Sgt. Largent
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hawkfan68":2f2pn0sw said:Smurf":2f2pn0sw said:Sgt. Largent":2f2pn0sw said:Smith was an absolute beast yesterday..........biggest pickup since Lodeiro, and it's not even close.
He's not only stabilized the back line, but added some incredible width and danger to our attack. Fantastic signing.
Absolutely agree. I think he's had a huge impact. I'd say that Kim Kee Hee is turning out to be a monster signing as well. Dude is keeping Roman Torres on the bench.
One thing to keep in mind with Smith is that he is here on a Loan. He is with us through the remainder of the season and the playoffs, but Bournmouth have the ability to recall him in the January window. If they don't, he is here until the Summer window next year. After that we would have to renegotiate for him, and potentially a permanent transfer...the issue is...he is expensive. Unless there are some big Salary Cap changes coming, he is probably out of our price range.
That being said, he appears to love being here, the area, and the fact he's actually getting minutes. So maybe that will help in negotiations.
This is a very rare signing for Garth, who is normally a very long term thinker when it comes to the roster...but Brad Smith is 100% a "Lets win right now" signing.
Don't they have some money now that Dempsey has retired? I wouldn't mind the Sounders giving him the DP spot vacated by Dempsey. That may help keep him permanently in Seattle.
This is only one part of the equation, they'd first have to buy him out of his Bournmouth contract.........and the combo of what that'd cost + a DP salary might be pretty damn cost prohibitive.
Let's hope Bournmouth doesn't call Smith back in and we get to keep him after January at his reasonable salary. This also allows us to use Dempsey's DP spot on another position.