TheBigHurt

Even though I generally like the warm part of Ozzie's personality, I can almost guarantee you if he gets fired, the venom fired between KW and Frank will look like child's play in comparison.

Being right 100% of the time has absolutely NOTHING to do with it, if you're talking about results. I don't expect every decision to lead to success. It has to do with making the right statistical and strategic decision, which Ozzie botches carelessly far too often to ignore. If it fails, it fails (maybe this is where I and others are different because I'm gonna b**** constantly about what happens as long as the manager made the correct decision for the situation). But at least you make the CORRECT decision. Ozzie entirely too often does not do that. If the team wins a title in 2011 (not happening) it will be because the team just clicks. Unless Ozzie gets his head out of his ass and starts making smart (even simple) decisions from a logical statistical standpoint, I still wish him to be gone.

You have to protect your players, greg. Why is that so hard to understand? People reiterating something that is common sense in the sport "amazes" you? And isn't it interesting that Ozzie has been heavily criticized (here, at least) this year for not protecting his players when I do believe we used to complain he wanted to hit guys too much. What a difference a year or two makes, huh?

Um, CLEARLY it's nowhere NEAR as simple as that.

He was beloved because of 2005 and that's it. So if one article agrees with your point of view, you don't have the blinders on, you're just right. But if it disagrees with you it's, BS... am I understanding you correctly? Man, I really am trying not to insult you, but with every blind post you make it gets harder and harder not to. I'm just trying to understand where in the world you get your sense of logic (or your lack of logic, actually) from...

How many of those points are common sense even to a non-professional baseball player? Seems like you're saying it's unfair to criticize Ozzie for the IDIOTIC decisions he makes but we should praise him when he simply makes the right decision. If the best you can say about a manager is that he made the right decision not pitching to a guy who's hitting .400 or so against us when there's a base open and 2 outs... then your manager just sucks. I'm not saying we shouldn't be proud of him when he makes the right decisions... but we're talking NO-BRAINERS here that Ozzie consistently ignores/f***s up; not occasionally, not even a good amount... but ON A REGULAR BASIS.

Thanks for 2005, Ozzie... but it's time to go. It's a lost cause, my friend...

Our hitting has been FAR worse for FAR longer, so I don't see any logic there.

It's obvious these guys care about as much as we do at this point.

Doesn't matter how many hits/walks he gets. He's old and washed up! He sucks!

Hate to be an ass, but... about time.

I think even HERE the amount of people that actually think Ozzie has a clue is remote now.

I laugh because you had me going. Nice. But seriously, we should start mandating the use of green text again for this kind of stuff in the future.

*Pats JoeCoolMan24 on the head* Cute little fella!

As long as you agree Walker is even more deserving of being fired I have no problem with your point of view. If not I laugh.

2 walks and a single. Manny continues to look solid at the plate (unrealized by half of Soxtalk).

Can we get Pena back in here?

We're not competing anymore. We aren't winning this division. I'd rather see all our call-ups play through most of these games at this point.

Mine is when people have no earthly idea what they are talking about.

I did exclude a part of 2010 if you noticed. I DID say since mid 2006. Yet your only refute to my point is 2008. I think my point stands pretty well. And honestly, I really think about 99% of this board agrees with me. As long as you've watched, (even in 2008) this team has been terrible with RISP and has had no plate discipline. That's just the truth.

Oh, COME ON, Balta. You know DAMN WELL our offense has been absolutely horrid since mid-2006. Don't try and tell me otherwise.

If he's got the common sense to use the damn scouting reports sometimes (as Ozzie has practically shown an inability to do), I'll take him. When you look at a lot of BASIC managerial responsibilities and how Ozzie handles them, almost anyone else looks better.

Uh, wrong. Perhaps you haven't noticed that until earlier this year our offense hasn't been the least bit smart or even fundamental since mid 2006. This is not even close to being true with the pitching.

Yeah... I know. *Sigh* Soxtalk being Soxtalk.