On 10/6/2018 at 5:35 PM, southsider2k5 said:

You do know that the White Sox never drew 2 million fans before 1981, right?  And not even 1.7 million. 

In fact the 1.6 million we drew this year would rank as the 3rd highest year between 1901 and 1980.

And your point...is?

1 hour ago, Fan O'Faust said:

And your point...is?

Trolling again?

14 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

Trolling again?

The trolling comes in the form of the ridiculous and irrelevant responses you routinely come up with to deflect any criticism of Sox ownership and management.  Just because you are the board administrator doesn’t mean you aren’t capable of your own brand of trolling. 

21 minutes ago, Fan O'Faust said:

The trolling comes in the form of the ridiculous and irrelevant responses you routinely come up with to deflect any criticism of Sox ownership and management.  Just because you are the board administrator doesn’t mean you aren’t capable of your own brand of trolling. 

The trolling comes in the form of ridiculous posts that don't do anything but further 4 decade old grudges and temper tantrums.  If you hate everything about the team so much, yet continue to put so much negative energy into it, there is really no other conclusion to come to.

I see the Padres fired their hitting coach.  Yesterday the Marlins fired 4 coaches.  Earlier, Baltimore and the Angels parted with their managers. 

The White Sox, however, are holding strong with all of their staff.  Must be government positions.

The one thing you don't want to do is give someone a pass just because you can't expect the team to be good. None of us have day to day access to the team, so we really don't know the relationship between coach and player. Who knows, maybe everyone comes to the same conclusion that no change is necessary if we had all the information. The thing I worry about is the lack of improvement from guys we all want and need to be good. Another year of it won't do anyone any good, and could do permanent damage. 

 

Being too stubborn to make a needed change is just as bad as overreacting and constantly making changes just to make changes.

This is equally relevant to the White Sox...especially with Chili Davis gone.

 

"It has to be more about production than talent going forward," Epstein said. "And that includes our own assessments. Beyond that, it's also trying to understand why we're not where we should be with some individual players. In other words: If you look back, players who do certain things at 22 and 23 should be progressing into a better, more productive phase of their career at 24, 25 and 26.

"I'm the first one to talk about how development and progress - those aren't linear things all the time. There are a lot of ups and downs. But I think there's a trend where Javy took the big step forward, but there are other guys who went the opposite direction or have been trending the opposite direction a little bit. We have to get to the bottom of that.

"It's our job not just to assemble a talented group, but unearth that talent and have it manifest on the field. Because that's ultimately all that matters. It's an assessment on those two fronts. The talent that we have and who's going to be productive, who's not or where we can find that production. And then also understand the environment and are we doing everything that we can in creating just the right situation to get the most out of these guys."

Edited October 20, 20187 yr by caulfield12