southsideirish71

Yeah losing machado wasn't the hurt. It was the fact that they didn't understand that guaranteed money > would be team owned options at the end of the career. They really thought their offer was better. Thats the problem. Its not they make the wrong decisions, its the reasoning behind it which tells us that nothing will change.

Bochy would of been a better choice. At least he has a shot of being viable through the entire run. But JR got his way. And in reality, was it their wishlist or the owners. This is such an odd thing. This is twice where the Whitesox had to convince someone to apply for the job. Who else does this.

TLR`s first reaction was the reach out to his ride or die partner Dave Duncan. That should tell you enough about what's about to happen for the coaching staff search.

And signing a free agent costs money. All this cost is prospects. At this point, JR has made his choice. He wont part with money, but everything else be damned.

Well the whole co-manager thing worked well at Dunder-Miflen. Sign me up for the real life version.

You believe that Hahn is his boss.

He tried getting Duncan aboard. Duncan declined due to health issues. Otherwise he would your next pitching coach.

Well I am glad to hear it. We just hired Jimmy's grand father as the CEO of your new company. He was friends with the owner. Now back ten years ago he was a great leader. I think he can be just as effective. Now a few things. He has spoken up against any of the people of color protesting or acting as part of any social justice. He says he wont discriminate against them however, he just was on TV saying that he is absolutely against it and people should be fired who do such things. At a previous company a Mr Gant had filed a complaint against him. Now even though you have this up and coming state of the art analytics department that other competitors have used to get ahead of the business. He just demoted the VP of it and said he will use it for information but will use his gut to make business decisions. Business is about the gut and not about computers. He is currently in contact with several of his former buddies to bring them out of retirement to run the company.

Richard Dotson for pitching coach. Ron Kittle for 3rd base coach McEwing for Bench Coach And Molina for catcher

The presser tells me he has declined quite a bit since the last time he was in the spot light.

Do you think players would flock to play for Mike Ditka if Mrs McCaskey decided to give him one last run at glory. I mean he was a superbowl coach. Do you think just because he was a good coach that his style of coaching would resonate with the players of today.

My fear involves one of the core pieces being moved because we miss out in free agency.

There is zero chance that they have this type of input. TLR is basically for all intensive purposes Kennys peer.

I would of liked them to have at least interviewed AJ Hinch. There was zero rush to just flat out hire Tony. Outside of us who was his market. He wasnt going to go to the Tigers or the Red Sox. There was no rush. This seemed to me a manufactured deal to give a man JR thought he wronged a silver platter for a final championship to remember him by.

If we only had one or two years of the window. I might agree with you. But this should be a sustained run. The manager should be ready to be here for the lifetime of that sustained run. So if you felt that there was no options then this man is a caretaker for a few years. Then sure. But that is not the case. And now that he is hired what level of failure would allow him to be fired. Is he the GM behind the scenes. Because as brilliant of a manager he has been, he has been disastrous in the front office at times. We have finally built something that should be good for a long period of time. I dont want to see this broken up so they can go for it for a year. We already lived through the model of try to win the world series that year and everything else be damned.

Well not to burst your bubble. The only way that this happens is if Hahn truly has a say in it. Larussa will hire his guys. He is not here to protect the future. He will be in here to win right away. I would be shocked if he even knows who is here. He might of received a dump from Duncan but that is about as far as it goes.

I am almost 50. When I am probably around 80 I wont be as sharp as I am now. I probably was a bit quicker in my early thirties than I am now. I have a lot more experience, sure. However there are things that are different as I age. When I am in my late 70s I probably wont have the same memory recollection that I have now. I wont have the same physical stamina as well. I can see that as I age. I used to be able to stay up all night with my work and have zero side affects the following day. I cant do that anymore. I cant run a mile under 6 minutes like I used to when I was 18. Human beings are not the same as they age, and this idea that a near 80 year old has the same mental acuity and ability that a person in their prime is a falsehood. Sure you can have all the experience in the world. But in the end we have a peak. And on the other side of that peak whether its physical or mental the time will come. I have seen enough people in their late 70s and 80s and have watched a rapid decline not only in mental faculties but in their physical stature. In the end age is not a number,

Ok Boomer

So does Springer now land there.

I think he replaces all the coaches except Mcewing. He will clean house.

Well its not like we havent heard the "I am not a racist, here is my black friends. Let me list them."

My dad immediately told me what 80 year olds aren't qualified as 40 year olds to run something. Yes dad. This might be too close to home for you. But yes.

And common sense it seems as well.

The only ones who love this are boomers who are in their golden years and think 80 year olds are just as mentally fit and actionable as 42 year olds. The same people also forget that the accelerator pedal and the brake are two different instruments.

This ^^^^ 100% truth.