Tnetennba Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 1:15 AM, ptatc said: I hope it's not Epstein. He couldn't draft and develop pitchers for anything. Expand His one true gift was gaming the draft and international system with huge overpays before the slot systems were introduced. After that, w/o the ability to throw gobs of money at the wall he couldn’t acquire amateur talent for s%*#. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 If it all went down like Bob reported, neither KW or RH had an inkling their job was on the line. They will be able to tell their grand kids one day they were so bad, they got fired by Jerry Reinsdorf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesox Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Great fucking information here, fast forward to about 5 min 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 5:53 PM, Dick Allen said: If it all went down like Bob reported, neither KW or RH had an inkling their job was on the line. They will be able to tell their grand kids one day they were so bad, they got fired by Jerry Reinsdorf. Expand How the f*** do you not suspect just SLIGHTLY that you are in trouble after the last two season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 6:20 PM, Kyyle23 said: How the f*** do you not suspect just SLIGHTLY that you are in trouble after the last two season Expand They thought they had jobs for life or until JR croaked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 6:21 PM, Dick Allen said: They thought they had jobs for life or until JR croaked. Expand I think everyone thought that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 6:16 PM, joejoesox said: Great fucking information here, fast forward to about 5 min Expand That was an interesting perspective. still embarrassing they all thought a manager would fix all the problems and only when the manager failed did it sink in. Hell...maybe JR truly didn't even know they had bad minor leagues. Are minor league rankings in cigar afficianado magazine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 5:53 PM, Dick Allen said: If it all went down like Bob reported, neither KW or RH had an inkling their job was on the line. They will be able to tell their grand kids one day they were so bad, they got fired by Jerry Reinsdorf. Expand A reporter on 670 last night stated they saw security escort Kenny Williams while he was on the field and into the clubhouse. Doubt either thought Jerry would pull the trigger while they were at the park yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) Sucks it couldn't have happened a month sooner. Maybe more guys would have been traded off? Edited August 23, 2023 by Bob Sacamano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 8:12 PM, Bob Sacamano said: Sucks it couldn't have happened a month sooner. Maybe more guys would have been traded off? Expand who would trade the players off? TLR? Jerry? id trust Hahn + KW over Getz any day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 8:41 PM, reiks12 said: who would trade the players off? TLR? Jerry? id trust Hahn + KW over Getz any day. Expand Yes. I wonder if they weren't REALLY given the green light to trade Cease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 8:41 PM, reiks12 said: who would trade the players off? TLR? Jerry? id trust Hahn + KW over Getz any day. Expand And now we are in a reality where Getz is going to be the GM anyway lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) I was wondering about the task ahead of our future GM. Sick of my own pessimism I ask you fellow posters, ones who know way more than me, about a "best case" scenario for our new GM. What can he do in the near future to get the Sox back to being a .500 team. Please outline for me what your plan would be if you are the next GM. What moves do you make? And please tell me. Is there any scenario in which the Sox could field a good to great team in 2-3 years? Or will it take 5-10? Talk me off the ledge please and instruct our new GM. Edited August 23, 2023 by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 8:54 PM, greg775 said: I was wondering about the task ahead of our future GM. Sick of my own pessimism I ask you fellow posters, ones who know way more than me, about a "best case" scenario for our new GM. What can he do in the near future to get the Sox back to being a .500 team. Please outline for me what your plan would be if you are the next GM. What moves do you make? And please tell me. Is there any scenario in which the Sox could field a good to great team in 2-3 years? Or will it take 5-10? Talk me off the ledge please and instruct our new GM. Expand Be allowed to speed 100 million on multiple guys. Trade or get rid of the cancers (Anderson and Moncada).. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGen Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 3:50 PM, TheBooneLoganEra said: That 04 team would've gone to the playoffs had Maggs and frank stayed healthy, and in most years the 06 team would've gone too. The central was actually at its strongest then. That was a good team which peaked in 05, not the fluke a lot of people think. Expand Its funny because the "fluke" claim was originally started by Cubs fans, and for some reason Sox fans joined right in. The claim was that the 05 Sox had a huge number of career years. If you actually look at the numbers, not true at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 9:06 PM, ThirdGen said: Its funny because the "fluke" claim was originally started by Cubs fans, and for some reason Sox fans joined right in. The claim was that the 05 Sox had a huge number of career years. If you actually look at the numbers, not true at all. Expand The 05 Sox had one of the most dominant teams in postseason history. The pitchers kept tossing complete games which just 18 years later is extinct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 8:54 PM, greg775 said: I was wondering about the task ahead of our future GM. Sick of my own pessimism I ask you fellow posters, ones who know way more than me, about a "best case" scenario for our new GM. What can he do in the near future to get the Sox back to being a .500 team. Please outline for me what your plan would be if you are the next GM. What moves do you make? And please tell me. Is there any scenario in which the Sox could field a good to great team in 2-3 years? Or will it take 5-10? Talk me off the ledge please and instruct our new GM. Expand I don't see ANY scenario where this can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 9:26 PM, Tony said: I don't see ANY scenario where this can happen. Expand Ohtani hired as player/GM And uh... That's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorStSox Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 6:30 PM, South Side Hit Men said: A reporter on 670 last night stated they saw security escort Kenny Williams while he was on the field and into the clubhouse. Doubt either thought Jerry would pull the trigger while they were at the park yesterday. Expand Based on that and the August termination, it makes me think the organization of was so dysfunctional that Jerry felt betrayed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorStSox Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 9:06 PM, ThirdGen said: Its funny because the "fluke" claim was originally started by Cubs fans, and for some reason Sox fans joined right in. The claim was that the 05 Sox had a huge number of career years. If you actually look at the numbers, not true at all. Expand Right. How miserable do you have to be to pretend that team wasn't the best team in baseball for all but two weeks in August? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTC Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 8:54 PM, greg775 said: I was wondering about the task ahead of our future GM. Sick of my own pessimism I ask you fellow posters, ones who know way more than me, about a "best case" scenario for our new GM. What can he do in the near future to get the Sox back to being a .500 team. Please outline for me what your plan would be if you are the next GM. What moves do you make? And please tell me. Is there any scenario in which the Sox could field a good to great team in 2-3 years? Or will it take 5-10? Talk me off the ledge please and instruct our new GM. Expand So you thought you’d try OURS instead?!? Embrace the horror, Greg! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 12:44 PM, Balta1701 said: Remember, leaking stuff to blame someone else when things have gone wrong or proven unpopular is the exact kind of toxic behavior we’ve seen from these clowns over 11 years. Especially for Hahn, his motivation now is a new job. Could he be lying to make himself look better? Expand Not to worry there is a new Potbelly at my office and Rick is a finalIst for assistant GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 10:34 PM, pcq said: Not to worry there is a new Potbelly at my office and Rick is a finalIst for assistant GM. Expand Assistant to the GM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Story on KW/RH farewell statements: https://soxmachine.com/2023/08/kenny-williams-delivers-farewell-address-atop-white-sox-wreckage/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grinder Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 11:08 PM, Lip Man 1 said: Story on KW/RH farewell statements: https://soxmachine.com/2023/08/kenny-williams-delivers-farewell-address-atop-white-sox-wreckage/ Expand Like a death in the family, the vultures are coming out in full force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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