Overhaul Victim: Sinisa Ubiparipovic

By: Dave Martinez | July 10th, 2008

Beneath all the recent excitement from the fans about the new signings lies the tremors of Red Bull players, quaking in their boots. Paycuts are on their way. Jobs may very well be lost. And everyone knows it.

Its in this vain that I would like to present to your our first overhaul victim: Sinisa Ubiparipovic. Sinisa, a second year player whom, as of late, has showed great growth on the ball, has seen his salary slashed in half – from 33k to 17k.

Brutal.

How does one live in the tristate area on those rates? I am guessing Sinisa’s menu will be exclusively Cup of Noodle.

Coach Osorio has maintained that the players whom are in danger of being cut or in the salary slashing range have been told well in advance of the possibilities of this horid news. So one would suspect that Ubiparipovic has had a heads up. Regardless, how is one to prepare for such a drastic pay cut?

For those who don’t know, the Red Bulls recently dusted the cobwebs off of another obscure rule – 2 guaranteed contracts a year may be renegotiated after the guaranteed deadline in order to further shape a squad.

So much for a guarantee. But the rules being as they are, Osorio has found his first victim. Not the most deserving – just the first.

Personally, I could name 1000000 other players that deserve this fate more than Sinisa. But in the overall scope, this is a business, and in the job of improvements, their will be casualties.

What are your thoughts? Is this the kind of cold hearted, win at all costs mentality you have been looking for from your Coach? Or has the first victim of improvement been an unfortunate casualty of the teams mediocrity?