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Yep. With the strike/lockout in 27 there is no way JR is going to authorize any significant contracts.

Nope.

Going to place a bet on scoring in the first inning now.

Good bet. Burke always seems to have issues in the first inning. Not a bad idea to use one for him.

Not sure what you mean by bitching. I'm not the one complaining about the awful team that should be winning now. All I'm saying is I'm giving the current FO time to prove whether they can or cant do the job. I'm not writing them off as not being able to do it. It will take time. I'm giving them a few years to try correct this awful mess. I don't think it can be fixed in one year no matter who is charge, even if was Dombrowski.

That's entirely possible. But I'm giving the current FO time to see if they might be able to work with him better.

Who said it wasn't Getz? It could be but I'm not willing to definitely say it was or wasnt. I prefer to see how someone does as opposed to prejudging and predetermining my opinions, its the researcher in me. Gather data first then decide.

Never said it was Hahn. You keep seeing what you want to see. Could have been KW. Could be they way management worked with JR. Could be the combo of all of them. Could have been Getz too in his previous role. Maybe in that role he learned what was wrong and has a good idea if how to fix it. I never said that Getz wasn't an issue or still cant be an issue. I don't have enough information to determine that yet.

I disagree. I don't think just because is was a poorly run organization that everyone one in it was automatically terrible. Frquently,its because boss doesn't allow the people under the to do their jobs. Maybe doesn't give them the support or resources to do their jobs well. I've worked at plenty of places that were poorly run and thus ineffective. Bit when someone else took over, even from the inside it improved dramatically. I'm not saying its going to happen, but I'm willing to give it a chance.

Not everything that was just the example. You didn't ask about everything. It is not all or none. One thing is not everything. Although, with their structure it was hard to tell who was the person in charge Hahn or KW. You could make a case that person was responsible for everything as they were in charge. But never the fault of only one person for everything.

Sounds right. My family has had the tickets since the early 60's as well.

Never said said its hahns fault only. You are making stuff up again. Hahn was in charge the system sucked. A new guy is in charge give him a chance. That's all I've said. If this guy sucks get a new one. But I will give him a chance to prove it one way or another.

Yes he was.

Another day at Soxtalk.

That's true, no one can succeed in a job when they take over for their boss who sucked Instead of prejudging people maybe give them a chance. If not, enjoy the misery for the next few years.

Again, if there were an abundant near mlb ready players, Hahn would still be here. It takes more than 1 year to develop players, especially if they draft high school players.

I don't know if I would predict great like you but it is at least trending in a positive direction.

Again what does this have to do with his going down to AAA to work on defense?

I guess Hahn left so many good prospects in the system that were major league ready that's its a wider he was fired.

Could he a few things. They don't think they are ready. Want to make sure they lose enough tohave a chance at a good draft pick. Before everyone goes off saying I agree with absolutely everything going on, this is me trying to guess what they are doing by the pattern of what we are seeing. I have no idea if they think the propects are ready or not.

If the prospects aren't ready. Who would play if they didn't sign veterans to fill the gaps?

Not until the second half.

It was fun to watch them there.

But again. The question was he was sent down to work on defense.

That has no bearing as to the idea that he was sent down to work on defense.