Red Sox Fire Manager Alex Cora, Five Others In Shocking Housecleaning

[Deja Doh]

The problem with the team is with those responsible for putting the players on the roster, and not with Cora.  When a team cannot attract top talent or retain it, or evaluate young talent, and heads don't roll, no coach is safe. 

[notin]

6 minutes ago, Deja Doh said:

The problem with the team is with those responsible for putting the players on the roster, and not with Cora.  When a team cannot attract top talent or retain it, or evaluate young talent, and heads don't roll, no coach is safe. 

Apparently there were some issues with young players not following the team’s development process, which may or may not have been very good anyway.  But that’s not talent evaluation, and most of the young players the Sox extended were among the top young players/prospects in the game per neutral third-party publications like Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus.

The roster wasn’t ideal but it wasn’t among the worst in MLB.  The on-field performance, however, was…

[Duran Is The Man]

17 minutes ago, notin said:

Apparently there were some issues with young players not following the team’s development process, which may or may not have been very good anyway.  But that’s not talent evaluation, and most of the young players the Sox extended were among the top young players/prospects in the game per neutral third-party publications like Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus.

The roster wasn’t ideal but it wasn’t among the worst in MLB.  The on-field performance, however, was…

that's it. i think the team is far better than what they've shown. and that is on the coaches.

[notin]

45 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

that's it. i think the team is far better than what they've shown. and that is on the coaches.

And the players themselves, who are not without some blame…

[a700hitter]

57 minutes ago, notin said:

And the players themselves, who are not without some blame…

Do you think some players have not been giving a full effort?