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ThomasTomasz
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I'd just like to reiterate that I hate hate hate this the more I think about it. Such a lateral move at best. Probably more of a step back. I know he wasn't with the team during that collapse last September and as such wasn't really implicated in that particular team's psyche, but I still feel like going back to a familiar face is the wrong move. I would have loved to have Ausmus, someone that can grow with the team, rather than a caretaker type like Farrell that's just going to do what he does, and is kind of just MEH all around.
It would be one thing if this was a familiar face from another manager, but Francona presided over the collapse during 2011 and the clubhouse turning against him. The team tried to bring in someone to instill discipline, and that failed. So don't go back to the other end of things. A choice like Ausmus would have been great, as he could immediately get on the same page with Pedrioa and as you said, grow with the team.