a700hitter
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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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We disagree on several players and prospective moves, but he does it without being insulting or trying to prove me wrong, so people don't notice. On the big issues like business accountability etc. we have been in agreement, and we have been right in every instance, not some, not most, but every instance. Iortiz is too humble to tell you that.
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It's like you said, LL's job is on the line. Big Ben will likely be micromanaged as a result.
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From Tomase's article in the Herald posted a little while ago. It says what some of the posters here have been saying about the FO's apparent lack of faith in Big Ben.
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It was the first article that I found about Theo in the biggest newspaper in Chicago. It was just quite different from the fawning articles that we read in the Boston tabloids (they don't deserve to be called newspapers). I enjoyed the writers style. It was blunt, sarcastic and irreverent. BTW: Didn't Theo make enough money to shop at the better Boston clothing stores to get nice suits?
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Iortiz, they are trying to drive a wedge between us.
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I can't speak as to why others posted about Theo today, but i posted the article, because I had heard that Theo was being treated like royalty in Chicago. I decided to check the Chicago papers, and I have to say that I was surprised that he is not exactly being fawned over. I thought it was noteworthy on a slow news day.
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Not cool. :thumbdown
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