quentinFrancona Leaves Boston
September 30th 2011 16:35
After Boston had a 9 game lead over Tampa Bay at one point, missed the playoffs by losing the last game of the regular season. Terry Francona told his staff members on Thursday that he would not be returning for another season in Boston. His fate could be decided in a meeting of the team's upper management of the team's owner, John Henry, CEO, Larry Lucchino, and chairman, Tom Werner. Despite the general manager, Theo Epstein's new conference speech that “we don't believe in scapegoats, in particular nobody blames Tito for what happened in September.” Francona said “he may have run his course as manager,” after eight season. Regarding Francona's contract, the Red Sox have a week from Saturday to pick up the club's option for one or both of the next season. Francona's options are worth $4.25 million dollars each for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Theo Epstein said, “Tito and I spent some time talking today, just catching up on the season and talking about what the next few days will look like.” The group is likely to discuss a perception held by some within the organization that this team-- “operated in a vacuum of clubhouse leadership.” That perception wasn't unique to the front office. One Boston Red Sox veteran player said, “the clubhouse had zero chemistry with too many 'me-me-me' guys.” He also added, “I'm not sure if anybody knew, because there were some things I was worried about. I think we were spending too much energy on things that weren't putting our best foot forward toward winning. We spent a few minutes in the clubhouse that day, talking about that. There were some things that did concern me.” “Teams normally, as the season progresses, there are events that make you care about each other, and this club, it didn't always happen as much as I wanted it to. And I was frustrated by that.”
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