Viola is an out of touch crank. Not using all the information available to get better is ridiculous. Hamstringing a front office to out of touch people like Viola would set any team back.. It would be like not wanting your doctor to stay up to date on best practices because you like the old ways of medicine. "Give me my leeches, but stay away from me with this modern medicine!"
The idea Baldelli, a former high level player isn't worried about fundamentals is stupid. It isn't his fault almost no one on the team is a good defensive player. You can only polish a turd so much. Larnach, Kirilloff, Arraez, Astudillo, Sano, Polanco, are not good defensive players.
This continued idea about passion too. If Colomė, and the bullpen do not implode the first half, and the starters get hurt and the record is better what would it be said.L?