i think firing Hinch was fine. firing Luhnow though......? i don't know if you can find another better GM after what he's done here in Houston.
We finally had a GM that knew what he was doing both at the farm and club level. Gerry Hunsicker is the distant #2
Exactly but he didn't... Because it's better for image if Crane/Astros do it IMO. Also better to fight the MLB PA if Crane does it vs MLB.
This is how I feel. Hinch had first hand knowledge and failed to control Cora or stop the players from doing it. If anything, Luhnow is guilty of trusting Hinch too much and not looking into this deeper. Still shocked and disappointed this happened.
Report says that AJ was destroying the devices out of disapproval. That's as big a sign to Luhnow as any that he wasn't onboard with cheating. I agree with getting rid of Jeff, but not AJ. :/
Definitely much love and appreciation for those two...Do I wish it never happened, absolutely! But it did and we're all paying the consequences... Let's just move on and support our Stros, as this is our year!
Rosenthal: Mets’ choices at the deadline; A-Rod and Luhnow in touch; more notes https://theathletic.com/2022129/202...eadline-a-rod-and-luhnow-in-touch-more-notes/
Still wish Jim Crane would bring back Luhnow to say a big f you to the MLB. Using the Astros as scapegoats for the cheating scandal. It's not just an Astros only thing.
A-Rod in touch with Luhnow Alex Rodriguez, in his role as an analyst for ESPN and Fox Sports, speaks to all kinds of people in baseball — owners, GMs, managers, players. As he continues his effort to purchase the Mets, he has even been in contact with former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow, who is suspended through the end of the World Series for his role in the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. Rodriguez has not hired Luhnow as a consultant, nor does he plan to name him the Mets’ GM if his prospective ownership group succeeds in buying the team, sources say. His recent conversations with Luhnow are connected in part to his group’s relationship with McKinsey, a management consultant firm. Luhnow worked for McKinsey for most of the 1990s and enlisted the company to review the Astros’ baseball operation in 2017 and ’18. Rodriguez’s group has enlisted McKinsey to analyze the Mets, their fan base and the demographics in Queens and greater New York area. (McKinsey, one of the “Big 3” consulting firms, was not always a welcome presence in previous forays into the sports world with the Astros and Knicks.) Luhnow, under the terms of his suspension, is prohibited from performing any services for or conducting any business on behalf of the Astros or any other major-league club. His conversations with Rodriguez would not violate those terms, since Rodriguez, as a prospective owner, is not officially affiliated with any team.
