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

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2 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

I think bres-slow’s offseason was, for the most part,  money!!!! But he should have done more to sure up the bullpen!! 

I think some of the pitchers were hurt by a lack of work caused by the wbc:   Suarez, Whitlock, weissert, and bello!  
Innings jump 24 to 25 has given crochet a bit of a dead arm. 

i think the hitters got caught in the middle of a power play between bres-slow and Cora. 
 

bres-slow - wanting to develop the youngsters (hitting, fielding, base running and other fundamentals development),  while adhering to the philosophy of drivetime (launch angles and hitting the ball in the air)!  

cora - veteran loyalty. Time served and dues paid. Youngsters have to earn playing time, very little working with the youngsters on developing fundamentals, because Cora thinks big leaguers should know this stuff already. 
and most importantly, Cora and fatse not emphasizing the principles of drivetime! 
 

I think bres-slow’s philosophy is the best route for our team going forward and I think he is trying to unify the organization top to bottom under his one philosophy! The problem is bres-slow is a poor communicator and really needs to enroll in a dale Carnegie course!!!  

Even a half crappy philosophy is better than two competing philosophies. I think the Cora firing is good if only for that reason. 

I agree with Coras philosophy about playing veterans but for a different reason, which is to bring up the prospects slowly so they dont get overwhelmed from the new experience. Seems like common sense.