"We are going to scout now," Ernst Tanner said at a press conference Monday. "The big season is obviously going to start."
If the many roster moves the Union announced a few hours before then weren't enough proof that Tanner is really getting to work, that pronouncement should have done it.
The Germany native was brought here to do exactly what he pronounced: find and sign better players for this team. He was also brought here to do what he'll do once he has those deals done: implement a playing style that will shake the Union out of the doldrums they lapsed into when Earnie Stewart's 4-2-3-1 system became too rigid.