Greg Vanney inherited a mess when he took over Toronto FC with 10 games to go in the 2014 season.
Mo Johnston, John Carver, Chris Cummins, Preki, Nick Dasovic, Aron Winter, Paul Mariner and Ryan Nelsen had all tried to steer TFC onto a winning trail. Together they managed just 60 regular-season wins in some eight seasons.
“We’ve got to look at it and decide whether we’ve got the right set of technical skills, the right resources and the right leadership,” Tom Anselmi, then president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, said in October 2012 in announcing TFC was rolling back prices to 2007 inaugural season levels in a bid to stop season ticket-holders from abandoning ship.