Ha, are you kidding? Since 2004 one of the biggest debates on Sox message boards has been about how much credit Duquette should get for the championships.
Sox fans never forget anything and will argue until doomsday about stuff like that.
I don't think Cherington will regret getting out of town. He didn't want to be subject to DD's veto. He knows he'll get a job elsewhere. And we're still paying him through at least 2016 I believe.
Here's a good analysis on Ben's downfall by Dave Cameron.
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/boston-red-sox-general-manager-ben-cherington-downfall-hanley-ramirez-081915
I'd be satisfied if they moved one of Hanley or Panda.
I don't think anybody who thinks about it wants them to move Miley.
I think most people realize it's not a realistic option to move Porcello.
That's yet to be seen. We do have some promising players, no question. But we're still a very bad team as presently constituted - especially the pitching staff.
For a team with as much money and other assets as the Red Sox to put up back-to-back doormat seasons is historically enigmatic. It's hard not to think there is something deeply wrong somewhere in the organization.
No such luck, I'm afraid.
Scott Lauber @ScottLauber Lovullo intends to play Betts, Hanley pretty much every day, which means JBJ/Castillo will rotate thru lineup, mostly in RF
They are determined to mismanage the season from beginning to end.
I just checked the 2014 WAR's for our 2015 opening day rotation.
Per B-R Total WAR +1.7 Average WAR +.34
Per FG Total WAR +6.4 Average WAR +1.28
So the 2014 WAR's were also pretty bad. The B-R ones were horrible in fact.