Is he replaceable? Yes, but the things he brought to the table is going to make it hard. I don't think that BB is going to leave the A's. Would you rather live in Oakland or Boston? What is his salary, anyways? I thought it was in the $1 million area, but I'm not sure. Besides that, Theo was a good manager, and he got fed up with management and walked away. The people who need to change is the Sox' brass. Getting a new manager isn't going to help anything if they don't change. This situation will pop up again.
Reminds me of the old Harry Sinden days with the Bruins. Finally, he stopped trying to be everything in the organization and let his management do their jobs, and things went much smoother for them. G wrote: > Theo's good, but he's not unique, and he's not even the best. Why couldn't > the Red Sox flex some of their capital muscle to lure someone like Billy > Beane away from the A's? I think John Schuerholtz is the best GM going, and > has been for near 20 years now....but at his age, i doubt he'd entertain > another move. > > Point is...Theo's replaceable, isn't he? > > > >>Oh, I'm fucking LIVID!! >> >>I mean, it is a disaster. This guy, in my opinion was EXACTLY what the >>Red Sox have been lacking in any GM in the past ten, maybe twenty years. >> His goal was to build up the farm system, and never compromised the >>future of the team by giving away very promising young talent for a >>quick fix at any position. He made sure to not get into any long-term >>contracts that would hurt the team down the road, no matter what the >>consequences (see Pedro Martinez). He was well liked by both the >>players and the fans alike, and now he's gone. It's really a shame, but >>I have to admit, being a Sox fan, it's just another black mark on the >>long list of black marks that Red Sox upper management has racked up. >> >>There's a *slight* chance that he may be back, or so WEEI (Boston Sports >>radio) will have us believe. There is a press conference scheduled for >>1PM today with Theo, and I'm hoping they came up with some kind of >>agreement in the past two days, but I'm not holding my breath... >> >>Ho hum....fuckers. >> >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:179399 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
