In trying to clear up the kerfuffle with Stanton's, and more importantly Stanton's and Yamamoto's agent, Cashman said the following in praise of Giancarlo...
" He’s one of the few players you bring to New York that hasn’t backed down, that’s handled himself in a professional manner through thick and thin. "
So the first question from the press today will be, "So Brian, according to you most of the players you brought here backed down and failed to handle themselves in a professional manner. Care to name names?"
I'm starting to agree with Joe FOB who said that he might be trying to get fired. Unconsciously of course, but these are unforced errors.
Can you dig it?
ReplyDeleteHey! I speculated that Cashman was trying to get fired, in the 17th comment on the "things the NYYs must not do" post.
It's speculation. Or maybe it's -- optimism? I'd like to say it's experience.
I used to be a boss (an editor and a publisher, different jobs, different places). NOT an owner! I had people working with me (I hired and fired). Not lots, but a few. In the publishing business. None of this work made a lot of money (most of what I was able to save came later, in my work as a freelancer).
The behavior Cashman is displaying struck a cord. I'm not saying I could always tell when someone wanted to leave a job, but I could tell when continued employment with the organization no loner mattered to a person.
Yes, in all cases it seemed mystifying at first. Who doesn't want to keep a job...at least until he/she got another job. In some cases, I felt responsible for the behavior.
In the cases where I was smart, I obliged such persons. In cases where I was not very smart, they went on hurting the group.
Thanks for clearing that up Joe - I thought it was you but I didn't want to falsely ascribe it and was too lazy to go back to make sure.
ReplyDelete"I could always tell when someone wanted to leave a job, but I could tell when continued employment with the organization no longer mattered to a person."
Yep!
"In the cases where I was smart, I obliged such persons. In cases where I was not very smart, they went on hurting the group."
Double yep! Sadly, Hal does not seem smart in this regard.
I just modified the post to give you your due. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think he wants to get fired. He sounds like a guy who knows he has a lifetime job and can say anything he wants without fear of reprisal from his boss.
ReplyDeleteIf only we could listen in when Cashman goes home and talks about all of this with his stalker.
ReplyDeleteBrian Cashman is bad at his job.
ReplyDeleteI don't think he wants to get fired. He's incredibly entitled. He thinks he's smarter than everyone else. He maneuvered his way into the GM job. He's an expert at throwing others under a bus and he's played his office games expertly to the only person who matters: Hal Steinbrenner. He's been playing the long game for a very long time and he's still got 15-20 years of career to go. But he's already the GM/VP of the most important franchise in baseball and there's no where up he can go. What's his next job? GM of the Miami Marlins?
ReplyDeleteBrian is a control freak who is losing his $#!t. The fact that 95% of Yankee fans want him fired is getting to him. He carefully micromanages press reports about himself. He keeps prominent baseball writers on a short leash, using access to the team (or himself) to keep them onside.
And yet, he can't silence, bully or bamboozle a growing army of angry fans, who threaten the bottom line and corporate value. Blaming others is falling flat. This is the behavior of a control freak who is losing control; a penultimate blame-shifter who can't escape charges. A terrible moment when he's not only being blamed for his own failures, but the failures of everyone else in the organization.
We finally saw what his subordinates already knew. And when he lost it in public, it had ramifications for his off-season plan to save his sorry job (Stanton's & Yamamoto's agent got pissed). After all, whatever moves the Yankees make this winter, it won't be to build a championship team, correct institutional shortcomings in analytics, development, training, medical diagnosis, coaching or winning the World Series. The only thing that matters in Yankeeville is Saving Private Brian.
At this point, that's what the Yankees are all about: Brian Cashman's ego and position at the top of the pile.
Joe, I believe that is a good read on your part. Perhaps Genius Cashman has had enough. If the Yankees fired him, he would receive his entire salary. One hole in your theory, would Hal actually fire The Genius and eat four years. This does not fir Hal's persona.
ReplyDeleteBet $100 Hal talked to him in private and told him to fix it
ReplyDeleteOften, people perform as their sub conscious dictates. They aren't often aware. You could be right. He could get fired, get a golden parachute, find some cushy job where accountability doesn't exist, fans won't hate him, and he can kick back and one waitresses.
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