Caufield wants to he part of the in crowd so damn bad. It's like high school freshman stuff.😂

6 minutes ago, TaylorStSox said:

Caufield wants to he part of the in crowd so damn bad. It's like high school freshman stuff.😂

As far I’m concerned, Caulfield is on his own planet

6 minutes ago, TaylorStSox said:

Caufield wants to he part of the in crowd so damn bad. It's like high school freshman stuff.😂

There's no in-crowd lol.

It's basically WestEddy Tray and then Cali in the middle playing Devil's Advocate.

Not much of a crowd, really.

Some mods have shifted from criticizing fanbase, but that's no longer a tenable position in reality...as interest in the team continues to nosedive.

35 minutes ago, TaylorStSox said:

Caufield wants to he part of the in crowd so damn bad. It's like high school freshman stuff.😂

He's just networking. 

Of course the guy setting the direction and taking action will say that the team is going in the right direction.

That said, I don't disagree. The moves he's made throughout the latter part of 2024 and into the 2024-2025 offseason, directionally, are what he should have done as soon as he took over at the end of 2023. Tear the fucker down and rebuild.

He's done, more or less, what Hahn was credited and praised for doing (trading away big league assets for prospects). I don't think he's done all that well in terms of maximizing returns, but he's at least put the farm system into a respectable footing.

The next couple of years are going to be painful at the big league level. Where Getz needs to focus (where Hahn failed) IMO are:

1. Treat the minor leagues as a factory and not a warehouse. Let players develop and mature - don't just rush prospects because you have a hole to fill.

2. Align player development, scouting / player acquisition, coaching, and front office philosophies across the organization, top to bottom. It seems like he's trying to do that, at least.

3. Convince JR to sell the team

I see what Getz is doing, and, in general, I like it. It's going to make for an ugly 2025 and probably 2026 (the arrival of guys like Colson Montgomery, if it happens, will just be the beginning... or the the start of the end of the ugly years), and it can still fail... but the organization needed (still needs?) to be stripped down to the studs to be able to build, and it looks like Getz recognizes that.

Again, it's going to continue to be ugly in the short term.

15 minutes ago, JoeC said:

Of course the guy setting the direction and taking action will say that the team is going in the right direction.

That said, I don't disagree. The moves he's made throughout the latter part of 2024 and into the 2024-2025 offseason, directionally, are what he should have done as soon as he took over at the end of 2023. Tear the fucker down and rebuild.

He's done, more or less, what Hahn was credited and praised for doing (trading away big league assets for prospects). I don't think he's done all that well in terms of maximizing returns, but he's at least put the farm system into a respectable footing.

The next couple of years are going to be painful at the big league level. Where Getz needs to focus (where Hahn failed) IMO are:

1. Treat the minor leagues as a factory and not a warehouse. Let players develop and mature - don't just rush prospects because you have a hole to fill.

2. Align player development, scouting / player acquisition, coaching, and front office philosophies across the organization, top to bottom. It seems like he's trying to do that, at least.

3. Convince JR to sell the team

I see what Getz is doing, and, in general, I like it. It's going to make for an ugly 2025 and probably 2026 (the arrival of guys like Colson Montgomery, if it happens, will just be the beginning... or the the start of the end of the ugly years), and it can still fail... but the organization needed (still needs?) to be stripped down to the studs to be able to build, and it looks like Getz recognizes that.

Again, it's going to continue to be ugly in the short term.

If Getz convinces Jerry to sell the team, there is a really good chance he loses his job.

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

If Getz convinces Jerry to sell the team, there is a really good chance he loses his job.

Also true.

3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

If Getz convinces Jerry to sell the team, there is a really good chance he loses his job.

Quite literally taking one for the team.

14 hours ago, Quin said:

While it'd be fun to rag on him for this...do we expect him to say differently?

Unless they lose 122+, this doesn't feel like a quote that I (or anyone, hopefully) will be pulling out to dunk on him with like his "we'll play aesthetically pleasing baseball" or "the elephant in the room is we play in the AL Central" quotes.

It's what he's supposed to say, it just rings hollow. His credibility is zero after last season and it's hard to take statements like these seriously.