I think dignity is the right word. I think Charlie has enough self-confidence in how to coach and handle people, and the players took their cues from him. |
I think public perception is a big part when you talk about selling, |
I think public perception is a big part when you talk about selling, ... In order to move things forward, if the decision was based on the performance of the club, obviously not getting into postseason is a big role in that, but I also think the fact that I became a lightning rod for criticism for the organization, with me out of the picture, it makes things easier from that respect. |
I think public perception is a big part when you talk about selling, ... In order to move things forward, if the decision was based on the performance of the club, obviously not getting into the postseason is a big role in that, but I also think the fact that I became a lightning rod for criticism for the organization, with me out of the picture, it makes things easier from that respect. |
I think public perception is a big part when you talk about selling. In order to move things forward, if the decision was based on the performance of the club, obviously not getting into the postseason is a big role in that, but I also think the fact that I became a lightning rod for criticism for the organization, with me out of the picture, it makes things easier from that respect. |
I think that the past three and a half weeks, we showed a lot of character, |
I think the fans could see in his face and body language that he was bothered when things didn't go well. They appreciate work ethic and even empathize with him from time to time. But it's probably not a good thing to do it in back-to-back seasons. |
I think there were probably points in time where a vote of confidence, if it was coming, would have come and didn't, ... I'm not naive. To say the least, I'm disappointed. |
I think we need some space at this point, |
I told our guys, there's still four months until Opening Day. We still have a third of the year. We still have time to see what develops. |
I understand the rights of people to have the ability to criticize what we do, ... At the same time, we have a lot of fans out there who were very supportive of what we've done here over the last eight years, particularly what we've done over the last couple of years to try to get to the finish line. And I also think it needs to be said that for eight years, I've been a doer, and not a critic. Because sometimes standing up and doing things is a lot easier that people standing on the sidelines and criticizing what you do. |
I'm leaving a situation where, with a couple of changes during the off-season, this team should be in postseason play next year, ... It's a challenge for the next general manager. |
I've talked to players before about - you can't turn this around. It has to be about the fans. People have a right to boo. |
In all of the conversations that we've had with Billy, we've told him that we would like to have him back here and get that worked out, |
It figures to be a slower-developing market just from the standpoint that if a player and his representatives feel that he's the key in the market, they're going to want to make sure the last dollar's on the table and that teams have exhausted other avenues to try to improve. |