Minor League Dysfunction?

As i said in another thread the quotes in that area are from AGENTS who were given the ability to soeak anonymously.

Agents. Who i doubt have the amount of insight into the internal FO workings as they claim to have

Can't agree with this enough. The majority of the quotes from other agents seemed to express more concerns about his overall lack of experience and about ownership's change in spending philosophy.

Could be referencing non player personel among Sox levels. Used to be jobs as coaches were kind of a reward to a player/buddy sometimes. maybe there are a few known around the league just like that who are really not qualified, yet hold jobs.

Not popular am sure among many on this site, but it did happen at one time and really don't see why it could have stopped, other than it defeats any purpose of developing young kids. Could name names of ones years ago figured got coaching jobs exactly same way described in Athletic article.

My Athletic account expired so can't read the context, but I'd assumed from reading the quote on the first thread that it was referring to the ranks of front office, NOT the minor leagues. What is the read that leads people to think there were developmental/minor league problems?

"... while many of the good people in the front office can’t keep up ..."

The claim comes from an outsider -- an anonymous player agent.

Also, the outsider has identified certain folks within the organization as "good people," and I ask -- what criteria does a player agent use for ascertaining who is "good" vs. who is, presumably, "bad"? Access, would be my guess. 

A big nothing burger. Best served with extra fries & a chocolate shake. 

On a completely unrelated note, I let my account expire last week because $72 a year is too much and they weren't offering a cancelation deal, but just within the hour I was able to sign back up for the $1/month for 1 year using the same account. They could have had me for $40 or $50 if they'd offered before I cancelled, but now they only get 12 bucks. See you again next year, accounts!

On a related note, thanks for the clarifications.

I think there's always tension when staff competence is evaluated based on the performance of others, and also when you have an organization where it's difficult to move up the ranks if the folks in positions senior to you don't move first. And plenty of things can go wrong internally in all organizations if management styles don't mesh or if there's inadequate opportunity for professional development and advancement (which has to be a priority established at the top). I have zero inside information here but I did find it interesting that after being highlighted by the Sox as women in baseball both Katie Krall and Bianca Smith chose to leave the org for new opportunities. Are there staff venting to that agent that they are not appreciated/valued/paid enough? Folks who feel threatened by newcomers? Coaches or ops people determined that their methods are sound and failure is the players' fault? Are there people who were great at staff management who have either been promoted out of the roles or who have left the organization without that talent being a priority in replacing them?

I have absolutely no inside information but I did have a gut feeling around the time that Bloom was fired. My gut was telling me that someone in the support staff was upset that Bloom was hired over them and was undermining his efforts which ultimately led to his firing. If true, with the hiring of Breslow,they have now been passed over a second time. This kinda fits with the "good people" comment....ie, the good people keep getting passed over and screwed, etc. A full house cleaning might be needed.

I hope I am wrong (wouldn't be the first time)