Viva Magglio
07-27-2001, 07:02 PM
I have had it. The 7-spot put up by the Red Sox is only the spark that set me off. I have had it with Ken Williams. I have had it with Jerry Manuel. I have had it with Jerry Reinsdorf.
You know, all of the White Sox co-investors bitch about the franchise losing money. Has it occurred to them that they are losing money because of Reinsdorf's poor management and ailenation of the fan base? Has the idea of buying Reinsdorf out or something and replacing him with someone who WANTS to win occurred to them? You know, the way to make money is to win in sports.
My dream is to see this franchise turned over to Pat Ryan or the Pritzker family. Hell, I'll even take that pompous brat in Washington, Daniel Snyder who owns the Washington NFL team. In business, those guys know what we really want in our White Sox. That is, consistent success. Oh yeah, someone like this would pay Keith Foulke. He would pay Mágglio Ordóńez. He would get a Roberto Alomar. He would get a Mike Hampton.
I realize that we're stuck with Reinsdorf until God knows when, but I am all for a total front office cleaining. The hiring of Ken Williams at the expense of Dan Evans was a gross mistake. Evans had a much more impressive résumé than Williams as a front office man, yet Jerry went with Kenny the ass kisser. He will go down as one of the worst general managers not only in Sox history but Chicago sports history.
His faux pax in the James Baldwin trade was the final straw for me. That is just plain blatant incompetence. Williams is too young, too inexperienced, and too hotheaded to be a general manager. If I were the owner, Williams would have been canned last night and Roland Hemond would be my interim GM tonight. Come season's end, I want the White Sox to send Ken Williams to Venezuela to scout 12-year-old shortstops and hire an experienced general manager from another team. How about Dave Dombrowski? What about John Schuerholz? Or what about lame duck Cleveland GM John Hart? Kenny has go to go, and I do not want another Reinsdorf ass kisser replacing him.
I like Jerry Manuel. He is a nice guy, but so is Dave Wannstedt. Once we have our new GM in place, he ought to immediately relieve Manuel of his managerial duties and replaced him with an experienced field manager with a proven track record. Jerry doesn't defend his players too much. Jerry uses too many different lineups, a Wannstedtian trait. Jerry plays the percentages too much. Jerry doesn't have the proverbial red ass and lets his players go through the motions too much. I like Buck Showalter. Jim Leyland is out there too. You know, we could try to pry a manager from another team. Other teams do.
It is this the obligation of this franchise to provide us a winner. Our brass from Jerry Reinsdorf on down has been a failure at that. This is the 21st season of the Reinsdorf regime. And what do we have to show for it? Three divisional titles out of those 21 seasons with first round playoff exits each time. Oh, I forgot about 1994. Well, maybe we would have gotten that World Series hadn't Reinsdorf made beating Donald Fehr more important than beating Cleveland the five following seasons.
You know I cannot stand that Jay Moronetti, but do any of us really have a problem with the stuff he says about Reinsdorf?
You know, all of the White Sox co-investors bitch about the franchise losing money. Has it occurred to them that they are losing money because of Reinsdorf's poor management and ailenation of the fan base? Has the idea of buying Reinsdorf out or something and replacing him with someone who WANTS to win occurred to them? You know, the way to make money is to win in sports.
My dream is to see this franchise turned over to Pat Ryan or the Pritzker family. Hell, I'll even take that pompous brat in Washington, Daniel Snyder who owns the Washington NFL team. In business, those guys know what we really want in our White Sox. That is, consistent success. Oh yeah, someone like this would pay Keith Foulke. He would pay Mágglio Ordóńez. He would get a Roberto Alomar. He would get a Mike Hampton.
I realize that we're stuck with Reinsdorf until God knows when, but I am all for a total front office cleaining. The hiring of Ken Williams at the expense of Dan Evans was a gross mistake. Evans had a much more impressive résumé than Williams as a front office man, yet Jerry went with Kenny the ass kisser. He will go down as one of the worst general managers not only in Sox history but Chicago sports history.
His faux pax in the James Baldwin trade was the final straw for me. That is just plain blatant incompetence. Williams is too young, too inexperienced, and too hotheaded to be a general manager. If I were the owner, Williams would have been canned last night and Roland Hemond would be my interim GM tonight. Come season's end, I want the White Sox to send Ken Williams to Venezuela to scout 12-year-old shortstops and hire an experienced general manager from another team. How about Dave Dombrowski? What about John Schuerholz? Or what about lame duck Cleveland GM John Hart? Kenny has go to go, and I do not want another Reinsdorf ass kisser replacing him.
I like Jerry Manuel. He is a nice guy, but so is Dave Wannstedt. Once we have our new GM in place, he ought to immediately relieve Manuel of his managerial duties and replaced him with an experienced field manager with a proven track record. Jerry doesn't defend his players too much. Jerry uses too many different lineups, a Wannstedtian trait. Jerry plays the percentages too much. Jerry doesn't have the proverbial red ass and lets his players go through the motions too much. I like Buck Showalter. Jim Leyland is out there too. You know, we could try to pry a manager from another team. Other teams do.
It is this the obligation of this franchise to provide us a winner. Our brass from Jerry Reinsdorf on down has been a failure at that. This is the 21st season of the Reinsdorf regime. And what do we have to show for it? Three divisional titles out of those 21 seasons with first round playoff exits each time. Oh, I forgot about 1994. Well, maybe we would have gotten that World Series hadn't Reinsdorf made beating Donald Fehr more important than beating Cleveland the five following seasons.
You know I cannot stand that Jay Moronetti, but do any of us really have a problem with the stuff he says about Reinsdorf?