Boston Red Sox: Should Ron Roenicke be replaced before he starts?
Should BoSox Consider Replacing Ron Roenicke?
Typically when an organization has a changing of the guard in the front office, the new guard moves in, and with him comes his guys, making it his front office, his team, his manager. In this case, Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom chose to keep this manager.
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An odd decision nonetheless and given Bloom’s new status in Boston, a manager whose ear he could bend that he hires for his regime would be the first real step in making this his team.
Losing perennial All-Star Mookie Betts and David Price to Los Angeles and Alex Cora to a suspension, surely the Boston Red Sox clubhouse will have a different feel than those of years passed. Contrary to popular belief a manager’s job does not revolve around signaling for hit and runs and delayed steals.
No, a manager’s job is to manage the 25 different egos he has in his clubhouse. A manager’s job is to manufacture a clubhouse climate that keeps everyone loose while dealing with the stress of a 162 game season.
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Although I believe his time in Boston will be short-lived, I still hesitate at the thought that Ron Roenicke can maintain if not expand upon the clubhouse culture that Alex Cora was able to build.