A few things bugged me about Bobby Valentine. First, the guy is an insufferable bore, at least that's his public persona. Never been a fan (though he wasn't a bad analyst.)
But the real problem I had was he was out of MLB for 10 years. A lot of managers were hired over those 10 years and he rarely drew a sniff. This wasn't Bill Cowher who is merely waiting for the right opportunity. This guy was out there and never identified as a finalist for any post. I think that says something. We were one of the premiere franchises in baseball. We could have done better. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected] > wrote: > I would be find with Luccino taking ALL the power if they were making good > decisions. > > On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, Dan DiBiase wrote: > >> FA signings are a crap-shoot at the best of times. Theo is on the hook >> for all of these except Valentine and Bailey (which, in all fairness, >> can't be judged an early failure yet). And at the time, I think they >> issue with the others was simply the size of the contracts, not bringing >> the player to Boston per se.... But I do think that Lucchino is taking >> advantage of the power vacuum and is much more involved - see: >> Valentine, Bobby. But I also think it is true the between NASCAR and >> Liverpool, John Henry is certainly distracted. And his wife is distracting >> as well, I am sure..... The FO is definitely in a bit of a mess right now >> for sure. >> >> Dan D >> Central NJ USA >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:09 AM >> *Subject:* What happened to Red Sox decision making? >> >> The Debacle of Bobby Valentine is just the latest in a series of bad >> Red Sox decisions that have led us to the cellar: Dice-K, Lackey, >> Crawford, Bailey, and Valentine all represent serious errors. >> >> I wonder what happened. Did Evil Larry gain too much power? Was Theo >> just a flash in the pan? Did John Henry get distracted by his new >> wife? >> >> I'm going with the new wife theory. >> >> I think Henry was the brains of this operation from the start. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to redsoxcitizens+ >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
