Tony Tavares
Tony Tavares
Tony Tavares is an American accountant and sports executive. He has served as the team president for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League, and for the Anaheim Angels and Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball...
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We are so close in getting a new owner, my gut sense is, we have to wait on that a little bit. As I told you guys before, I have to work within certain limitations. There's nothing I can do about that. The new owner can write his own script. We have told Jose this. The owner doesn't have to fully take over, but we would like that person to talk to him about the contract.
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I think that any new owner coming in here is crazy to try and change a general manager in the middle of a season. To be disappointed this quick, there would clearly be something wrong with the new owner.
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The key issue for the new owner is acting with some certainty on some issues. He'll be able to act in a more decisive way than I can. It's time for people to get some certainty. I'm looking forward to it. I know most of my staff are looking forward to it.
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I'm in a position where I have to react, not move forward,
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I'm not going to say it's substandard right now, but I think if we go much further it'll be substandard.
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I'm the holdup, ... I didn't want people accusing me of being unrealistic by billing them for something we have no chance of and then saying, 'All you want is my money.'
I've just been told that it's been settled.
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At the beginning of the year, we have a budget that provides for a call-up of 'X' amount of players, ... We're going to be over budget on that as it is. You can't call up 30 guys.
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Is it disappointing? Of course it is. I think it's a wonderful tradition. It's a big deal every year. Having him do this is a great tradition and I am sure if he could have done it, he would have. But as of now I think the answer is going to be no.
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There wouldn't be any difference in cost for the season ticket holder, ... It's something we're thinking about. It's something we'll continue to discuss.
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There won't be decisions until after the World Series is over,
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If we don't start moving, we're going to be scraping the bottom of the barrel, ... You lose people every now and then if you wait.
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I can't hold anybody back, ... We've told our coaches, our manager, our GM that if there's a job that is available to you and you want to interview for it, you should. It would be inappropriate of me to be denying permission for teams to speak with our people.
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