Wall Street Journal story on Sox rebuild...

[witesoxfan]

Scioscia with a rebuilding team filled with youngsters....?

 

That and the fact he wants to have total control and micromanages everyone to death, his team...front office, ownership group.

 

Need some younger blood IMO.

 

Did you even read the post?

[witesoxfan]

I hear you. I would say, though, my criticism of Sox ownership expands beyond the disastrous Reinsdorf years. I've said it before and I'll say it again: the next successful White Sox owner will be the first successful White Sox owner. I mean, good lord, it's almost hard to believe this charter American League franchise could have been so snake-bitten from an ownership perspective since Day One. From Old Man Comiskey to Reinsdorf, none of them have a record of achievement to be proud of.

 

As for Reinsdorf, according to today's Wall Street Journal article, apparently Reinsdorf's baseball people, Hahn & Williams, proposed this rebuild business long before the team finally embarked on the process. The owner apparently rejected those proposals, and then 2010-2016 happened. This is the kind of decision-making our fan base has had to suffer through from baseball's "longest tenured owner".

 

So instead of enjoying the "rebuild" as you suggest I do during the 2010-2016 timeframe, I, like you, instead had to endure the horrific baseball we saw these past several years before the baseball guys were finally able to convince the stubborn owner to move in the advisable direction of a rebuild.

 

As for the rebuild itself, I am certainly encouraged by the moves Hahn has made. I am excited about the cadre of elite prospects who have entered the organization. What else do I have to get excited about these days as a White Sox fan? And there's a lot more losing coming our way on top of all of the losing we've all witnessed these past five years, for sure, and certainly since 2005.

 

But, as is always the case as a White Sox fan, you just continue to hope for the best. And for a new owner who might just turn the tide on the fortunes of the organization, once and for all.

 

This is actually where I will agree with you on Reinsdorf. As the owner of a company, you hire people to run a company. Let them run the company.

[thxfrthmmrs]

This is actually where I will agree with you on Reinsdorf. As the owner of a company, you hire people to run a company. Let them run the company.

 

He has control over who runs the company and the general vision of the company (in the case of baseball, contend or rebuild). If a company is not performing well, the owner needs to put pressure on the staff and cut ties when needed. JR's loyalty to his employees are well known in both of his teams, allowing mediocre management to continue to run the teams when they should have been let go. A successful owner wants to win at all cost, winning translates to more revenue in sports. There is a reason the Sox saw their attendance, revenue and franchise valuation plummet in recent years.