By way of introduction
By: Jim | May 21st, 2007Howdy.
As you have no doubt surmised, there’s a change in the lineup here at The Offside, Columbus branch. My name is Jim, and I have the honor of talking to you every day about of of my great passions, the Columbus Crew soccer team. I really don’t know all that’s expected of me in this capacity, so I will welcome any and all feedback. Think I’m full of crap? Tell me. Think I’m an idiot? I want to know. I guarantee you that for some of you, I’ll be an idiot who’s full of crap a good bit of the time. But what I will try never to be is boring.
As I continue to get my feet wet I’ll give you more backstory on my personal little slice of the black and gold world. Today I’ll give you some basics – I moved to Columbus the fall before the opening season of MLS. I’ve lived within walking distance of Crew Stadium since it opened. I have seen the Crew play in every season, under every coach they’ve had. I am very intense in my relationship with the club, and I have very mixed emotions about the current state and direction of the organization and the squad. I also have a pretty serious love/hate attitude towards the league as a whole, and sometimes, with the entire sport.
I imagine I’ll probably take this blog in a different direction than it was under Jeff. If this bothers some of you I apologize, but I ask that you have a bit of patience as I learn my way around this place. I hope to be entertaining, analytical, pedantic, and bothersome as I can be.
Some links for today:
Angel deemed MLS player of the week for his performance against the Crew
Crew drop three slots in WVHooligans power rankings
A Red Bull fan celebrates a changed lineup for Bruce Arena
What the Columbus Dispatch had to say
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A warm welcome from the Man Yoo and Football League sides…
Looking forward to your tales of being a Crew fan. I still believe they have one of the coolest club badges in all of sports.Posted from
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Greetings from the guys that are gunna whoop yo ass this weekend
Let’s hope you’re better than that Jeff guy (I know you’re reading this Jeff, I’m just kidding of course).Posted from
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Welcome aboard, mate. It’s your job to make Columbus Crew soccer compelling to follow … which is only slightly less difficult than mine, doing the same for Real Salt Lake. We should have a support group of some sort. “My name is Ian, and I support a struggling team in a struggling league, mostly because I can’t live in a country with a better league”
Chorus: “Hi Ian”
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Different is good; it shouldn’t take much to improve on the dry experience I provided. Give ‘em hell and make ‘em love the Crew. If you can do that, I figure you can run the country.
Ah….
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Jeff, thanks for all your encouragement. I don’t know if I can get people to love the Crew, but I will certainly do my best to make everyone share my pain as a Crew supporter! Honestly, there is a lot to love about the club and the community, and, as time goes on, I hope to share that.
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Hey Jim, welcome to the offside. I believe I was the most recent addition until you showed up so a heartfelt thanks for pushing me a little higher on the totem pole.
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There’s a hierarchy? Egads! No one told me. Does this mean I have to bring coffee and doughnuts to the staff meetings?!?
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Hey, I didn’t think about that, but yes, coffee would be lovely.
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Grande two-pump sugar-free vanilla non-fat extra hot latte, please.
(Oh, and welcome from the Galaxy Offside.)
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God, Laurie, could you get a little more Californian please? What, no soy?
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