QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 07:00 PM)
Cue same article in 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, etc.
Really, the guy has no choice what to say if he's going to keep his job.
It's not like he can tout any of our minor leaguers coming up and making much of a difference, so it's logical enough to say when Beckham/Danks/Viciedo/Keppinger and Floyd are back, they should be a much more competitive team.
It's logical to at least believe that Dunn and Konerko will be better than what they've shown.
With Flowers, it's more of what you see is what you get...
The main problem with this "patience" line is that this is Ventura's SECOND year now. He should have learned something from last year. When you are outgunned from a talent standpoint, sheerly from a comparison of the starting line-ups on a daily basis...then you have to make up for it somehow with execution, hitting the cutoff man, limiting the opposing team's running game, hitting with RISP, advancing runners, bunting, errors across the field (going from 1st in defense to near the bottom), etc.
We've been horrible in almost any "eye test" category you could make up, and surely the SABR numbers back that up.
That said....how much of it is just a matter of lacking talent or just not being very good vs. lack of preparation/execution/mental mistakes?
Broken record Rongey management mouthpiece.