Rosenthal: Growing Pains In Atlanta, Or Big Changes Coming?

[CrimsonCowboy]

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/braves-manager-fredi-gonzalez-gm-frank-wren-ceo-terry-mcguirk-job-on-line-or-growing-pains-090914

 

[emk418]

I just can't understand how anyone can call this growing pains.

 

[50PoundHead]

Uggla was on a Hall of Fame track? We need to start institute random drug testing for sportswriters.

 

[Julio3000]

I just can't understand how anyone can call this growing pains.

Because we're still one of the youngest clubs in MLB?

 

[BremanFan88]

Because we're still one of the youngest clubs in MLB?

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

 

[gcbraves]

I just can't understand how anyone can call this growing pains.

If you watched the '88-'90 teams you would.

 

[zitothebrave]

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

The thing is that youth and performance don't correlate negatively. Usually young teams are better.

 

[rico43]

I'm prepared to bestow Simmons with the sophomore jinx label, belatedly, for this year. But his platinum glove won't keep him around with the talent pushing him.

 

[BremanFan88]

The thing is that youth and performance don't correlate negatively. Usually young teams are better.

They probably had a better leader to guide them though.

 

[BremanFan88]

But his platinum glove won't keep him around with the talent pushing him.

Yeah it will. So much so that the Braves made a guy change positions because of it.

 

[CyYoung31]

We need to get rid of the dead weight like CJ and BJ to be sure, but this was just a weird season for Heyward and Freeman, and an unusually terrible year for our bench.

 

[57Brave]

If you watched the '88-'90 teams you would.

or the 80-81 team for that matter

 

[bravesnumberone]

I'm not even sure we crack 80 wins at this point. Pretty obvious changes need to be made. We're going backwards.

 

[57Brave]

edit:

That wasn't necessary

 

[57Brave]

We need to get rid of the dead weight like CJ and BJ to be sure, but this was just a weird season for Heyward and Freeman, and an unusually terrible year for our bench.

CJ reminded me of Ken Oberkfell . One season where he played way over his head. Difference is, Whitey Herzog saw that.
Very similar players. So-so fielders, littler pop for a corner infder , some ability to put the ball in play but very obvious holes in his swing too

Braves fans at that time had the same feelings for KF as todays do for CJ. Both were nice stop gap players but in no way long term answers

 

[jason27nc]

I liked this one.

"Everybody is accountable," McGuirk told the AJC’s Schultz. "You mentioned two guys who are accountable, I’m holding myself accountable. I don’t want to make any predictions. I don’t want to say even how or when meetings will occur. But if we don’t have success, know that we won’t be satisfied and we’ll be looking at things very hard."

 

[weso1]

That was a pretty fair article. Pointed out the bad and the good. I think a shake up will come if we don't make the playoffs. Biggest reason is because attendance is going down.

 

[Dalyn]

This organization ignored many of the problems after the collapse in '11. They can't do that again.

 

[The Tariff King]

I liked this one.

"Everybody is accountable," McGuirk told the AJC’s Schultz. "You mentioned two guys who are accountable, I’m holding myself accountable. I don’t want to make any predictions. I don’t want to say even how or when meetings will occur. But if we don’t have success, know that we won’t be satisfied and we’ll be looking at things very hard."

McGuirk feeding the media what they want, not likely what's going to happen.

I'd be very surprised if Fredi is fired. I'd be less surprised if the hitting coaches are fired as scapegoats.

I'd be shocked if Wren were canned.

 

[bravesnumberone]

I'm gonna call McGurik's bluff on this one. He won't do anything. It'll be cast off on Walker and Fletcher, and that'll be the extent of it.