With all the injuries they've had this year, why not put some of the blame on their conditioning coach? It seems like every day or two a different player is getting hurt and missing a few games.
Marc On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > 30% goes to Theo Epstein - As I said earlier, his reasoning that the > starting pitching would right itself was reasonable. He bolstered the > bullpen and the offense with what seemed like wise moves at the time. > Crawford, Jenks, Wheeler, Gonzalez all seem like good moves. But three of > those four did not pan out and he also money up on the struggling Crawford. > I can't blame him for those players did, but he did pick them so he deserves > some of the blame. The injuries to Dice-K and Buchholz were not his fault, > and Doubront's failure to stay in shape has to be the players fault and his > fault alone. > BUT, we're supposed to be a player development machine, and I haven't seen > that. > > 20% to Terry Francona - I don't know. This might be too high. I'm not sure > what the manager can really do to ger major league players to play good > ball. One can question the Aceves move, but it's a close call. Plus he's > been pilloried by some for not using Papelbon in close eighth inning calls. > It's now clear why he does not do that. (Pap, you are NO Mariano Rivera.) > > 50% players - Let's face it. They're playing shit ball right now. The > answer lies within. Someone in that locker room needs to either jangle or > calm nerves, and no one is stepping up. No Damons. No Millars. We could even > use a Manny to take the heat off everyone else. But no one is doing it. > WHERE IS PEDROIA? WHERE IS YOUKILIS? WHERE IS PAPI? I know Gonzalez is the > new guy but that level of salary comes with some responsibilities to lead. > Can he do it? Crawford clearly can't. Ellsbury is a wonderful player but he > seems to have zero clout. Scutaro, Varitek, Salty all bit players. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
