Guess I’ll try not to read into it then. Could be relatively minor criticism, who knows. But the results have been so good that you have to hope the PD system doesn’t get shaken up too much.
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Ausmus for GM? Do not want.
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If half of the comments available to read are true, Click was not easy or pleasant to work with. A GM is no more than an employee, and apparently this has been brewing for 2 of his 3 years. He turned down the contract offered because he believed he deserved more. Sounds kinda like Correa to me.
He did a good job in certain areas, most notably bringing in certain members of the bullpen, but he in no way created this WS winning team. He inherited a very warm bed. Never smart to dissatisfy your boss or to ignore the dissatisfaction even outsiders knew was there.
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I’m thinking the reporter had a preconceived idea and agenda.
“I need to mention Jim Crane is like Jerry Jones in this article to get clicks and eyeballs”
Reporter “What other current professional owner has brought a championship to Texas?”
Random Astros F O. employee, " Jerry Jones won a Super Bowl"
Article: Astros employee thinks Jim Crane is like Jerry Jones.
I don’t know much about Jones’ decisions overs the years, all I know it that I cringe when I hear or see him. However, most of the decisions that Crane supposedly meddled in, seem pretty good. Bottom line: Crane becomes Jerry Jones when he meddles and fucks up the franchise for a long time; until then, he should be respected and at a minimum, not compared to ghouls.
Use archive.is or archive.ph to read behind the paywall.
This one did not work on this article but will on most.
On Athletic articles I think you can also click the “Aa” then “show reader” at the top and view the subscription article in full.
I don’t think not being on the same page as an employee and letting the employee walk is anything like Jerry Jones.
Sorry but I think if we want good content then we should be willing to pay for it
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Yeah, I think it is relevant and any potential GM hire would too.
I’ll also add that Crane being so involved with the decision making is all well in good as long as the team continues to win. The second they start to fall back to the pack, the finger is going to be pointed at him, not his front office managers/staff.
That’s not how quotes work
I’m sorry.
I was just trying to add some levity
Now that the media has gotten to take another swipe at Crane and the Astros, I’m sure they’ll get right back to levying valid criticisms against Peter Angelos, Robert Nutting, John Fisher, Bob Castellini, and all the other fuckhead owners of perennial non-contenders. Most fans could only dream of their team’s owner being as involved as Crane.
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The media is taking shots at the Astros? Good grief, it must all be true because they never have done that before.
Fuck all of them. WS Champions 2022 AND 2017.
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“They don’t boo nobodies” has to be the franchise motto at this point.
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But it’s terrible content. I just have access to it because it came with the Hulu/Disney+ bundle.
So you’re still paying for it.
My general point is one of you get what you pay for.
You have a point. I paid for it so it’s mine and I choose to give it away. Here it is:
Admin edit: Sorry, but we have a longstanding policy of not copying/pasting the full text of articles, free or paid. -Waldo
That’s not how IP works. At all.
I don’t know what you do for a living, but apparently you should be willing to do it for free.
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This Disney bundle thing is going to save me some money on Hulu and whatnot. Thanks for the heads up.