I should also note that I'm in favor of having the ability to interpret dress as a communicative act, which also makes an appearance in this thread. It isn't the only framing, or one that must be applied everywhere - but remembering that has proven helpful to me in the past.

My hope is that there are just always succession plans in place - for any level of the organization. It would be Nancy's responsibility to have a succession plan if his lead assistant got poached by another team, or if his starting midfielder was no longer available.

Same with the GM for the coach.

I want neither of these teams in MLS Cup, but I'd rather have FCC advance tonight than Miami.

Congratulations, Doctor Turner!

It's such a mystery why he's asking this today, isn't it?

I've never dealt with a recruiter, no - the places I've interviewed with didn't use them (the orgs and roles didn't really justify them, IMO). My brother dealt with a recruiter before taking his current role, but I can't speak to how he handled notification.

In each case, I wasn't interested in provoking a counter offer to stay with my current employer. Some folks make that choice differently, which is their right. It wasn't the case for me in those moments.

I haven't changed jobs all that often in my career, but I'm pretty sure I told my managers only after I'd accepted a new offer of employment. I didn't say anything while I was only a candidate, or when I had an offer in hand.

Not every #Crew96 roster has been a joy to watch - and there has been frustration even this year - but tonight, the players did enough to create chances, just not quite enough to convert them (unluckily, at times).

It's hard to go out after leading, but sometimes soccer goes that way.

Lots of blood and thunder in that half, but execution hasn't been as evident. FCC is playing all-guts, and have been toeing / nudging the line. Columbus hasn't always had the answer, but getting JRR on the field seems a good idea.

My preference, FWIW, is for the horizontal image in your first posting. If "year to year change" is the main comparison, making that the primary separator makes more sense - to me - than keeping tiers together and making me do three different comparisons to see the change over time.

Which game? I'm intrigued.

Who looks at a collection of three subplots, in an image like this, and talks about "that axes in the middle" or "look at these three axes"?

How? Why? This is a too-clever-by-half naming convention that trips up users new to the ecosystem. Eventually I'll get used to it, I guess. But why?

That was quite the home loss last night.

Still, there's a path to a 10-year redemption arc, but this time Nagbe's on our side...

Quick, ask what minute the team will get their third...

Given that JRR is standing at the midfield stripe...

This is true, but also not enough to assuage the pessimist in my sports fandom :-)