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Some may have had it in them, but it was taken away with the last two years of Bloom.
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It wasn’t a big deal, and it wouldn’t have made any difference for this year, or next. Fire sale talk was being discussed on here, before the 2022 season even started.
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The point being that not winning in the here, and now was everywhere. Not doing enough for the future was not.
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Everywhere I venture I heard Bloom did not win in the here, and now, and that was the biggest complaint, but on the other hand outside of on here I haven’t heard he didn’t do enough sacrifice in the here, and now for the future. Outside of on here I heard very little if any that we could be awesome in 2025.
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It might be. It just seemed the firing came out of nowhere, and caught everyone by surprise.
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They fired Bloom because he sucked with the major league club. I think something, or some things come to light to get fired before the season ended, and what that was I don’t know. I’m not looking for any big spending sprees, but I think some trades will have to be made if the Starting pitching is to get better, and if not the team won’t get any better.
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S T R E T C H I N G, and really grasping for anything, and everything with this. I’m sticking strictly to college football. You can go anywhere you want to.
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I fully understand that WL isn’t all that goes into the rankings, but who, and when adds to it, so it does have something to do with it. Ala is ranked where it is from past prestige more than anything else. They even had to get a non starter QB from ND to start for them this past week.
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Lots of hype for the game, so we’ll see if the games lives up to it.
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But it’s the WL record that gets you those rankings. Are you really comparing college football rankings to minor league farm rankings. That’s about as bad a comparison as you can get. Congratulations!🙈
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I guess Bloom had a different meaning of Awesome.
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Nothing to do with fear of being let down, but I guess that’s your conclusion. It doesn’t bother me on your optimism it’s the giddy talk like ragging on the Yankees, which at the time the Red Sox were way ahead of them, or saying Mookie who when Dugy was probably playing over his head, or saying something about No wanting DD back when things looked promising. It’s bitten you in the ass that’s the funny part when things went south, and all fell apart. Don’t mistake bother with LMAO at the thumpers, but not the team results. Who said anything about 2021 ALCS, and not being excited, or optimistic? That was great, and yes even Kike was, but that seems like 10 seasons ago instead of just 2. Bloom was gloom, and doom when he wasn’t saying things were going to be Awesome. Of course someone else will have to make it that way. We’ve beaten this all to death, so let’s just go on to something important like Ohio State, and ND.
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It’s the Red Sox that isn’t gloomed, and doomed by Bloom anymore, and yes BB is still watered down, or weaker, or not as good, or whatever you want to call it. I haven’t watched very much of the Sox, because they are way on the back burner with HS, College, and the NFL going on along with the NASCAR playoffs.
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I lost all optimism 4 years ago when Bloom got hired. We’ve already gone through I’m not a cheerleader, and Pom Pom waver, and pump my chest out, and get all giddy when things are going good. Nothing wrong with that, but it saves getting bitten in the ass when the giddy turns to s***** like this year. I’ll wait, and see who the next GM type is, and what he’s allowed to do before I get excited again. It’s going to take more than the infusion of the current crop from the farm where there may be promise, but still lots of questions on all of them.
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You mean he didn’t give away the farm?
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Back at the end of August with the pitching in shambles, and the Schedule coming up?
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Devers signs 11 year $331 million extension
Old Red replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
That was the word on the street, and that is why Boris shut the bidding down that had NEVER happened that quick before. -
Like I said I’ll have optimism when the Red Sox get back to being a winning team, and back in the postseason. I don’t get optimistic on false pretenses, which have what the past two years have been about. There was nothing this team was doing with the pitching staff, and the schedule ahead that would lead me to believe they would win 84, or ghastly 87 wins this year. If that works for you fine, but that doesn’t work for me.
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Devers signs 11 year $331 million extension
Old Red replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
And like I said before he just happened to be the last man standing when it came time to get a big contract from the Sox. Right place at the right time. Who knows what would have happened in Red Sox Nation if that hadn’t of happened. -
No you said you can’t wait to play the Yankees, and Jays again. I guess that was from beating up on them earlier in the season, and thinking the Red Sox would do it again. 1-6 bit you in the ass. Kind like earlier in the season too when the Red Sox were winning some games, and you said I don’t hear any we want DD talk now. How did that work out? You’ve been bitten in the ass so many times that a rabies shot wouldn’t have any effect at all.🙈
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Duran sucked big time that year too.
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Wishing to play the Yankees, and Jays again was in the moment.
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A losing last place team.
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Optimistic gets you what? A few weeks ago you said you couldn’t wait to play the Yankees, and Jays again when you were all giddy. How did that 1-6 record work out for you? When the Red Sox are back to being a winning team, and in the postseason again is when I’ll get optimistic. Is the farm rankings being lower today better than being higher yes, and has it helped that not much infusion into the big league club helped where the Sox where they are today? No, but it’s not a major reason to me, and more of some bad decisions from JH, DD, and Bloom is why the Red Sox are today.
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It all added up, but the last two years of being a losing last place in the division team was the main reason.