From Nightengale Twitter:
#Reds announce GM Nick Krall will fill Dick Williams' position and become the new head of the baseball operations department. He will keep his GM title.
https://twitter.com/nightengalejr/st...203535882?s=12
From Nightengale Twitter:
#Reds announce GM Nick Krall will fill Dick Williams' position and become the new head of the baseball operations department. He will keep his GM title.
https://twitter.com/nightengalejr/st...203535882?s=12
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I guess we (some of us, at least) need to learn the name of Krall's top lieutenant, because it sounds like he just got a lot more responsibility.
Bleh. Maybe it works, we really don’t know how Krall will act as the top dog. But it feels like a blown opportunity to get fresh eyes and perspectives on a team and organization that seems to rarely change even when players are added or subtracted.
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So we're just not going to hire anybody and let Cashtellini just pocket Williams salary.
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Glad to see this. Confirms that the Williams/Krall philosophy proceeds. By and large I like what they've done. I was afraid of a fallback to the Jocketty/Buddy Bell types.
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Rob Manfred: "Hold my beer"
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HammerTime (10-19-2020)
Why didn’t they wait until the offseason and interview people from outside the organization in addition to Krall?
Oh yeah, that’s what a competent organization would do. Nevermind.
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Blimpie (10-19-2020)
I don't hate it. This team is mostly Krall's to begin with, and I guess it's worth giving him full control for a season to see which direction it moves.
I highly doubt it's a penny-pinching measure. I think they like their in-house guy and want to get a jump start on 2021.
Hmmmm sadly this probably means the Reds are continuing with Bell and his deeply flawed offensive approach.
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Mitri (10-19-2020)
It seemed to me that Williams was more the business guy and Krall the baseball guy. When interviewed, Krall was the one talking players, moves, the team in detail, while Williams was talking about the general plans.
I think it’s no coincidence that the Reds started making serious moves to improve the team when Krall was promoted to GM. These moves had mixed results.
It will be interesting to see if there is a difference in the team’s philosophy and their moves now that Krall is all alone at the head of the organization.
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M2 (10-19-2020)
I'm not against Krall getting the promotion, but the reality is that it's not going to mean much if ownership can't get out of the way and let the Baseball Ops. do they're jobs. I know they sign the checks and have to approve payroll and those sort of things, but they have to let the baseball people make the baseball decisions.
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