Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Mr. Attanasio made some promising statements yesterday as he was officially introduced as the prospective new Brewers owner.Good step: "My goal for the team is to win a World Series," he said.
Good step: "To be honest, I never even looked at the contract from the standpoint of whether you could get out of it or not, because you know the big attraction, the dual attraction for me to buy the team, is that it is a great baseball town with a great facility," Attanasio said Monday.
Bad step: "This team is really moving in the right direction," he said. "My goal is to continue and enhance that."
I think he's misreading the situation here. The fans would LOVE it if he said, "The franchise has been failing for over a decade, and I'm going to end that. First step, I'm cleaning house."
He seems very cautious, which I don't really like. This team needs an enema, from the field to the operations side. They need to put Bernie's challet back, get rid of Sports Service, fire Rick Schlesinger, and tell everyone who survives to stop being panzies.
But let's give him a honeymoon. I'll not be too harsh on him for the next year. If after next season things still look the same, I'll be very, very worried.
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