I agree Dan. You hire a guy to change the culture and then you tell him, THIS is our culture.
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > This is stupid. I mean, you hire a guy in part to change the clubhouse > culture, then everyone keeps telling him 'that's not how > we do things here'...? So why did they bother to bring him in? Why not > hire a clay-person like Sveum or Lamont, that will bend > to the Sox 'culture'?? They KNEW exactly what they were getting and now > they are trying to change that and in doing so, have > totally cut his legs out from under him. > > I would much rather see the Bobby V they hired. That would be entertaining > at least. > > Dan D > Central NJ USA > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tom Salemi <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, May 14, 2012 12:26 PM > *Subject:* File this under consider the source.... > > > > John Dennis, half of the insufferable EEI morning team, says he had an > interesting conversation with a "Red Sox insider" over the weekend. Again, > I know we need to be careful not to put too much stock in such reports. > However, John Dennis was a reporter at one time and I believe still > maintains connections with pro-Athletes via is MediaWise business (unless > he stopped doing that.) > > Anyway, Dennis says he was told the following. And it makes a great deal > of sense. > > During spring training, Valentine was running the team through drills. A > high profile player - Dennis didn't know his identity - failed to execute a > simple part of the play and Valentine chastised him publicly. > > As luck would have it, Red Sox owners were nearby. They apparently had a > meeting with Valentine later on and told him that's now how we do things > here. > > Again, this is all heresay. But it is consistent with Valentine's bipolar > communications with the media. It is consistent with someone who wants to > say one thing but knows he's required to say something else. > > Oh...and the person also told Dennis that Valentine hates it here and > wishes he never left ESPN. > > Brilliant. > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
