by Mark Waters
I was gonna post this in the previous days comments, but then it got too long and too thought out.
Everyone on earth knows that the Pohlad family will not own this team 10 years from now. That's a fact. I just pray they only milk the new stadium revenue for as short term as possible, and then sell the team for an incredible amount of money.
I'd love to see Glen Taylor buy this organization. Many rubes in Minny would have a misery induced heart attack if Taylor bought this team, but I think it's the best scenario possible for the following reasons:
- Unlike Pohlad, Taylor is a fan first, businessman second kind of owner. For several years now, he has paid a small fortune in luxury tax, and will openly continue to do so if it equates to a having an elite team. If the Pohlad family was offered a choice to have a world series calibre team, or a sub 500 ballclub so long as the latter earns him more profit, 10 out of 10 times he'll take the money.
- Glen Taylor lets his front office run the show. He just sits back, signs checks, and stays out of everyone's way. Some are disgusted by this because he's let an inept McHale keep his job far too long. There's one major difference when it comes to the Twins. Their front office is already very competent and know how to successfully run a team from the ground up. Just imagine if this F.O. even had an 80 million dollar payroll for the past few seasons...
-He is a very realistic candidate, since he's made public statements about wanting to own the twins, vikings, or both.
It will be a miracle if Pohlad is still ticking when the new stadium opens (I don't wish death upon him, but he looked like 4 cents at the ground breaking ceremony) His sons want nothing to do with the team, other than milk the new revenue for a few years after the ballpark opens. As hated (and for good reason) as Pohlad is, we could easily end up with a much lousier owner than Unckle Carl.
Let's go Glen.
Just don't hire McHale to take the wheel from Bill Smith.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Aftermath of the Pohlads
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2 comments:
I dont like Glen for one reason: the Timberwolves have hurt me almost as much as the Vikings have over the course of my young life. They are in a hole right now that I dont know if they can find a way out of and I feel the Twins are on the verge of a similar hole. Although I do like his willingness to spend money to create a competative team while remaining apart from the day-to-day operations. Who knows, I just know I dont want the future generations of Twins baseball to be in the greedy hands of more Pohlads.
yeah, the wild card is how Taylor would run the organization. I just have to believe that it starts at the top, no matter how much he'd 'just sit back'
im talkin about organizational philosophy here. The twins (alleged) brand of small ball and doing things the right way and building from the farm system came out of necessity because of pohlads cheap ways.
i would think that it would change if we had an owner willing to spend. sometimes teams who are able to sign free agents allow other parts of their organization fall to shreds. just look at the orioles.
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