Well, he's just going to have to deal with it. Dombrowski didn't replace Farrell until Year 3. Bloom re-hired Cora. It's not unprecedented to be working with the same manager as the previous guy.
Frankly I thought when 8 teams got in it was fine. And they could have bumped that to all 7 game series.
The new system with 12 teams getting in obviously magnifies the crapshootery.
We don't need a damn genius for the job. What we really need is some clear freakin' direction from Henry and Werner. Are we gonna spend this offseason or not? Are we gonna go balls to the wall to sign Yamamoto or Nola or Snell plus another good starter or not?
Without the answers to those questions, it doesn't matter who's wearing the CBO hat.
In the hypothetical scenario of DD staying, he would be allowed to spend more than Bloom was, of course. In this hypothetical scenario, it's Henry's thinking and decision-making that's different. Everything else flows from that.
The Red Sox did get disciplined for improper use of the video room in 2018. Much less sophisticated than the Astros' system, and I believe it was confirmed that it only happened in the regular season, unlike with the Astros.
Now you have to wonder if the new bye system has raised the crapshootification level even higher, based on what happened to the O's, Braves and Dodgers.