SkokieSox Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 QUOTE(sircaffey @ Sep 12, 2007 -> 09:49 PM) If you want to show a little something, then why not just pick up Ozzie's team option for 2009 right now? Being committed for 2 more seasons isn't enough? I really don't see the problem with extending Ozzie. It's been obvious for a while that he would be with the team for the foreseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 And in the biggest of blind spots, they've extended Guillen despite the probable offseason availability of Tony La Russa, who never would have allowed the Sox to collapse the last two seasons and surely would point a talented team toward the playoffs next year. This may be the dumbest thing Mariotti has ever every written. LaRussa is a hack. He like all managers wins with talent, loses w/out talent. The Sox talent right now is in question. Must be nice to be Mariotti; change his opinion every day and when questioned about it by guys on that TV show says with a frumpy face, 'hey, things change.' Ozzie is as good as any manager out there. La Russa is no savior and Mariotti knows that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsox Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Good move by JR and KW. Ozzie cares about being the manager for our White Sox, unlike the other stiffs who were there before him. To those who say Ozzie has done a lousy job this yr, I'll defer to Pete Rose: "Can't drive the stagecoach without the horses." Ozzie has had dead horses since April. Time for KW to hook up Oz with fresh ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigHurt Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I'll be the first one laughing when people start once again complaining about Kenny and Ozzie being horrible. On the other hand, the idea of Mariotti being right about anything (although he is right from time to time)... *shudder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLAK Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 If nothing else, the thought of Ozzie sticking it to Mariotti for 5 more years may have justified the extension all by itself. Reinsdorf himself called Mariotti a Pissant, and Ozzie called him a f***** so I doubt his 'scathing' column upset anyone at 35th and Shields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I hope anyone who despises Ozzie watched this series with the cubs vs the Astros. You can see what we could have as a manager, and then we would all kill ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSoxFan Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 OK I'm an Ozzie fan no doubt, but offering a guy a five-year contract when you've got the worst record in all of baseball? I'm not THAT much of a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 And in the biggest of blind spots, they've extended Guillen despite the probable offseason availability of Tony La Russa, who never would have allowed the Sox to collapse the last two seasons and surely would point a talented team toward the playoffs next year. If La Russa can keep the St. Louis Cardinals in contention through their constant storm of tragedies and crises, imagine how he might whip the Sox into quick shape. Tony Larussa as White Sox manager 1983: 99-63 1984: 74-88 Shouldn't that line be, LaRussa would never have allowed the Sox to collapse - again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 QUOTE(TLAK @ Sep 12, 2007 -> 07:38 PM) If nothing else, the thought of Ozzie sticking it to Mariotti for 5 more years may have justified the extension all by itself. Reinsdorf himself called Mariotti a Pissant, and Ozzie called him a f***** so I doubt his 'scathing' column upset anyone at 35th and Shields. Pfft. Kotex-boy is probably over-joyed. It means he has writing material for a long, long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Sox Fan Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 14, 2007 -> 01:57 PM) Tony Larussa as White Sox manager 1983: 99-63 1984: 74-88 Shouldn't that line be, LaRussa would never have allowed the Sox to collapse - again? Excellent. Very astute observation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Ozzie now saying that not everyone on the current coaching staff is guaranteed a job in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 01:57 PM) Ozzie now saying that not everyone on the current coaching staff is guaranteed a job in 2008. Yes, but it sounds like Walker and Cooper are safe. Funny enough, that article makes it seem like Razor might not be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 09:14 AM) Yes, but it sounds like Walker and Cooper are safe. Funny enough, that article makes it seem like Razor might not be back. Its not like he's had a lot to do at 3rd base this year. It would be hysterical if he and the Chief, the bullpen catcher get the axe. Ozzie did say Razor was doing a good job, about what he said about Raines before he was replaced. I hope they keep Razor around, although I've heard he rubs some people the wrong way, but so does just about everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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