FC Dallas Re-Signs Daniel Hernandez To Three-Year Player-Coach Deal
by Drew Epperley on Nov 30, 2011 3:23 PM CST
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FC Dallas continues to re-build and re-tool the roster as today they have announced another move by re-signing veteran midfielder Daniel Hernandez to a three-year deal that will see him be a player-coach.
2012 will be Hernandez' final year on the field with the club as he will transition to a full-time coaching role after that.
(read on for quotes and more)
"Daniel has been such a great leader for us in the locker room and on the field," said Hyndman. "I'm very excited to have him back. He's an integral part of our team. I had the pleasure of coaching him in college at SMU and I'm honored to be a part of this next transition for him and hope to pass along as much coaching knowledge as I can in the next three years. I'm sure he will excel."
"We all saw the impact and leadership Daniel exhibited for FC Dallas on the field, but off the field he has been heavily involved in community initiatives, running free soccer clinics for underprivileged youth, serving as an ambassador for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and visiting local children's hospitals," said FC Dallas President and CEO Doug Quinn. "Daniel is very much a part of the FC Dallas family both on and off the field and we are fortunate to have someone like him as a key ambassador for our club for years to come."
For the most part you have to bet that the club and Hernandez were able to come to a deal to get his salary a tad lower than what it was in 2011. He was making $172k on total compensation this past season, a number that had to go down for 2012.
No word yet on what that figure is but I can imagine it won't be anywhere near that $172k mark.
Overall this is a really cool deal for the club and for Hernandez. We all know the type of guy that Hernandez is around the club and with the fans. He loves it here in Dallas and expressed a few times over the course of the season how he wanted to be here long-term. This kind of move allows him to do that. I had a gut feeling all season long that he would eventually transition from the playing field to the bench with this club too. A move that should be very easy.
What do you all make of this news?
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Excited!
Daniel was getting a bit old and it was starting to show, but he’s very valuable as a leader and maybe his hard-nosed style can rub off on Warshaw or something similar. He knows the team and the fans. This can only be a good thing.
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Excellent solution
If they are smart FCD back-loaded this contract so he’s a minimal salary cap hit this year, while an above-average (cap-neutral) assistant salary in ’13 and ’14.
Great Deal
Everything seems like a great deal with this situation. Hernandez clearly only had a year or so left and wasn’t likely to take a pay cut so by structuring the deal like this, as others have pointed out, Dallas can likely save a good bit of money on the salary cap in 2012 and backload the deal for when he is an assistant.
I like it a lot.
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by Daniel Robertson on Nov 30, 2011 4:32 PM CST reply actions
Love this!
Nice way to keep him from heading off to MEX like some rumors were saying. Arch mentioned him rubbing off on Warshaw, I’d like to see Jacobson move into DH position personally. This is a great way to bring his playing career to a close. His long running relationship with SH is surely the backbone to this deal. I like everything about it.
by Timothy Winning Voyles on Nov 30, 2011 10:19 PM CST reply actions
any specifics on the coaching role he'll be filling?
kinda curious about that part – though agree that this is a good deal. Hopefully AJ will make a full recovery in the offseason and be ready to begin this transition period in 2012.
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… and that former MLS players are really starting to lead the way. Kreis, Olsen, Spencer, Klopas, Marsch, Fraser, Vermes – Hernandez? Outstanding.
Don't forget Pareja.
I think Oscar has a brighter future than everyone on that list outside of Kreis.
Absolutely
Looking way ahead I see Ugo as another guy with a future in coaching.
I love the Dallas identity of things. Schellas is a Dallas guy, Pareja, Ferruzzi has been here forever.
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by Daniel Robertson on Dec 1, 2011 9:22 AM CST up reply actions
I can't see..
Anything negative at all about this. Does this mean Daniel Hernandez’s playing time will drastically decrease this year and that he will be reduced to the bench for the most part? Or not at all?
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