Will Kuntz
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Podcast Appearances
The LA Galaxy general manager, Will Koontz. The toughest thing about MLS is that the rules make it impossible to have deep rosters. If you lose a guy like Ricky Pooch, it's impossible to replace them. With a guy like Jovalich, in any other league in the world, a club like the Galaxy and where we sit relative to spend, it's like, you just, you just re-sign him.
The LA Galaxy general manager, Will Koontz. The toughest thing about MLS is that the rules make it impossible to have deep rosters. If you lose a guy like Ricky Pooch, it's impossible to replace them. With a guy like Jovalich, in any other league in the world, a club like the Galaxy and where we sit relative to spend, it's like, you just, you just re-sign him.
The LA Galaxy general manager, Will Koontz. The toughest thing about MLS is that the rules make it impossible to have deep rosters. If you lose a guy like Ricky Pooch, it's impossible to replace them. With a guy like Jovalich, in any other league in the world, a club like the Galaxy and where we sit relative to spend, it's like, you just, you just re-sign him.
I'm here in my childhood bedroom in Brooklyn, New York. So I came back ahead of our game against the Red Bulls.
I'm here in my childhood bedroom in Brooklyn, New York. So I came back ahead of our game against the Red Bulls.
I'm here in my childhood bedroom in Brooklyn, New York. So I came back ahead of our game against the Red Bulls.
Yeah, I got really lucky. I was a freshman at Williams College at Western Mass. I played basketball there, and it was a Friday night during the season.
Yeah, I got really lucky. I was a freshman at Williams College at Western Mass. I played basketball there, and it was a Friday night during the season.
Yeah, I got really lucky. I was a freshman at Williams College at Western Mass. I played basketball there, and it was a Friday night during the season.
We took our basketball really seriously, and so while the rest of the school was out doing whatever college kids do on a Friday night, I was thumbing through an alumni directory, and I saw that George Steinbrenner, the late owner of the Yankees, was a Williams alum, and I was like, you know what? Let me take a shot, right? So I wrote him a letter and asked for an internship.
We took our basketball really seriously, and so while the rest of the school was out doing whatever college kids do on a Friday night, I was thumbing through an alumni directory, and I saw that George Steinbrenner, the late owner of the Yankees, was a Williams alum, and I was like, you know what? Let me take a shot, right? So I wrote him a letter and asked for an internship.
We took our basketball really seriously, and so while the rest of the school was out doing whatever college kids do on a Friday night, I was thumbing through an alumni directory, and I saw that George Steinbrenner, the late owner of the Yankees, was a Williams alum, and I was like, you know what? Let me take a shot, right? So I wrote him a letter and asked for an internship.
I lied and said I was a Yankee fan. I grew up like a lifelong Mets fan, but...
I lied and said I was a Yankee fan. I grew up like a lifelong Mets fan, but...
I lied and said I was a Yankee fan. I grew up like a lifelong Mets fan, but...
you know, like I wrote this letter.
you know, like I wrote this letter.
you know, like I wrote this letter.
I didn't want to just send it to Georgetown or Yankee stadium. So I emailed the school president and introduced myself and said, Hey, I have this letter. Do you have an address? And that turned into, um, yeah, an internship working for the Yankees.
I didn't want to just send it to Georgetown or Yankee stadium. So I emailed the school president and introduced myself and said, Hey, I have this letter. Do you have an address? And that turned into, um, yeah, an internship working for the Yankees.