Terry Francano was the Manager at Boston Red Sox. He brought them more success than they have had in over 50 years.
Achievements:
1, Won 2 World Series Titles
2, Highest pre-seasn winning percentage in the league
3, First manager in MLB history to win forst 8 games in a world series
4, Only the 2nd Red Sox Manager ever to win 2 world series tiltes
Despite winning all this at Boston, Francona was let go by FSG as John Henry pointed out 'it was a terrible time for the fans'.
Francona's fall from grace, and the manner in which he was cut loose, should send a shiver down the spines of Dalglish loyalists. Despite having the third largest payroll in baseball ($161 million) and 15 former All Stars in his side, the Sox had missed out on the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Francona stood accused of becoming too close to his players - who had repaid the manager's affections by walking all over him as club discipline broke down. Moreover, John Henry was reported to have lost faith in Francona - surprisingly, the owner no longer shared his manager's passion for statistics and their application in the sport.
However, the baseball media suggested that the manager's final parting statement pointed the blame for his dismissal squarely at the Sox owners, and Henry in particular. "To be honest with you," said Francona, "I'm not sure how much support there was from ownership. You've got to be all-in on this job...it's got to be everybody together, and I was questioning that a little bit."
Many disgruntled Red Sox fans backed this view and accused Henry and co of being too distracted by their other interests - including Liverpool - to see what was happening under their noses. Publicly the owners have rejected this notion, but privately they have vowed never to allow such a collapse to happen again and to correct any lingering problems, spelling trouble for many of the club's well-paid stars.
Looking at the similarities of the 2 clubs -
- Liverpool have missed champions league qualification for 3 years running
- Our league collapse is very similar to the Red Sox's in 2011
- The Red Sox failed to make the play offs was a major catalyst for change, and it could be the same at anfield with the champions league
Liverpool fans should be aware that FSG will be casting a similar critical eye on events at Anfield in the coming months.
This has been created with information from a number of articles.
The Terry Francona story
posted on 4/4/12
Well done T Bone. Interesting.... (rubs chin).
posted on 4/4/12
Red_Led
Do you think the way we handled the Suarez situation would of upset the owners as that was a major concern for our reputation?
posted on 4/4/12
Cheers neon & Bixen
posted on 4/4/12
T-Bone
Francona was dismissed after 2 years of "failure". I think Kenny will be given the same time frame, at the least
posted on 4/4/12
Terry then reads the Rothman's Soccer Coaching Handbook for Boys and is installed at Anfield.
posted on 4/4/12
Leiva
I hope so. I don't think any manager could of turned around a club that was in turmoil in a quicker time. I don't care what people say about money. City spent £400m and still look lile being trophless
posted on 4/4/12
good article!!
posted on 4/4/12
T Bone
"I agree the moneyball approach has not worked so far."
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The only thing about criticising moneyball at the moment is that our moneyball signing aren't moneyball in 100% effect. Barely any of our (summer)signing are our first choice.
Downing < Young (Chose United over us)
Henderson < Phil Jones (Chose United over us)
Bellamy < Mata (We had no champions league
You can see that our first choices have gone on to have a much better season than what we have ended up with (Bar Bellamy). But the first choices we did sign haven't done to badly.
Enrique - Good season
Doni - Done exactly what was expected of him so far, about to prove his worth over the next couple of weeks.
Coates - Has done well when called upon
Adam - The less said about him the better. IMO he was a sentimental buy by Dalglish and not really a Moneyball choice.
Hopefully come this summer we can get in early and nail our first choice targets and move forward once again.
posted on 5/4/12
all this adam slatting does my head in!
He actually started the season ok, but quickly faded quickly! Pretty much like every else!
Its his first season, with a lot of weight on his sholders, with the absence of Gerrard, it was always gonna be tough!
Give him at least a season or 2 before casting proper judgement, he has the raw ingredients IMO!
posted on 5/4/12
I'm sorry I just can't see it.
He's slow, he doesn't have the skill to complete the Hollywood passes he insists on playing, he doesn't do the simple things, he can't tackle and he's fairly selfish.
He's not champions league standard and if we do manage to get back there he'll never be more than a squad player.