Nah, I listened to both radio interviews. He was merely saying he and his baseball development minions would have liked to develop a team through the minors but they never were given the chance. He said several time there no villains. He was just speaking plainly...there's a ton of pressure to win every year.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]>wrote: > Agreed, Ray. His words came off as "they made me do it." "They" being the > fans, media, front office, what have you. Even when that pressure wasn't > there, pre- 2009, he still had bad free-agent signings -- Renteria, Lugo, > Drew. > > -- Matt > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, June 15, 2012 5:20 PM > *Subject:* Theo's theory > > Speaking of anemic. There was an article in the Herald in which Theo was > supposed to lay out where he thinks the Sox went wrong. The article is 98% > fluff, but there was one nugget. > > Theo suggests the the high profile signings of Lackey and Crawford were > driven by a need to win now. He seems to suggest that these were > overreaching moves. > > I have trouble with that idea. I think that we expect a team like the Sox > to make occasional big free agents moves. It just so happens that they > weren't very good at that kind of maneuver. > > Ray > > -- > 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.
