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Every team goes into the off season with a strategy. The high value targets identified by the Sox will no doubt also be on the lists of other teams. If they wait, those targets will get signed forcing the team to move to plan B and so forth. As they wait, the options start to dwindle. They need to be out in front of this process. Waiting and watching guys come off the boards or get traded to other teams is not measured and considerate. They have had 7 weeks to measure and consider. Now, they have to execute. This manager search is not a good sign, unless they are looking to sign Pujols and they want to entice him bringing LaRussa in as manager. That is way off the charts as a probability.
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Bobby V will probably greet Cher Bear with a slap across the face and tell him who is the boss. LOL!
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I wonder if BSN07 knew him. Isn't he also from the Netherlands? I think he plays in a wooden shoe league there.
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Does Ben Make Move During the GM Meetings this Week?
a700hitter replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Quick Poll-- Will Bobby Valentine be Named Red Sox Manager?
a700hitter replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
But you think it is going to happen? -
Quick Poll-- Will Bobby Valentine be Named Red Sox Manager?
a700hitter replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
For purposes of this poll, I am asking whether you think Valentine will be named manager, not whether you want him to be manager. -
I think it is looking like the Cherrington interview may be a mere formality.
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A nice pickup by Philadelphia.
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I think changing the manager and GM and lots of other FO functions is a significant change of direction. You may not like to call them "bold" moves and maybe that is the wrong term, but they certainly took decisive action. People can argue that the writing was on the wall for these moves, but I don't think any of those moves are made if the 2011 team went to the ALCS, the WS or won a World Championship.
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People have been on both sides of individual issues, but no one is countering the perception of chaos, dysfunction and confusion on an overall basis. The coverage of the FO in the past had extolled their efficiency and acumen despite negative views of individual transactions. That is not the way they are being covered today.
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Success gets mimicked, but regardless, it seems that they will no longer have the opportunity to operate as they had in the past.
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But they do care. That's why they have PR people that take great pains to craft this public perception. It's funny that we are saying the same thing with regard to the big picture. We both think they will be back in 2012. You have thought from the beginning that only minor tweaks are needed. I, on the other hand, have said that major changes would occur, and they have and I think we will continue to see some major changes. So, we basically agree on the major issue, but differ on the details of how it will be achieved. As usual, it escapes you when we are actually in agreement. Neither you nor I form the perception. The likes of Shaughnessy do form the public's perception. That's the way it works. And that perception has spread beyond Shaughnessy. No one is out there has been putting forward the other view. You are in la la land if you think so.
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It's okay. Your anger at everything I post amuses me.
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I think the secret is out that the organization is dysfunctional. The Boston Press, not surprisingly, is late in acknowledging this, because they don't want to jeopardize their access to the team and team sources. Shaughnessy's position is secure enough that he doesn't mind ruffling some feathers. BTW: Thanks for the unsolicited insult. It's becoming the norm for you.
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I'd rather get some Ivy and a Chicago Dog. Let Theo keep his trash.
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Does Ben Make Move During the GM Meetings this Week?
a700hitter replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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It's meaningless to me whether Big Ben is a figure head. If Lucchino can right the ship, let him pull the strings.
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And once Theo became independent, he did not do well.
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I thought Wallace was a very good pitching coach. Bowa worries me. He wears out his welcome even faster than Bobby V. Bowa had talented teams in Philly but they never performed for him.
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The draft spending wasn't really a competitive advantage anymore. Other teams, notably the Yankees, were following suit and doing the same thing as the Red Sox.
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A few weeks ago when a few of us pointed out that the Red Sox were in disarray, we got ridiculed. When I said that they had to turn things around quickly, because they had crossed over into laughingstock status, people said that I was over reacting. From today's Boston Globe. In the first line the Red Sox are called a doofus organization. He also points out that the compensation from the Cubs should have been settled before permission was granted to talk to Theo. The Sox have no leverage now.
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An article critical of the Red Sox managerial hiring process. I guess it is not just me, IOrtiz, and SCM that have been critical of this process:
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