So Ozzie Guillen will continue to coach the White Sox until 2012 with the newly signed four year extension. Good Idea?? I’m not quite sure. With the Sox currently being in last place and having a real sucky 2007 season, is it the right choice to renew the contract? Obviously the Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and general manager Ken Williams thought so. Williams stated, “It has never not been in my mind that he would not be the guy…. The problems that we are having right now, I simply do not believe that they are problems that are with our coaching staff or with our manager.” Ok… well that means he is doing what? Blaming the disappointing season solely on the players??
During Guillen’s four years with the White Sox, he has a record of 333-297 and is the 11th manager in Sox history to reach the 300-win level (which one might not believe after this year’s showings). Nonetheless, Ozzie Guillen will continue to be with the White Sox for another four years and general manager Ken Williams believes in Guillen. Williams declared, “He's got to know, the players need to know, the fans need to know that this thing -- we're far from done here. We've had a very disappointing year, but my coaching staff is getting better as the days go by.”
So I guess the Chicago White Sox’s following four seasons rest in the hands of Ozzie. We’ll just have to see what the next four years will entail.
References:
http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070911&content_id=2201951&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws
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Ozzie is the perfect fit for the south side and he should stay there forever. This guy is short tempered and spews foul things from his mouth like a backed up garbage disposal, he fits in great with sox fans. The reason the White Sox won the World Series is not because of Ozzie. The reason they won is because of pitching and the pitching coach, Don Cooper. Signing Ozzie to an extension is the same as giving Rex Grossman a contract extension because the Bears made it to the Superbowl last year. Speaking as somebody that lives in Northwest Indiana I really do not want to listen to Ozzie on TV until 2012. GO CUBS!!!
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