My opinion of them has changed pretty dramatically since they were basking in the glow of Red Sox success
John Henry's open letter to fans
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My opinion of them has changed pretty dramatically since they were basking in the glow of Red Sox success
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Harsh.
lol
I'm busy trying to deal with a certifiable boss who is quite angry with me at the moment for, surprisingly telling her she's clueless and I know better. Not like me ....
I'll do it later
Hahahaha !
Being better than someone who is clueless isn't necessarily flattering.😉
Look forward to it
The thing is, I am neither a proficient business strategist nor a footballing genius. Yet, I have recognised that virtually everything we have engaged in in the last few years has been a massive, fucking massive, fuck up of huge proportions; and, to credit myself, I have sort of noticed it in advance most of the time.
So, am I brilliant or are all these cunts inept to the fucking max? The clues are there, draw your own conclusions.
So, am I brilliant or are all these cunts inept to the fucking max? The clues are there, draw your own conclusions.
Your brilliant Larry.
moron? Is that you?
At least you're consistent at work and on here...
Now that I have been sent home from work I can expand.
Henry started out with the Red Sox by recognising there was an advantage to be gained by exploiting sabermetrics in the running of the team, he and the other FSG men initially tried to get Billy Beane in charge of the Red Sox. Beane declined, they then took on Theo Epstein - 28 year old legally trained sabermetric geek who was working in the Padres PR department. At the time sabermetric thought was that defense was undervalued and on base percentage was undervalued and Epstein worked with those two things in mind and constructed a roster with those two things in mind. It resulted in some unpopular decisions which involved some overrated star players being traded for less heralded names and the team got improved to the point where it was a stronger contender than previous and eventually won two world series. FSG in turn revamped the business side of the club and set up a very lucrative TV network showing their own games. Resulting in the Red Sox finances going from good to great.
By 2007 the finances were massive - and the story goes that the owners apparently put pressure on Epstein to use the finances because they did not want to be seen as miserly. It resulted in some horrendous free agent contracts every offseason - Daisuke Matzusaka, John Lackey, Carl Crawford - because they felt the need to be seen as the big players in the market. The Red Sox essentially committed hundreds of millions to players who didn't work out. Does it remind anyone of last year ?
Last year the team suffered a collapse which resulted in them missing the playoffs - a story was leaked to the press towards the end that pitchers who had a night off would sit in the club house and watch the game while eating fried chicken and drinking beer. It was alleged the manager had lost the run of the dressing room. The players say the rumours were massively overstated, but the speculation continued. Then a story was leaked about the manager being addicted to pain killers and it affecting his judgement, widely believed to be leaked by the FSG upper brass. This is the manager who had been in charge for both of their successes and had the utmost respect of the players and was thought in the baseball world as one of the smart ones. Anyway FSG fired him and Epstein was allowed to leave for virtually nothing when the Cubs said they wanted him.
Since then the Red Sox have been a bit of laughing stock in baseball - they hired a manager (who is the one who will appear in the documentary about us) Bobby Valentine who has repeatedly made stupid mistakes in setting up the team. Called out some of his most experienced players publically for not wanting to play - resulting in them leaving the club. He is apparently hated in the clubhouse, so much so that a team meeting was called where it was decided that the players needed to go to the higher ups to get him fired. The player that made contact via text, has since been traded. The pitching coach got the blame for leaking that story and was subsequently fired. Larry Lucchino of FSG is apparently controlling what Epstein's replacement is doing and is inhibiting the decision making process on baseball decisions. Whereas previously FSG gave the GM total control to do as he wished.
It starting to look like the success was a bit of a fluke and they don't really know what they should be doing.
The Commoli hire is essentially like them attempting to hire Beane - Commoli is one of the most high profile DOF's if not the best one about. The free reign they gave him and Kenny is like what happened in the beginning with the Red Sox. The pressure to spend money resulting in bad decisions being made is reminiscent of the Carroll deal.
Fuck, good luck.
Lol.
Suspicious of everybody.
Were you like Tom Cruise in 'A Few Good Men' ?
Demanding The Truth !
Tsk. "You're".
The FOX Business Network is reporting that they have learned about Fenway Sports Group's potential interest in selling the Boston Red Sox. FOX:
The team is owned by the Fenway Sports Group, which also owns the English football team Liverpool FC. While no final decision has been made about a potential sale, and the talks appear to be in the early stages, executives at Fenway Sports are debating whether they have the financial resources to run both teams, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Current ownership is reportedly putting out feelers to potential buyers, for what would be a staggering price, likely in the same realm as the recent sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Forbes values Boston at $1 billion, but, according to FOX, the price tag for this sale is $1.3 billion. Freeing themselves from the Red Sox -- and with the influx of resources brought on by a sale -- John Henry and Co. would have far more they could use to bolster Liverpool.
There's also the matter of the 80 percent ownership stake in NESN, but it's a bit too early to be worrying about that, especially with Red Sox ownership denying that the team is for sale at present. This is going to be a story to watch, though.
The team is owned by the Fenway Sports Group, which also owns the English football team Liverpool FC. While no final decision has been made about a potential sale, and the talks appear to be in the early stages, executives at Fenway Sports are debating whether they have the financial resources to run both teams, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Current ownership is reportedly putting out feelers to potential buyers, for what would be a staggering price, likely in the same realm as the recent sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Forbes values Boston at $1 billion, but, according to FOX, the price tag for this sale is $1.3 billion. Freeing themselves from the Red Sox -- and with the influx of resources brought on by a sale -- John Henry and Co. would have far more they could use to bolster Liverpool.
There's also the matter of the 80 percent ownership stake in NESN, but it's a bit too early to be worrying about that, especially with Red Sox ownership denying that the team is for sale at present. This is going to be a story to watch, though.
In my opinion they have already made enough mistakes during their tenure at Liverpool to be concerned about our future.
If Rodgers isn't the "chap" then we truly could be on a road to nowhere.
One of the biggest criticism I feel of their tenure is their lack of success in appointing the right people. Both Commoli and Kenny have come and gone in a very short space of time. Ian Ayre, who seems to be the appointment they made when they couldn't secure the top CEO they had promised,looks to be on the way out as well.
It could be argued that their ability to recognise their mistakes and rectify them is a positive thing but personally I find it worrying that they are making so many crucial ones in the first place.
What annoys me is how avoidable these errors have been. IMO pretty much all their problems would've been solved by appointing a competent, experienced football administrator type. I just can't understand what's remotely difficult about that.
Didn't they give him the money from player sales?
I recall the sum of the sales and transfer buys were roughly equal?
I don't know the wage comparison but I suspect it was proportionate.
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