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| Not one offer? Really Guys |
Boston - Yesterday it was Gene Lamont, a 64-year-old man who has been in professional baseball for 47 years. On Friday it was Torey Lovullo, a veteran of nine seasons managing in the minors. Last Wednesday, it was Sandy Alomar Jr., a nice former player with no managerial experience. Before that, it was 60-year-old bench coach Pete Mackanin with his nifty handkerchief, great hair, and iPad. We’ve also seen Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum, the man who made us all forget Wendell “Send ’Em In’’ Kim. No-Names On Parade. This is the theme of the Red Sox managerial search in November 2011. Why are the Sox going low-profile in the search for their next skipper? Maybe the Globe’s Nick Cafardo gave us the answer last Sunday when he wrote about the Red Sox’ insistence on an “organizational approach’’ for their next manager. Nick explained that the Sox reject the old-school notion of “one voice,’’ and prefer managers “who take a lot of input from the front office.’’
Yikes, am I a horrible Red Sox fan? For the first time in like, ever, I'm finding myself agreeing with a Dan Shaughnessy column? I mean sure I got a chuckle out of the fact that he called "Wave 'em in" Wendell Kim, "Wendell "Send 'Em In" Kim" (not quite the same ring Dan), but other than that I found myself nodding in agreement an awful lot to this column. What does that mean? Do I have to turn in my Sox Nation membership card?
No, I'll be keeping that, I think it probably just means the Sox are in a bad enough place right now, that for the first time in like a decade, Dan's voice doesn't seem so off base...Don't get me wrong, I still find him a whining, muck raking, malcontent, its just that the circumstances fit a little better than usual right now.
Like I can't for the life of me imagine why no, experienced, good managers want, to interview for this job, who wouldn't want a handful of meddling bosses up and around your butt hole while you try to make day to day decisions for your team? Or a group of bosses that have their own personal slander media department (the Globe sports section) to discreetly rip you anytime you disagree with them, yet leaving them with complete deniability. Or a front office situation that is in such disarray that their perennial all-star closer just left town without even receiving a contract offer from the home team? You mean to tell me none of that is appealing to you as an established and well respected major league baseball coaching candidate? That's odd.
So yea, I kind of agree with Dan Shaughnessy here, the Sox leadership is a complete mess right now, and they really need to figure this out, now. Like its free agency time, teams are making offers left and right, and Ben Cherrington is still working with interior decorators to make over his office as far as I can tell. Come on guys, time to get your shit together.
Sincerely,
Sox Fan in a decidedly Pre-2004 state of mind.
