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    Finally a sign of what we are going to. At least not to what Bloom was planning —whatever it is.

    This is a good news. This disaster was unbearable. My guess Cora is gone too on October.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Red View Post
    The sun is shining at Fenway! The Bloom Cloud is gone!
    Let the corner rejoice!
    When you say it's gonna happen now
    When exactly do you mean?

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    I guess ownership felt that 2023 was not a rebuild year?

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Hopefully not. It doesn’t need to be one extreme or the other…
    notin I'm prefacing this with I'm just stating my personal opinion which likely doesn't mean much at all. I truly believe that a majority of decent GMs could have done what Bloom did. We have been waiting for him to show us that he could do a few things that DD did. Let's hope the new guy/gal is an all-rounder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bkzwhitestrican View Post
    I guess ownership felt that 2023 was not a rebuild year?
    They weren't rebuilding nor contending. He made us plain mediocre.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    There will be debates, but this whole idea that there has been a legion of Bloom lovers is totally unfounded. A few have defended him in some areas and have been called "apologists" or "supporters" for doing so, but I doubt anyone will bend over backwards to defend Bloom.

    Now, if the next GM trades a bunch of his prospects or they become studs under the next GM and it lead to a ring or some sort of oter glory, then some will claim Bloom deserves major credit- kinda like what happened with Ben & DD, but I'm not sure sure about blood letting.

    (It doesn't take much on this site, so maybe I'm wrong.)
    You’ve been wrong all along just like Bloom. I kept telling you over, and over that what was most important was now, and not 2-3-4 years from now, and like Cora said what the Red Sox do, or don’t do in October is also most important.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Red View Post
    The sun is shining at Fenway! The Bloom Cloud is gone!
    He had to go. Wonder what will be the plan now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Let the corner rejoice!
    Outside of me who do you think is jumping for joy the most. Alex Cora!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Red View Post
    Outside of me who do you think is jumping for joy the most. Alex Cora!
    ... because he may be a candidate to fill the new opening?

    He has been quoted lately that it's time for a change, can't manage for as long as Tito, but loves Boston...

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    All of them? or, enough to make the call?
    All? Oh. I see what you mean. I don't think all his decisions were bad, of course--he was well-dressed, polite to reporters, and doubtless brought good people into the organization we've never heard of. The decisions I'm thinking of are the obv. ones: getting rid of popular players, signing players with questionable health and legal issues apparently in hopes of getting a bargain, gobbledegook on what the 'plan' was, etc.
    "Fans have become more entitled than anything. So they're starting to question our motives for the game, or how we approach the game. The ones that do question -- like who are you? Just shut up and watch the game tonight." --Kevin Durant on players' lack of effort in regular season games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Red View Post
    Outside of me who do you think is jumping for joy the most. Alex Cora!
    Maybe.

    It would not surprise me, but if the next guy is given the same budgets and priorities, there could be very little noticeable changes.

    The next guy might have a favorite manager who is not named Cora, too.
    When you say it's gonna happen now
    When exactly do you mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5GoldGloves:OF,75 View Post
    ... because he may be a candidate to fill the new opening?

    He has been quoted lately that it's time for a change, can't manage for as long as Tito, but loves Boston...
    #1, because Bloom is gone, but #2 filling Bloom’s shoes could be an interesting solution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jad View Post
    All? Oh. I see what you mean. I don't think all his decisions were bad, of course--he was well-dressed, polite to reporters, and doubtless brought good people into the organization we've never heard of. The decisions I'm thinking of are the obv. ones: getting rid of popular players, signing players with questionable health and legal issues apparently in hopes of getting a bargain, gobbledegook on what the 'plan' was, etc.
    Many feel the Betts trade was forced.
    The Beni trade is still an incomplete grade, and if you figure the money saved brought us Renfroe, one could say that move was okay.
    Letting JBJ go was great. (Bringing him back sucked.)
    Letting Bogey and JD go, when their production had slipped for 2 years may prove to be a good idea.
    We offered Nate a QO and a contract bigger than what he took from Tex.

    When you are handed pennies for a budget, you end up with gobbledeegoop.
    When you say it's gonna happen now
    When exactly do you mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Maybe.

    It would not surprise me, but if the next guy is given the same budgets and priorities, there could be very little noticeable changes.

    The next guy might have a favorite manager who is not named Cora, too.
    You still don’t get it that the priority is to be competitive now, and get into the postseason now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Many feel the Betts trade was forced.
    The Beni trade is still an incomplete grade, and if you figure the money saved brought us Renfroe, one could say that move was okay.
    Letting JBJ go was great. (Bringing him back sucked.)
    Letting Bogey and JD go, when their production had slipped for 2 years may prove to be a good idea.
    We offered Nate a QO and a contract bigger than what he took from Tex.

    When you are handed pennies for a budget, you end up with gobbledeegoop.
    The budget excuses can only get you so far, and you’ve made that excuse TMTC. He may have had some budget restrictions, but lots of teams have had them the last 4 years, and have made better decisions than Bloom has made.

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