White Sox get their man...who is ours?

Robin Ventura?  Really?  Well, I've gotta hand it to Jerry Reinsdorf, he does think outside the box.  Ugh...so sick of that cliche. 

Anyway, Reinsdorf has a history of this.  An un-NBA proven Zen-Master in training in Phil Jackson.  Ozzie Guillen.  Tom Thibodeau.  So far so good.  But has he gone a bit far with this? 

Time will only tell, but it seems to me like Reinsdorf seems to do a better job than most in picking his leaders of men.  Which, considering they have to lead men that make multiple times their salaries, is quite a tough job.  Imagine going to the owner of your company, every day, and telling him what to do?  Does not happen on a regular basis.

Which leads us back to the Red Sox.  I like the idea of going with an unproven, no-name brand.  The expectations are much lower, meaning a lot of the day-to-day pressure is removed from the manager and placed back on the GM and owner. 

From a management perspective, already knowing that you are hiring a guy to someday be fired (hello Tito, thanks for the memories) and putting him behind the proverbial eight ball because he has to manage John Lackey, among others, who makes 6 to 7 times what the new manager is likely to make, seems to make a lot more sense.  The alternative is to bring in a LaRussa, Torre-type at $6 million for 5 years and hope they still have the fire to kick some drunken pitching tail.