The Valentine decision is just one of several over the past several years than I didn't understand at the time, and still don't. (Others: Mike Cameron, John Lackey, Carl Crawford.) Seems as though much of what this braintrust touches turns to lead.
-- Matt ________________________________ From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 1:51 PM Subject: Re: File this under consider the source.... Yep, that's obvious now. On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: I don't think they actually hired him to change the culture. > > >I think they hired him to fire up the fan base and sell tickets. > > > >On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >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. >> > > -- >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.
