Ya know, I feel like I read a different article than the rest of you. I got no impression that White was talking about his personal situ but about the BP as a whole. Guess what, this is exactly what happens when you try to go with a closer by committee, it's why teams almost never do it, and if you do try you have to clearly communicate your intentions with all the pitchers. Obviously this hasn't happened.
And come to think of it, who was supposed to say something? Tom Gordon seems logical except there'd be people blasting him for lobbying for the closer job. Marte the same thing plus he just a young'n, Koch? Well now wouldn't that be turned into a nice little contraversy. Wunsch? only been here 2 days. Glover? Hell if White hadn't spoke up for him(which he was dead right on btw) he still might not have pitched this month. As I see it this fell to White by default, and before you go saying he shoulda said it in private how do you know he didn't? Who's to say that JM in the struggle to keep his job has shut down communication with the players and that the only way they feel they can talk to him is thru the media.