f*** this clown. Bring on the show.

Just now, hi8is said:

f*** this clown. Bring on the show.

Well said. I'm down. I'd actually drag my ass to the ballpark if this happens. Right now the only game I plan on seeing this season will be in Milwaukee next weekend. Would rather give my money to them than Jerry. 

Hiring Ozzie would be just about the most uninspired White Sox type of move the White Sox could possibly make. After TLR, maybe the Sox should move on from drunk ex Sox managers. 

And then again let's not. I respect him and his baseball knowledge. I appreciate what he did for the franchise but let's not forget this friends and neighbors:

September 26, 2011 – He was considered the face of the franchise for eight seasons but on this night after a 4-3 win over Toronto, manager Ozzie Guillen announced he was leaving after owner Jerry Reinsdorf agreed to let him out of the final year of his contract. 

Guillen, who was the 1985 A.L. Rookie of the Year with the White Sox, won the World Series in 2005 and also got the club into the playoffs in 2008. He had five winning seasons in the eight years as manager and was named Manager of the Year for his work in 2005. 

In that magical season of 2005, “Ozzie Ball” resulted in the Sox getting off to the best start in their history and with a perfect blend of pitching, speed, power and the ability to execute the fundamentals the Sox were in first place from wire to wire. Then they blitzed through the post season putting together an 11-1 record that was the third best post season record in baseball history. 

Guillen’s passion and enthusiasm for the franchise was unparalleled but at times he was his own worst enemy.  

Over his final years in Chicago, he became increasingly thin-skinned and defensive when criticism was directed his way and he lashed out at Sox fans on more than one occasion.

Among his famous rants against the fans were one where he said that they could ‘‘Turn off their TVs and stop watching the game if they don’t like the [bleep]ing lineup’’ and another in May 2011 where he claimed Sox fans would not remember him, “As soon as you leave the ballpark, they don’t care about you. They don’t. The monuments, the statues…they pee on them when they get drunk.” On the afternoon of the day he left the team Guillen told reporters that he would not want to return to fulfill his 2012 contract unless he got an extension and more money.

Ozzie’s relationship with G.M. Kenny Williams also deteriorated over the final few years because the two men appeared to have different viewpoints over how the roster should be constructed and the style to which the Sox should play. The Jim Thome/DH controversy was an example of the different ideas.  Guillen’s family didn’t help the situation with social media comments derogatory to Williams. 

Many felt when Ozzie was hired in November 2003 that he was the right man for the right team at the right time and for a few years he was. Unfortunately, the manager with the longest tenure since Al Lopez let some personal foibles override a good situation and it was best for all that a parting of the ways took place.

1 hour ago, TaylorStSox said:

Hiring Ozzie would be just about the most uninspired White Sox type of move the White Sox could possibly make. After TLR, maybe the Sox should move on from drunk ex Sox managers. 

I’m not advocating a permanent change… I just want this season to become desperate housewife like. ?

Ozzie’s not stepping into this

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Not that Ozzie is the answer (maybe he is apart of it), but at least this would interest the fans....Again, this is my lowpoint as a Sox fan

Ozzie would be a good midseason replacement. If you had a promising core and needed someone to come in and kick some ass, you hire Ozzie.

Time to move on. Get someone who no past connection to the organization. 

10 hours ago, TaylorStSox said:

Hiring Ozzie would be just about the most uninspired White Sox type of move the White Sox could possibly make. After TLR, maybe the Sox should move on from drunk ex Sox managers. 

f*** that quitter.

On 5/27/2024 at 11:24 AM, chitownsportsfan said:

f*** that quitter.

Hey, at least Ozzie got himself in a position where his quitting hurt the team