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What is really terrible about that is even after Biden is sworn in and issues a national mask mandate, this population will still refuse to wear masks. The virus became a political issue because of Trump. Now we're in a situation where only a vaccine will help us get out of this. And what do you want to bet that there will be those who would have followed Trump blindly if a vaccine had been rushed to the public during his tenure will refuse to get the vaccine when it's released in the spring because it'll be under Biden's leadership?

It's more than likely that most people on this board, and most Sox fans in general, have been affected by someone driving drunk. This is not something that we should be shrugging our shoulders about and saying, "Hey, people make mistakes", or trying to normalize it by saying he's old and alcohol affects the elderly differently. Especially when it involves someone who is supposed to leading a team. All that being said, I think most of the anger is being directed at the team, and rightfully so. They purportedly knew about the arrest before hiring him, and now that the story has gotten away from them they aren't saying a word. The fact that we haven't heard much of anything since he was hired leads me to believe that they knew this shitstorm was coming. Not a peep about coaches, no players being contacted. Now this nonsense. There's not much the team can do to save face here, but the right thing to do (by far) is to part ways.

This is my thinking, too. No coaches being hired was really surprising until this came out. Now it makes sense. The amount of negative press this is getting plus the 100% fan outrage has got to resonate with the club. There's no silver lining to this, there's no saving face, there's nothing they can do to make the fans feel better except let him go. If he does go, he'll resign and say he needs to "work on himself" or some nonsense.

Not enough facepalm emojis. Christ.

And the silence from the Sox gets more deafening by the hour. What a shit show.

The problem is that Trump and his clown show are wasting the time of the courts and of the American people that voted his ass out of office. Biden is going to end up with 306 electoral votes and close to 5 million more votes than Trump. It was not a close race, and these lawsuits are beyond frivolous.

And still crickets from the Sox and LaRussa. Someone is going to have to say something pretty soon.

Did the Sox seriously think this would not become a PR nightmare? That's what really blows my mind. It's not like he was hired and then got the DUI (that would have been bad, but not this bad).

With the hiring first, and then this nonsense, the Sox are losing the one thing they've had through this rebuild - the fans. It's a shame.

Yes. Apparently he was on the short list.

I still think the fact that he hasn't hired any coaches and hasn't reached out to any players could be an indication that he will resign. Maybe...

You have to wonder what the players think about this. They can't be happy.

This isn't something that's going to go away. It may look bad if the Sox fire him or he resigns, but it will look so much worse if nothing happens. No apology from him or the club is going to make the fans feel better or make the national and local analysts forget this. It's a shame that we have this very exciting young team poised for a long stretch of competitiveness now strapped with this BS. I firmly believe this will hamper their ability to sign big free agents. Not so much because they'd be playing for LaRussa, but because they'd be playing for a team that makes such horrendous decisions.

I’m beginning to believe (hope) he’ll resign/be fired. No word on coaches, hasn’t spoken to players. It’s been crickets since the day he was hired.

I didn’t say it was a big percentage. ?

Maybe this is why no coaches have been hired?

The Sox have to know how bad this looks. There was a percentage of the fan base that liked the hire and a percentage that was “meh” about it. Now they have the majority of the fan base pissed off. What a joke.

Rush Limbaugh has conceded that Biden has won. And apparently the inner circle at the White House are debating on further legal action or dusting off the TrumpTV idea.

MAGA heads will explode. I'll be tuning in and watching Twitter.

Hindsight tells us that may be true. But because Trump took FL and OH, which were hopeful for Biden, there was a lot of concern. Those who really understood what was going to happen with the mail-in votes being counted late were much more confident. The general Democratic public was very concerned Tuesday night. I know I went to bed expecting another 2016.

And it's Friday. The beer is going to taste so much better tonight.

Without a Senate majority, it'll be tough for Biden to get some of the potential cabinet members confirmed. However, even if he ends up placing some more centrist people, they'll be much better than the clowns in place now.

What network will call first? And how long before the meltdown from the White House? *pops popcorn*

PA could very likely be called today, NV should be called today, and GA could also be called. AZ won't matter, but there's still a chance for Biden to win there, too. If he takes all four, the elections ends up not being that close. Biden would have 306 electoral votes. Even without AZ, he's at 295. Again, had some states, especially PA, been allowed to count mail-in votes early, this could have been called Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, Steve Bannon got banned from Twitter for suggesting that Dr. Fauci and FBI Director Wray be executed.