This is literally a blatant lie. Ryan played over Beckie the time they were both still here. Beckie wanted to leave, but the terms didn’t end up right, then Gotham offered Ryan a much better contract and she went, so Thorns had to block Beckie’s transfer.
I get you hate Beckie, but she’s not in Portland anymore, and she had nothing to do with Ryan going. Making stuff up is just odd.
This is literally a blatant lie. Ryan played over Beckie the time they were both still here. Beckie wanted to leave, but the terms didn’t end up right, then Gotham offered Ryan a much better contract and she went, so Thorns had to block Beckie’s transfer.
I get you hate Beckie, but she’s not in Portland anymore, and she had nothing to do with Ryan going. Making stuff up is just odd.
I don't hate Beckie. Not even a little! I actually really enjoy her as a human. This is just what I've heard through folks around the team that I know. Granted, it was a long time ago, so maybe the details are off. You don't have to throw out ad hominem attacks, I'm not saying anything derogatory about Janine.
Ryan wasn't starting when Beckie first got here. By the end of the season (which I said), she was.
Well you should probably get some better sources. You’ve also spread lies about Beckie wanting out. Which she’s stated herself that she didn’t at the point she got traded without her consent. So either verify what you’re saying, or stop spreading things that are false.
Someone *on STF* was the person who said that about her wanting out. They said they knew her and knew about her contract status. I could probably go back and find that post where they said that, mentioning her fiance as the main reason. They had actually said it on multiple occasions, telling folks here that "she was on her way out" and mentioned Louisville as one possibility, way before that trade had ever happened. There was reason to believe what they were saying...I didn't just make shit up out of thin air. They don't really comment here much, but what they were saying seemed reasonable. I've only repeated what that person said...I'm not spreading any lies, jesus christ.
Fair enough, and I apologise if I came across too harsh. I will say that when a player is engaged etc, that speculation about their relationship is going to impact things - to various degrees of truth - and it’s entirely my bad to have been so accusatory. I know things can get lost in translation, have been there before myself.
But genuinely, Beckie was additionally suffering from clinical exhaustion for half of the 2022 season (I think it was Meg Linnehan’s podcast she mentioned this on?) so realistically actually wasn’t the kind of asset Thorns had high on their list to keep, as they weren’t sure how she’d recover from it. Some European teams with greater depth were willing to take the risk, but it’s more difficult for a team like Thorns. But that deprecated her trade value and Ryan ended up worth more. As it happens, she did her ACL and then came back completely fine to the point Beckie ended up a trade asset. I also think Thorns mismanaged the whole thing, but I think that was more to do with advertising the project to Ryan, rather than anything to do with Beckie, who they’d half accepted may have stunted her stamina long term due to Canada over-playing her.
This is literally a blatant lie. Ryan played over Beckie the time they were both still here. Beckie wanted to leave, but the terms didn’t end up right, then Gotham offered Ryan a much better contract and she went, so Thorns had to block Beckie’s transfer.
I get you hate Beckie, but she’s not in Portland anymore, and she had nothing to do with Ryan going. Making stuff up is just odd.
Whoawhoawhoa....jesus.
I don't hate Beckie. Not even a little! I actually really enjoy her as a human. This is just what I've heard through folks around the team that I know. Granted, it was a long time ago, so maybe the details are off. You don't have to throw out ad hominem attacks, I'm not saying anything derogatory about Janine.
Ryan wasn't starting when Beckie first got here. By the end of the season (which I said), she was.
Well you should probably get some better sources. You’ve also spread lies about Beckie wanting out. Which she’s stated herself that she didn’t at the point she got traded without her consent. So either verify what you’re saying, or stop spreading things that are false.
Someone *on STF* was the person who said that about her wanting out. They said they knew her and knew about her contract status. I could probably go back and find that post where they said that, mentioning her fiance as the main reason. They had actually said it on multiple occasions, telling folks here that "she was on her way out" and mentioned Louisville as one possibility, way before that trade had ever happened. There was reason to believe what they were saying...I didn't just make shit up out of thin air. They don't really comment here much, but what they were saying seemed reasonable. I've only repeated what that person said...I'm not spreading any lies, jesus christ.
Fair enough, and I apologise if I came across too harsh. I will say that when a player is engaged etc, that speculation about their relationship is going to impact things - to various degrees of truth - and it’s entirely my bad to have been so accusatory. I know things can get lost in translation, have been there before myself.
But genuinely, Beckie was additionally suffering from clinical exhaustion for half of the 2022 season (I think it was Meg Linnehan’s podcast she mentioned this on?) so realistically actually wasn’t the kind of asset Thorns had high on their list to keep, as they weren’t sure how she’d recover from it. Some European teams with greater depth were willing to take the risk, but it’s more difficult for a team like Thorns. But that deprecated her trade value and Ryan ended up worth more. As it happens, she did her ACL and then came back completely fine to the point Beckie ended up a trade asset. I also think Thorns mismanaged the whole thing, but I think that was more to do with advertising the project to Ryan, rather than anything to do with Beckie, who they’d half accepted may have stunted her stamina long term due to Canada over-playing her.