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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Nothing.
    Nothing doesn't work. As soon as they hire Bloom, and don't spend any money on free agents, the media would have a pile of stories about how they were obviously cutting payroll to re-set.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    oh i agree. the media will always try and get someone to say something. the FO (especially the owner) needs to take a page out of the BB playbook. say words that dont mean anything or say nothing at all.
    Yeah, like 'coach's decision' on Malcolm Butler not playing in SB. That really put that to rest!
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    You can not blame the media for being the media. Besides the Red Sox did not become the brand that has become without publicity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    Yeah, like 'coach's decision' on Malcolm Butler not playing in SB. That really put that to rest!
    dammit. that one is my hot button. i will never forgive him for that one. but the point remains...we still havent received an answer from ANYONE on that one. not from the player, not from the owner, the HC, or any of the other coaching staff. it is still all just guesses and the question doesnt even get asked anymore.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elktonnick View Post
    You can not blame the media for being the media. Besides the Red Sox did not become the brand that has become without publicity.
    That's true.

    The fans are the ones who have the option of whether to be reasonable or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Maybe that message was meant for other GMs to interpret “Not giving away Mookie.”
    Couldn't that be done with a phone call?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    oh i agree. the media will always try and get someone to say something. the FO (especially the owner) needs to take a page out of the BB playbook. say words that dont mean anything or say nothing at all. i dont blame shaughnessy one bit. that was a great get by him....
    He works for the paper owned by Henry. This wasn't an accident.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    Nothing doesn't work. As soon as they hire Bloom, and don't spend any money on free agents, the media would have a pile of stories about how they were obviously cutting payroll to re-set.
    So? That has nothing to do with how Henry directly treated his ticket holders.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    dammit. that one is my hot button. i will never forgive him for that one. but the point remains...we still havent received an answer from ANYONE on that one. not from the player, not from the owner, the HC, or any of the other coaching staff. it is still all just guesses and the question doesnt even get asked anymore.....
    Malcolm has kinda sucked since leaving the Pats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Couldn't that be done with a phone call?
    Yeah but that looks deceitful...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    So? That has nothing to do with how Henry directly treated his ticket holders.
    How's he supposed to treat the ticket holders exactly?
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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Yeah but that looks deceitful...
    Nonsense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    How's he supposed to treat the ticket holders exactly?
    Don't say "we're cutting payroll" and then right before ticket sales begin state "I didn't really mean that, it's not our intention to cut payroll, we're going to compete."

    That doesn't sound shitty to you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Don't say "we're cutting payroll" and then right before ticket sales begin state "I didn't really mean that, it's not our intention to cut payroll, we're going to compete."

    That doesn't sound shitty to you?
    He didn't say it exactly that way.

    When he said we're cutting payroll in September, that was probably the most honest statement. And he got ridiculed for it, because supposedly it put the team at a serious disadvantage in negotiations.

    Subsequent statements were all pretty ambiguous. The message, as such, was that the primarily goal wasn't cutting payroll but being competitive. And they tried to explain that the competitive part included the future.

    It was a mess, I'm not denying that. I just don't think any particular approach would have gone over well. Red Sox fans in general don't like cutting payroll or trading a Mookie Betts no matter how you dress it up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Malcolm has kinda sucked since leaving the Pats.
    yes, but i believe without doubt if he played in that super bowl vs the Eagles we would have won. we would have stopped a couple of those 3rd and long plays....nick freakin foles.....
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