Hugh2
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I agree someone could have done better than Bloom. How wide is that margin? I think it can vary depending on what the FO gives you. I don't think anyone would of had much more success than Bloom had given what he was BUT, I think that's probably a stronger argument for Blooms first two years than his last two. Despite the budget concerns and "mandates" coming from Henry.....it's not like he turned the Sox into the Oakland A's.
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I also for one second don't believe that if all these GMs turning down the job or interview are doing so largely because they can't pick their manager the brain trust wouldn't get rid of Cora in an instant. Of course, this saga isn't over. Maybe we do see Cora go.
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The difference is instead of missing out on Efflin by a few million he would miss out on Nola/Snell/Montgomery/Ohtani by a few more million.
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If Henry plans on going cheap in 2024 then he should have let Bloom play out his contract.
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People can be very smart and horrible employees. I know this for a fact myself. You have to be smart enough, but after that you gotta do your job and not be a dick to the bosses family.
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I partied a lot down in New Haven in my younger and more vulnerable years. I had a lot of friends who attended Southern which is also in New Haven. We use to ravage Yale parties, I remember walking into a rager once with two of my friends and we took 1/2 their alcohol while they stared right at us and my friend said to him "ain't so smart now are ya". We were dicks.
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I think this is an inaccurate description of Bloom. Bloom didn't have a hard time deciding, I actually think his mind was SO made up on things that prevented him from being able to make any decisions that could have benefited the ballclub. "what? Efflin wants a few more milliion. NOPE, this is what I have him valued at" Having a hard time deciding something and making bad decisions are two entirely different things.
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Sometimes these people have very little social skills because they're geniuses. literally, almost everyone getting in there is valedictorian. Aint no dummies. But I'm sure you've met a big enough sample size of Yalees to tell us otherwise. But intelligence is relative anyway. Show me one of the smartest man in the world and let's see how well he does if you air-drop him in the Congo. An ant is probably smarter than him there.
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At this point we already know no matter WHO the Sox hire he has to be the wrong guy because nobody wanted the job. The narrative has already been set in stone. Also, if he's replacing BOH, which I don't know if that is true, you still need a POBO
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I believe that a vast majority of candidates are going to be uninterested because they do not want to uproot their families and love where they are now. I also believe an easy excuse and way to let someone down is to use your family as an excuse. I'd expect many people to not want to uproot their families, most of them are probably telling the truth. But I'm sure someone is lying. WHich is which?????? IDK.
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"am I doing it right Mr. journalist"
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Well this says it all right there. When people critique DD, I wonder if they are willing to recognize that fact.
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If anything, 2020 doesn’t count.
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True that, they really did Tito dirty.
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At best that team wins an extra game or two Maybe another one if you can take away Kluber loss.
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I never said he was nor am I comparing. But they kind of are, because they’re the last two shows in town. Yes, again an impressive record. However, and this is an honest sports question to contemplate for people on every opinion. How long would it take for Dave D. To bring a World Series to Oakland????
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Everything the front office leaked right when they fired Bloom. That spin.
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What the heck is wrong with being able to praise and criticize someone at the same time? Like, is Dave really this golden goose golden boy who shits gold and could never. There is a word for people who view others like that. No one is discrediting Dave, we're just being honest. He has a reputation, a well-deserved one, but it often puts him with gigs with organizations that are already built to win and he just adds the cherry on top. He's not some special god or has some secret recipe no one else has. He's just got bigger balls than Bloom does, doesn't make him special.
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Wait, it feels like just a few weeks ago no one was at management's throat when Bloom was fired. If anything it felt like people were not only happy when Bloom was fired, but they literally swallowed every little spin down their throats the FO threw at themn. Now...the FO is inept. What does that say about someone who is gullible enough to believe the same people they feel are a complete s*** show? Please be good Celtics.
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How do you know he was over hyped and over rated?
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I don’t believe the Sox don’t want to compete, I certainly don’t think they would overtly state such. But in a covert manner is it plausible? Well it certainly feels they are covertly blaming Bloom for everything while publicly playing nice guy right now. So I throw nothing past this front office
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No, because firing Bloom shows the fans that they're accountable and demand success. It's easy enough to write off one bad year when it's your first year on the job. Blame everything on the other guy. Afterall EVERY single guy on this roster was not added by next years GM so. It's the perfect scape goat. Surely, this front office wouldn't ever try to scape goat a situation.
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I'm not telling you that you will be ok with it. I'm telling you they COULD use that to justify their actions.
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It's not entirely out of the realm of possibilities that Henry views 2025 as the year to start going for it and he figures hiring a new GM buys him another year of mediocrity. There is another very robust starting pitching class in 2025 as well. And Mayer/Anthony plus others will be here. I'd love to play with that 2025 team while still going for it with some pitching upgrades for 2024.
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Well its' the nice new shiney toy in town with the Boston Media. You could have an event happen, have it reported two entirely different ways (factually) and rile up the masses in two completely different ways. The media obviously loves the narrative that it's a s*** show and no one wants to come here. That type of story typically sells a lot more.