CrimsonCowboy
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What are you talking about? This is a speculation article. This is not much different than anyone else on this board discussing who the next GM is.
Megathread: Braves lose Maitan, Bae and 10+ plus International Sanctions.
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What are you talking about? This is a speculation article. This is not much different than anyone else on this board discussing who the next GM is.
CrimsonCowboy
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Bluedevilruss
Spring Training Invitee
Everyone's doing backhanded under the table stuff in Latin America.
This. But sometimes you gotta punish someone.
Maybe Coppy went above and beyond the usual stuff and MLB decided 'enough is enough'.
Who knows at this point??
CrimsonCowboy
Moderator
Oh, I don't doubt that for a moment. What will MLB do to enforce their rules?
Chill, man. We will find this out in time. There's a chance you're right, and there's a chance you're wrong. Why you insist on coming on as strong as you possibly can on assumptions and calling everyone else a moron, I will never understand.
Bluedevilruss
Spring Training Invitee
I take it back. I sound like a UNC fan going with the "everybody does it" defense for decades of fake classes.
The Padres had their GM suspended for a month over withholding medical issues. The Redo Sox lost their international prospects over rules violations. Neither team fired an executive.
The Braves are supposedly not going to lose a prospect, meaning the punishment will be less than the Red Sox suffered, yet Coppy was ousted anyways.
Wake up and smell the "old school" LOL.
striker42
Well-known member
Those two might be related. It's possibly Coppy being shown the door prevents tougher penalties. A GM losing his job over this sends a strong message to the other 29.
If we face very minimal penalties, then I agree that it looks bad for Braves management.
Then you are implying there was a negotiation of some sort between the Braves and MLB. The Braves agreed with ousting Coppy rather than rallying behind him and accepting the consequences as a franchise.
There is no way to spin this other than the Braves throwing Coppy under the bus.
I fully expect pozzies to argue over the semantics of "minimal penalties" in an effort to support the FO.
Fact of the matter is the Padres and Red Sox didn't fire an executive when the team broke rules and was punished. The Braves threw Coppy under the bus before the investigation even concluded.
Nothing else needs to be said.
CrimsonCowboy
Moderator
If Coppy broke the rules, then he needed to go
FIFY
And if Hart and JS knew they should go too.
I wouldnt bet on JS being as tied to it as Hart. Hart definitely needs to go. Coppy answers to both but directly to Hart.
striker42
Well-known member
If the initial reports about the severity of the rule breaking are correct, it's not really throwing Coppy under the bus. The better analogy is that Coppy has thrown himself into the road in front of the bus and we're not going to have the organization push him out of the way and take the hit instead.
There's a difference between throwing someone under the bus and letting someone take the consequences of their action.
GeorgiaGirl
NL Rookie of the Year
It sounds like according to the other board with a source that might be good, the 90s brain trust might also get forced out with this investigation. They might not have a choice as they might get booted from the Braves organization.
CrimsonCowboy
Moderator
What is the thought process with you here? Why are you so much in a conspiracy theory here? Do you not think Coppy broke the rules? Do you not think he should face punishment? What's your deal?
McGuirk ain’t going anywhere. He’s the corporate watchdog on behalf of Liberty.
I dont see Bobby going anywhere. It has to be JS or JH or hopefully both. I honestly wouldn’t mind it if Cox was interim GM. Cox helped build our farm before JS came and got all the credit.