"[The offseason] kind of holds together this model that we're drawing," RSL general manager Craig Waibel said recently, "to make sure we're continuing to move forward, continuing trying to win today, but definitely, without a doubt, we had to do some rebuilding within the core of the roster."
The dust finally has settled in Sandy. And it was a doozy of an offseason. Morales wanted the final say in his leaving town, holding his own news conference in downtown Salt Lake City, stating to the media and RSL faithful that he never wanted to leave.
Soon after, Burrito Martinez was out, too, having asked the RSL front office to release him from his Designated Player deal because of family reasons.