Red Sox Fire Bobby Valentine

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:realgm

The Boston Red Sox have fired Bobby Valentine.

"Our 2012 season was disappointing for many reasons," Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said in a written statement. "No single issue is the reason, and no single individual is to blame."

The Red Sox finished last in the AL East with a 69-93 record, their worst in nearly five decades.

i liked him in Boston lol.

 

[bosoxlover12]

SMH BB

 

[Giantmetfan07]

he wasn't the problem.

 

[Lake Louise]

Yeah, give each manager a year, and fire him when you miss the playoffs. Nice logic.

Would have been better off keeping Francona, imo.

 

[The Guid]

quelle surprise

 

[RipCity32]

Interesting to see where they go from here.

 

[Blake]

Sad, I wish he stayed a few more years.

 

[elcheato]

he wasn't the problem.

He was a problem

Anyone who was aware of Bobby Valentine knew it would be a disaster before he even managed a game there.

 

[snipezo]

Y'all can have John Farrell.

 

[bosoxlover12]

Y'all can have John Farrell.

Hell yes


And cheato is 100% right

 

[bosoxlover12]

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[elcheato]

Sandy Alomar Jr. will probably be a candidate. Pretty sure he got an interview with Boston last year. Would love to see him get the job.

 

[bosoxlover12]

I said on another site that it will be between Farrell and Sandy, because yea we did interview him last year

 

[bosoxlover12]

Edit: stupid phone stop double posting

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Sad, I wish he stayed a few more years.

^This

 

[Pugz]

well duh

 

[Pugz]

Yeah, give each manager a year, and fire him when you miss the playoffs. Nice logic.

Would have been better off keeping Francona, imo.

francona ran out his tenure. i also dont know if youre serious about the firing. he didnt manage that team well, at all.

 

[bosoxlover12]

Yeah, give each manager a year, and fire him when you miss the playoffs. Nice logic.

Would have been better off keeping Francona, imo.

On August 31st last season, we had a 99.6% chance of making the playoffs. The fact that we didn't was inexcusable, so Francona had to be tossed. He lost control of the team.


That being said, we were still 1 win away from making the playoffs last year. To go from a 90 win ballclub, to a 90+ loss ballclub, in one year, is atrocious. The players, minus Jacoby (who only played 74 games this year), hated him. Beckett, Gonzalez, Youkilis, etc, they all disliked his styles as a coach. In a smaller market, he might have had more success, but in a market like Boston, where you have the 2nd highest payroll behind the Yankees, and you missed the playoffs the two years before, you cant afford another playoff-less year (like this year was).


Bobby Valentine was never the right candidate. He might have been better than Gene Lamont and Torey Lovullo, but all three sucked.

Farrell, Sandy, or hell even Tek I'd be fine with. Just somebody good

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[Rios15]

If the Red Sox can't pry John Farrell away from the Blue Jays, Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald suggests that they could instead target Toronto's first base coach Torey Lovullo.

SMH Red Sox. Go get your own coaches lol.