Tony

Right. It’s unrealistic to think I’m just going to have the same connection to Baltimore or Atlanta. Great to watch, but the personal history isn’t there, like it is with the Sox since birth. You can’t just recreate that. It’s why sports can be unfair to fans…these teams know they have their hooks in with the hardcores and we’re never truly leaving. BUT, I’m doing nothing right now to benefit the White Sox. They are getting nothing from me, and it sounds like many others

I’m fairly comfortable with the approach I’ve taken. I haven’t watched 2 full innings of White Sox Baseball literally in literally 4 months. Just better uses of my time. Additionally, I haven’t been to the park since 2019. I won’t give them my money. However, the Sox are bigger than Jerry. He isn’t the White Sox. He owns them now, and someone else will once he dies. I root for the Sox, not the owner. So I won’t completely abandon them, but I won’t root for them.

Balta is dying on a hill that no one is joining him on, because like most hills, it's a stupid one to die on. Jerry didn't conduct a "sham" interview process because of race. He's a lazy, uninterested 87 year old that has zero interest in doing even an ounce of "extra" work needed to create a winning or competitive environment for his sports teams, but instead insulate himself with people that will work cheap and he enjoys smoking cigars with. He's done it many times before, and this is just the latest instance.

I don't totally disagree with that. It still doesn't make him AT ALL qualified to get a promotion to GM of a ML team.

I’m sorry, but I’m judging all of you for watching the Sox at this point. Shame on you.

Ok, so take the next step here. Finish the thought. What’s the point you’re trying to make?

Got it, and like others, I really don’t know the answer. But there shouldn’t have to be a rule in place…any competent executive should interview a handful of people, at a minimum.

Are you asking because you don’t know, or somehow being critical of fans that actually would want them to interview multiple candidates?

Of course not. And I don't think Getz will even get asked these questions, based on how the Sox beat covers this team. And again, we know the answers. I don't even care what Jerry would say at a press conference, we know the truth. It's what he does. There was no coaching search for Tim Floyd There was no coaching search for Hoiberg There was no coaching search for Jim Boylen There was no coaching search for Robin There was no coaching search for LaRussa This is how they run things. And this is why Jerry continues to be responsible for two of the worst franchises in sports.

Others have already mentioned it in the last hour, but it's worth emphasizing. Based on what we know, there are two simple questions that I believe we all know the answer to, and the Sox (Jerry) wouldn't be able to answer. 1. What has Chris Getz done in his executive career to earn a General Manager spot in Major League Baseball? 2. Was Chris Getz the best candidate available to fulfill your General Manager spot? I don't care how closely you follow the Sox, based on the true answers to those questions, every Sox fan should find this totally unacceptable.

I have over 500 ticket stubs from 2003-2018 in a 2006 Season Ticket Box they used to give out. I haven't been to a Sox game since COVID. Some of that was obviously due to restrictions on fans, but I've had 0 desire to go back.

Absolutely zero indication any outside interviews were completed, and based on the statement made in the original release, hiring Getz was the plan all along. My assumption, just based on history and the evidence we have to go off of...Jerry was basically forced to fire Rick and Kenny based on this season, but in conducting the "internal interviews" they had, Rick and Kenny gave a strong endorsement to Getz, and Jerry just wants to continue with a familiar face that will follow mandates set from the top. Another day in White Sox land.

There is more that goes into it than just "this year" You know this, but you're trying to die on your hill.

This is both true and false. Fans will return if the Sox win, that is correct. And if they win under Getz/Moore, that will still absolutely be the case. But current fan interest will absolutely be impacted based on the decision the Sox make moving forward. If they were to hire Mike Chernoff, or James Click, or an assistant GM out of Tampa, there is going to be much more of a buy in from fans. Ultimately, wins and loses will dictate everything, but fan interest will absolutely be impacted by this decision.

Seriously, seeing those quote in print, knowing the Sox are 50-77, is pretty unreal. “We’re going to develop a system, a philosophy, a way that we want to do things, and the vetting process is going to be who can fit into this system and lead within our system,” he said. “It’s not to bring their own system in or bring their own leadership in. We develop the system. We develop the philosophy. And then we vet guys to come in, not only to be good players, but we vet guys to come in, to fit into the system and the philosophies that we want moving forward off the field, in the clubhouse and on the field.”

https://x.com/cst_soxvan/status/1694844653873352753?s=46&t=Nd9oJCYs4TMp8_32NrPiMA

I’m so out of the loop, I really thought you meant Mike.

This....is not a good take

There is a reason it wasn't mandatory for ML players to attend, because it goes against the CBA

Bob Nightengale, who got everything correct when he broke the Tony LaRussa hiring story (including being the first reporter to even mention LaRussa as a potenial replacement for Ricky when everyone thought Bob was insane) wrote a fairly detailed piece yesterday that truly could only come from one source, that being Jerry. His exact line was:

Alright, lets turn down the stove on the race/religion stuff for now.

As I said last night, it can't be understated how much value there is in talking to 5-10 different candidates for the job that come from different backgrounds and organizations, and get free insight into what needs to be done to fix your organization. But as we've seen with the Sox and Bulls, that's simply not how Jerry does business. He's smarter than everyone else.

Two things 1. Chris Getz the person isn't the problem. Could he be good at the job? Maybe, but like most Jerry Reinsdorf talent searches...there was no process done. There wasn't a search done. They didn't do interviews. They fired Rick and Kenny, and clearly have their replacements in place 2. Answer honestly....would any other team in Major League Baseball have Chris Getz on their interview list for their open GM position? That's a problem to me.

The Law article is nothing we don't know, but summed up so well.

By removing Kenny and Rick for the organization, at the bare minimum, you allow yourself the opportunity to sit down with smart minds from around the league and get a free assessment of your organization and what needs to be done to your operations to create a winner. All it costs you is time and preparation. But by all accounts, even that is too much work for the White Sox. Grandpa LaRussa is now calling the shots, and Chris Getz seems like the perfect fit, because he's of course...already part of the family. f***.This.Organization.