dude82
Well-Known Member
If it was one guy, it'd be easier to write it off as sour grapes of a disgruntled former employee, but, whether it confirms prior suspicions or not, having that many people say that things were out of control and hearing about specific instances backing that claim from multiple people is a lot harder to write off. It should be anyway.
And yes, it does take some air out of the balloon that was the Cano signing, even if it wasn't exactly shocking news. One of the few positive things that the team has done over the past decade has now been overshadowed by the reality of the front office situation and Cano hasn't even had his introductory press conference or even his physical yet.
Now the press conference is likely to be less about Cano and more about this article. That's not necessarily Baker's fault and he shouldn't have had to sit on it until people have had enough time to bask in the glow of the Cano signing before being brought back to reality, but it would have been nice to be able to enjoy it for a bit longer.
There are also some possible repercussions to all this that haven't been talked about that can't be overlooked, IMO. For one thing, how much of the kind of front office meddling described in the piece will McClendon now have to worry about dealing with? How will he handle it if any of that happens with him? On the player side of things, how much, if at all, could this impact the players we already have and, just as importantly, will some of the allegations of meddling prompt other free agents who thought about coming here to change their minds?
It's these kinds of uncomfortable thoughts and questions that make the timing of the article unfortunate, even if the article needed to be written if only to confirm the suspicions people already had.
And yes, it does take some air out of the balloon that was the Cano signing, even if it wasn't exactly shocking news. One of the few positive things that the team has done over the past decade has now been overshadowed by the reality of the front office situation and Cano hasn't even had his introductory press conference or even his physical yet.
Now the press conference is likely to be less about Cano and more about this article. That's not necessarily Baker's fault and he shouldn't have had to sit on it until people have had enough time to bask in the glow of the Cano signing before being brought back to reality, but it would have been nice to be able to enjoy it for a bit longer.
There are also some possible repercussions to all this that haven't been talked about that can't be overlooked, IMO. For one thing, how much of the kind of front office meddling described in the piece will McClendon now have to worry about dealing with? How will he handle it if any of that happens with him? On the player side of things, how much, if at all, could this impact the players we already have and, just as importantly, will some of the allegations of meddling prompt other free agents who thought about coming here to change their minds?
It's these kinds of uncomfortable thoughts and questions that make the timing of the article unfortunate, even if the article needed to be written if only to confirm the suspicions people already had.