Here's the article
http://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/a...s0qW2KThAl5FJ/
The Braves are going to contine to pile on Coppy here to protect the franchise's name, so I expect to see a lot more of these come out. It's scapegoating for sure, but Coppy may have brought some of this on himself being green and not realizing how important relationships are in business.
I'm in advertising and it's nothing but vendor/client relations since you are selling a service and not a product. The young guys always want to beat up their vendors on pricing to pad their profit. I did the same thing at one time. The problem is when your top client has an issue you need the help of that vendor to keep your client happy. If you beat them up on pricing, you don't get the service needed to keep your client and you risk losing them. It's a lesson they all learn eventually. I know I did. Coppy may be learning his now.