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You thought we were done for the off-season, didn't you? Didn't you? Well, the Rapids Thugcast in 2012 isn't quite dead yet, even though the season is over we've still got plenty to talk about. This is an airing of grievances episode — Happy Festivus, everybody — where Ben and I don't have any particular…

For those who don't know, the difference between the two rounds of the RE Draft is that in the first round, teams are required to honor current contracts, while players picked in the second round have to re-negotiate a contract with their new team. Who do you want to see the Rapids go after on…

Great news coming out of the Rapids today, as Tim Hinchey announced on twitter that Hendry Thomas had been signed to a long-term deal by the club. The official announcement has not come out yet, but we're probably not going to hear any real details about the contract anyway. Either way, it's great to hear…

It's arguable that Wynne's best performance of the last two seasons was the one time he was put at right back by Gary Smith, a game against the New England Revolution. It ended 0-0, but not for a lack of trying by Wynne. He was impressively involved in the offense — make no mistake, Wynne…

I'm going to start by quoting Matt Doyle, who summed up Cascio's season better than I could ever have in his Rapids review: I don't think anyone expected Cascio, as the 14th overall selection in the draft, to get 1700 minutes of playing time in his first season with the team, including me. And I'm…

Three of those players will, hopefully, not be on that list by the time the draft actually starts. Marvell Wynne, Hunter Freeman, and Jamie Smith had their options declined by the Rapids because all three are, quite frankly, making out like bandits with their salaries. (Marvell is currently making $326,667, Hunter is making $110,793 and…

The biggest sticking point about a Larentowicz for Cooper trade would probably be the salary. (Except, of course, the fact that Rapids fans probably would rather have someone else.) If getting rid of Cooper and his $275,000 was a salary dump, taking on Jeff's $206,000 wouldn't be that much of an improvement. That's at least…

My story from a few weeks ago regarding Dillon Serna got linked on an Akron-based forum called ZipsNation, as the forum-dwellers were talking about Serna's possible — inevitable, almost, considering the Rapids' want for another creative force in the midfield — move to MLS this year. Unsurprisingly, most of them were against the move. Not…