerritos, who I think is
good for 10-12 bulges of the onion bag.

Last year, let's face it, we were crap a lot of the season and barely
squeaked into the playoffs. I think the new young talent is just what we
needed. Let's see what Dom can do with a team mostly of his own making!

Brian K. from Whatthehelldoiknow, CA

>From: "Scott" <sanjose-mls@...>
>Reply-To: sanjose-mls@yahoogroups.com
>To: <sanjose-mls@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [sanjose-mls] Quakes Acquire Danny Califf from LA
>Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:25:33 -0800
>
>That's two portions of the allocation now ain't it? I don't recall
where
>the first portion went (R Clark?). How many more portions are left? I
like
>the idea of grabbing a known quantity but Califf only played half of
last
>season which concerns me. I hope that portion was tiny given the
overloaded
>defense that LaLa has now.
>
>It sickens me to hear all the other teams saying how easy it will be to
fill
>their remaining high profile spots (Chivas after the departure of
Ramirez
>and Sandoval, Sampson on GOL TV's American Soccer hinting of things in
the
>works, etc). The Quakes deserve more. We're collecting scraps from the
>other teams. Do we have anything in the works? We're looking like the
>Oakland A's of the MLS. Or are we MLS' 49ers who have spent cash ahead
of
>time and now only have championships to show for it?
>
>I noticed last night on BigSoccer that half the posters feel that the
2005
>season will turn out like 2001. Are they on drugs or is this season not
>going to be as bad as I expect?
>