Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 13, 2006
Driving Away the Old Regime

Johnny Almaraz seems to be the latest Reds official to leave as Wayne Krivsky passively pushes inherited personnel away:

When Barton's resignation came to light during baseball winter meetings in Orlando last week, Almaraz indicated to the Dayton Daily News that he, too, was not happy and that he might follow Barton's lead.

"I'm not included in any of the discussions and, in fact, when I walked into the suite during the winter meetings Wayne and his people would lower their voices to a whisper or take their discussions into the bedroom," Almaraz said.

I'm sorry, this just isn't right. It's perfectly fine for a GM to bring in his own people, but don't jerk people around. If you don't want their input, let them go. Krivsky may need to deal with these people in the future, and they're not going to be friendly toward him.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:49 AM | Management | TrackBack (0)
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Not a Reds fan by any means but Krivsky behaves like a child if the comments are accurate. He hasn't made a deal yet that has impressed.

Posted by: LJS at December 13, 2006 10:33 AM

Of course Johnny has a problem with WK, he was also interviewed for the job.

WK was hired too late to kill some of the sacred cows in the Reds system, but with a new owner with his own people in there as well I see a lot more movement in the future. One thing of note is that the reports all seem to be coming from Hal McCoy at the Dayton paper, Hal is slowly being eased out of the game as well. Reporting on disgruntled employees seems to be what he does best these days.

Posted by: Brian at December 13, 2006 11:21 AM

My enthusiasm for Krivsky has waned (he got schooled on the whole Bray-Majewksi thing), but at least he had the class not to blast Barton or Almaraz in the papers. Of course, he still has a job, so he can afford to be classy, I guess. Still, the whole thing smacks of sour grapes to me.

But LJS, Brandon Phillips for PTBNL? Bronson Arroyo (14 wins) for Wily Mo Pena? What's not impressive?

Posted by: John League at December 14, 2006 08:40 AM
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