Gleeman & The Geek, Ep 265: Replacing Terry Ryan

I really wish you'd post here more, John. Seriously.

me too. The couple of times I've had the chance to chat John up at events have been great.

And a note to the mods, or those of you that were critical of me in this thread and had their comments hidden by the mods: I've unhidden them. I didn't think any were over-the-top uncivil. I don't mean to reject the decision-making of the mods, who do outstanding work, but in this thread I don't want people to be afraid to be critical of my position (or me, for that matter).

thanks John. Appreciate the transparency.

 

I kind of agree with the stance you took. I wouldn't have made the move Pohlad did, in that I wouldn't have told Ryan he was fired until the end of the season. I would have waited until the last day of the season to do anything, then I would have given him a chance to retire or be fired on the spot.

Waiting that long might curtail the effectiveness of your search, though.

do you really think starting the search two weeks before the trade deadline helps? If you are serious about interviewing outside the org, how many teams are going to allow AGMs to interview during the season?

I appreciate that, John. I've followed Gleeman since his early blogging days, not religiously but pretty often. And now I listen to the podcast when I mow, from Aaron's website. I was never moved to comment until now, only to say that John was entitled to his opinion, and that Aaron needed more maturity in the discussion. Well I posted that on his website and he apparently deleted it, but he has kept all the negative comments about John. That's too bad.

I do hope your future podcasts are not so painful, because it makes mowing seem longer not shorter.

Welcome to the site. Feel free to contribute your thoughts and ideas anytime, though I'd never encourage texting and mowing so keep all your toes and be careful out there.