August 23, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, White Sox Park said: Oh Happy Day .. If anything can make a sick old man smile, it's this ツ Hope you get better sir
August 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said: If they give the gig to Getz this is 2 steps forward, 2 steps back. If I was in charge I'd make some phone calls to Theo, Dombrowski and others and ask them what the price to come to Chicago is. If it's too high, I'd pick their brains for who they think under them is ready for a promotion. I'd then give that person carte blanche to rework the entire org, from the guy watering the field to the baseball operations department. How dare you bring The Sodfather into this!
August 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, fathom said: Thanks Bob for ruining my Sox erection Need a Frank Thomas face next to Hawk and TLR.
August 23, 20232 yr Just now, DoUEvenShift said: How dare you bring The Sodfather into this! Sodfather for GM.
August 23, 20232 yr Dombroski doesn't build orgs. He's a finisher. Theo would require some ownership stake, which is an interesting angle. Although I'd prefer someone like Chernoff but doubt he'd leave for the Sox.
August 23, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Texsox said: I agree. In house could have been accomplished by a couple title swaps. I don't think JR is as ignorant as some may believe. He knew there was a problem. It's obvious. He waited until after the trade deadline which makes sense. September is a good time to start a search and see which candidates become available. The cynical side of me links this announcement and stadium talk. But I'm as easy as any other die hard fan. I'm all in on a new front office. All he had to do was look in the mirror.
August 23, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, White Sox Park said: Oh Happy Day .. If anything can make a sick old man smile, it's this ツ Get well soon!
August 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Balta1701 said: To be fair, it literally took Nightengale like 3 minutes to put his name forward. You're not doing your job if you don't state the obvious. Same thing would've been said here too.
August 23, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, White Sox Park said: Oh Happy Day .. If anything can make a sick old man smile, it's this ツ Hope you feel better, this is some good medicine!
August 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said: Thank you Lord. Of course if Getz is named GM nothing will really change and even if JR goes outside of the organization (which he absolutely needs to) unless he allows them free reign, gives them a good budget to work with and let's them overhaul areas like medical, player development and drafting it won't matter much. It actually makes perfect sense for Jerry to invest in a top of the line organization top to bottom now that he's planning on selling. Milk the last bit out of the organization before he moves on/passes.
August 23, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, GreenSox said: I think we'll be safe from Getz. He was clearly on a glide path to the job eventually before the humiliation this season. Because Jerry likes him. We aren’t talking about an owner that hires on merit/ability/accomplishment first. He hires chiefly because he has existing personal relationships. I suspect that relationship still being intact may win the day.
August 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: WTF!?! Hang the f*** on. How is Haber not out the door too. Someone needs to stay on and keep the lights on during a search.
August 23, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Someone needs to stay on and keep the lights on during a search. 1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Someone needs to stay on and keep the lights on during a search. Yeah so,eome needs to do the token GM stuff now. Once a new guy is in place, he or she will want their people. That’s when hopefully the vast majority of the remaining dopes are flushed. That’s for Pedro.
August 23, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, fathom said: And draft FWIW, I'd rather have them run my draft than... ??? whoever else would have done it on a few weeks of notice at best
August 23, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Dick Allen said: Yeah so,eome needs to do the token GM stuff now. Once a new guy is in place, he or she will want their people. That’s when hopefully the vast majority of the remaining dopes are flushed. That’s for Pedro. Yup and we can say what we will of AK, I liked the process and still like him in his role. Lonzo really changed everything from that plan design. If sox go full external and hire someone of similar ilk in baseball I'd be ecstatic.
August 23, 20232 yr Haber is the "Contracts guy." Such a Hahn junior. Not a day in the weeds. The genius behind 5/$75.
August 23, 20232 yr From DVS's story tonight at the Sun-Times: "Assistant general manager Chris Getz, who oversees the Sox’ farm system, and assistant GM Jeremy Haber are assuming GM duties while Reinsdorf looks for a new top front office person. Getz will be a candidate for the GM post."
August 23, 20232 yr Paul Sullivan's column tonight at the Chicago Tribune: https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-ken-williams-rick-hahn-20230823-7qzbmj6ncvfebcuom4qesaulsm-story.html It's a very good read. Edited August 23, 20232 yr by Lip Man 1
August 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Timmy U said: The official statement says “single decision maker” will be in place “by the end of the season.” That means no one who is currently under contract. That means either JR is thinking an internal candidate, or someone who is currently freeish like Epstein, Click, or, God forbid, TLR. That's just JR understaffing as usual. 2 positions to fill ? Fill them with 1 person !
August 23, 20232 yr If you're changing management, then the owner shouldn't fire the manager. Let the new GM make that decision. I suspect a new GM might even like having a manager from the old regime in there because it's an easy fall guy when the team is disappointing again.
August 23, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, MEANS said: Holy.....Is this real life? sonder who on Kansas City he will hire next
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