Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff
Along with the local coverage, a lot of national sites and writers are checking in with their “what went wrong with the Red Sox� theories. In general, I enjoy reading and hearing what outsiders think of the area teams (all of them, not just the Sox). In fact, if one of our teams is on national TV at the same time they’re televised locally, I’ll go with the national announcers just to get a fresh perspective.
Anyway, what stood out to me in reading the “obituaries� of the 2006 Red Sox is a growing sense that all is not well in the front office. Along with offering their thoughts on roster mistakes, Tom Verducci and Jon Heyman hint at continued problems between Theo Epstein and Larry Lucchino. If those articles aren’t enough to convince you, how about the following quote given to the New York Times Murray Chass, courtesy of one Mr. Lucchino;
“One observation one could make without a need for any additional perspective,� he said, “is the Yankees are a formidable ball team at this time. They have depth and talent and balance and an approach and philosophy that are to be admired.�
“An approach and philosophy that are to be admired.� You don’t think that’s a shot across the bow at his wonder-boy GM, do you? Now, I’m not a big fan of Lucchino, but I have to say he’s right in his belief the Sox, as a very rich franchise, need to be run more like the Yankees and less like the A’s and Braves.
I think we’re in for another interesting off-season!
What do you think? Are we in for another winter of front office infighting?
Comments (1)
We shall see what theo does, if he even stays, Remember, they have yet to actually sign a contract.
I have a short Checklist for Theo (or whoever else will be GM)
1. Acquire another #1 or #2 Pitcher. Trade or Free Agency. (Re-Kinddle the Oswalt deal???)
2. Don't be afraid to re-sign Loretta and Gonzales and use Pedroia as trade bait. (When was the last time we've had an infield THIS good. And A-Gon actually started to hit.) We won a World Series with Mark Belhorn for God's sake.
3. LET TROT GO. unless there's a Pitcher we can get for Wily Mo, I'd rather see that MONSTER at the Plate than Slappy Nixon.
4. Sever ties with Tavarez, even you have to eat the 3.3mil. remaining on his deal.
5. Stop trying to trade Manny and re-do his '09 -'10 Club options and pick them up.
6. Sign Daniel Bard
WISH LIST
Sign top notch closer , Papelbon becomes starter.
I'm sure i could think of more later, Ted what would be on your to do list.
Posted by Legend Killer | August 23, 2006 8:31 PM
Posted on August 23, 2006 20:31