“We need to make adjustments, and we can’t continue to run the organization how it’s been run. So we have to change that. If we were going to run the organization the way it was run before, we wouldn’t have bought it.”

 

Jeter noted the Marlins haven’t been to the playoffs since 2003 and haven’t fielded a winning team since 2009.

 

“That’s unacceptable,” he said. “That’s unacceptable to the ownership group. It’s unacceptable to the fan base. But every team has to go through a period where they have to build and we’re in that position right now.”

 

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article184759303.html

 

 

I'm pumped up now.

 

 

Nice backhanded slap in the face to Loria too.

 

 

Nice backhanded slap in the face to Loria too.

 

Ya especially after Loria's mancrush for Jeter.

 

 

Only one problem with that quote...

 

Can't run the organization the way it's been run before???

 

THEN WHY IS MIKE HILL STILL THE GM????

 

 

Only one problem with that quote...

 

Can't run the organization the way it's been run before???

 

THEN WHY IS MIKE HILL STILL THE GM????

 

I do agree, but I think Mike Hill didnt have as much power as we might think.

 

 

Except conducting a firesale is exactly what the past ownership groups did. So we're supposed to trust Jeter to finally do it the right way, while he's still employing Loria's GM? No thanks.

 

Also, conducting a massive sell-off is the absolute wrong way to endear yourself to a city tired of sell-offs. The right move was to send a strong message in word and action that they were investing in the team. Instead, they seem to have no PR plan and are again trading away a franchise player. This is a disaster.

 

 

Only one problem with that quote...

 

Can't run the organization the way it's been run before???

 

THEN WHY IS MIKE HILL STILL THE GM????

 

I thought he had nude pics of Loria but now I can't figure it out.

 

 

I thought he had nude pics of Loria but now I can't figure it out.

 

If he had nudes of Loria he most likely has nudes of Jeter too. 

 

 

 So we're supposed to trust Jeter to finally do it the right way?

 

Um, yeah. That's exactly the point. Jeter isn't doing a "fire sale" to save money as Huizenga and Loria did. Jeter is getting rid of expensive contracts because we're losing money and it's not financially responsible to continue to lose money. So yes the plan is to shed the big salaries and do whatever it takes to build a competitive team while also increasing revenues over time. If done correctly then they add to the payroll when the time is right and when we're not losing money left and right.

 

Yes most of this is through blind faith but there is nothing we can do now except hope, wait, and trust.

 

Or, as many will also do, you can also stop following the team and just show up the day they clinch their next playoff berth while acting like you never left.

 

Take your pick.

 

 

This is all about giving Jeter the benefit of the doubt and waiting to see what happens before jumping off a cliff immediately.

 

 

Lol I don't see the fascination with this quote.

 

It's just nice to hear him say he won't run things the way Loria did. Nobody is marrying the quote. Do you enjoy anything? 

 

 

This is all about giving Jeter the benefit of the doubt and waiting to see what happens before jumping off a cliff immediately.

 

Not many cliffs in Miami either, FWIW. 

 

 

Not many cliffs in Miami either, FWIW. 

 

Uh Floyd for one?

 

 

Uh Floyd for one?

 

Nice. 

 

 

conducting a massive sell-off is the absolute wrong way to endear yourself to a city tired of sell-offs. The right move was to send a strong message in word and action that they were investing in the team.

 

I'd agree with this if we weren't losing so much money. If we're losing money that's the FIRST thing that needs to be fixed. If it takes another fire sale to do it then so be it but then from there stick to the plan and build a winner and then the people will come out. 

 

 

All I'm trying to say here is that actions speak louder than words. Jeter has a ton to prove here before I'm willing to consider him different from or better than Loria.

 

But it's certainly too early to demonize him.

 

I agree with this. 

 

 

We will have to see how things fall into place by the end of the off-season, but Jeter's strategy, as revealed thus far, does seem kind of out of the Loria playbook.

 

The Marlins do need a fire sale but this alleged desire to retain Ozuna seems like something Loria would do.

 

Time will tell. 

 

no its not what loria would do.  Loria would make a move for an overpriced free agent pitcher to try to make a mediocre team competitive.  Cutting payroll does not automatically mean a team trying to do a firesale.  This is the way to build teams nowadays.  You break it down and build it up right after a few years of rebuildin to have a sustainable, consistent winner.  This isnt 1998 or 2005 style rebuild.

 

 

And water is wet. 

 

 

The team needs a fire sale and keeping Ozuna without Stanton is terrible way to build a winner. And a total Loria move.

 

This isn't a 2005 style rebuild mostly because the big contracts are tied up in a handful of players only. And several of those are dead weight contracts because players like Chen, Volquez, and Prado have been battling injuries. Otherwise they'd totally be dumped a la 2005 or 2012.

 

who said anything about keeping Ozuna without stanton?  

 

 

 

 

• But Jeter has never experienced a losing season in professional baseball.

 

How tough is that going to be to have to have patience?

 

“You’re assuming we’re going to lose,” he said. “I don’t assume. I don’t think anyone says that the World Series is an unrealistic goal.”

 

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article184818548.html

 

 

Several reports point to that being what the Marlins want to do right now.

 

id take reports with a grain of salt at this time of the offseason.

 

 

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article184759303.html

 

Just bullshits