Ed Wade
Ed Wade
Ed Wadeis the former General Manager of the Houston Astros and previously the Philadelphia Phillies...
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I understand the rights of people to have the ability to criticize what we do, ... At the same time, we have a lot of fans out there who were very supportive of what we've done here over the last eight years, particularly what we've done over the last couple of years to try to get to the finish line. And I also think it needs to be said that for eight years, I've been a doer, and not a critic. Because sometimes standing up and doing things is a lot easier that people standing on the sidelines and criticizing what you do.
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I've talked to players before about - you can't turn this around. It has to be about the fans. People have a right to boo.
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Billy is a huge priority. We tried to broach that subject at the trading deadline. Obviously, we've tried several times at that point. Hopefully, we'll get that done.
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Billy is a huge priority, ... We tried to broach that subject at the trading deadline. Obviously, we've tried several times at that point. Hopefully, we'll get that done.
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Every club draws its own line in the sand.
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You have to recognize that the fans here are very supportive. I've been around long enough to understand the frustration level. I've obviously been here longer than some of our guys. They want it as much as the guys in the clubhouse want it.
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There's no question that's ultimately how you're judged, by how you do in the season and how you do in the playoffs. By that measure, we didn't get there.
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That?s usually how it goes (at this time of year). I think a lot of deadlines have passed us by.
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It figures to be a slower-developing market just from the standpoint that if a player and his representatives feel that he's the key in the market, they're going to want to make sure the last dollar's on the table and that teams have exhausted other avenues to try to improve.
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I think public perception is a big part when you talk about selling. In order to move things forward, if the decision was based on the performance of the club, obviously not getting into the postseason is a big role in that, but I also think the fact that I became a lightning rod for criticism for the organization, with me out of the picture, it makes things easier from that respect.
based became criticism decision easier fact lightning move obviously order perception performance public rod role talk
I think public perception is a big part when you talk about selling, ... In order to move things forward, if the decision was based on the performance of the club, obviously not getting into postseason is a big role in that, but I also think the fact that I became a lightning rod for criticism for the organization, with me out of the picture, it makes things easier from that respect.
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I think public perception is a big part when you talk about selling,
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We need to take time before we get into a planning period and get into our discussion towards next season.
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We didn't encourage clubs to get overly aggressive, because we knew what he meant to our club in the midst of a pennant race. Ryan's an extremely talented player and is going to be an outstanding every day player in the big leagues. Despite the fact that a lot of people thought we should have been more aggressive in sending him away, we're happy we didn't.