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Sunday, August 08, 2004 |
How Colangelo Lost His Job
An interesting article in the New York Daily News detailing the myriad conflicts of interest and history behind Jeff Moorad becoming Arizona GM, and how Jerry Colangelo lost that position. (Hint: I suspect their story that Colangelo got fired for failing to move Johnson is the purest BS, a Pavlovian bell designed to make Yankees fans salivate.) Quote:
"If nothing else, (Moorad) is a very curious choice by the Diamondbacks," said one player agent who asked not to be identified. "The entanglements of the agency he runs would seem to make it impossible for him to be effective."If the relationship is anything like the John Hart, Grady Fuson, and Scott Boras love triangle in Texas, expect a high time with a new division bottom-dweller for years to come.
Comments:
Agree that the "Colangelo got fired for not trading Johnson" angle is completely silly.
It's unclear, however, whether Moorad is resigning from the agent business. (I've not seen anything stating it one way or another.) He's no longer representing Luis Gonzalez, but I don't know about Mondesi, et al.
If the D-Backs are to be bottom-dwellers for a long time to come (and, c'mon, don't the Rockies have tenure in that position?), it'll be more because of Garagiola, Jr. than whomever the CEO is.
It's unclear, however, whether Moorad is resigning from the agent business. (I've not seen anything stating it one way or another.) He's no longer representing Luis Gonzalez, but I don't know about Mondesi, et al.
If the D-Backs are to be bottom-dwellers for a long time to come (and, c'mon, don't the Rockies have tenure in that position?), it'll be more because of Garagiola, Jr. than whomever the CEO is.
Stefan, it's hard to say with much certainty what really happened, at least in part because Colangelo isn't likely to say anything in public, and neither is Garagiola, especially since the latter is still in the organization. Certainly, the team now has a big hangover from the "win early, win now" strategy they had.
IMO, Bill James was right; small market teams need to be more aggressive about revenue sharing, and this should include cable deals as well as the gate. 50% of each would diminish the Yankees' ability to lord it over everyone else, and while it would hurt the Dodgers more than many other clubs, it wouldn't hurt them as much as the Yanks or even the Red Sox.
IMO, Bill James was right; small market teams need to be more aggressive about revenue sharing, and this should include cable deals as well as the gate. 50% of each would diminish the Yankees' ability to lord it over everyone else, and while it would hurt the Dodgers more than many other clubs, it wouldn't hurt them as much as the Yanks or even the Red Sox.
Incidentally, I've read several articles indicating Moorad is out of the player agent business, with guys lining up to take his place on several contracts.
Yeah, Jerry's always been fairly circumspect, so we may never know how it went down (though the articles around here made it sound much more like a failure of communication than a financial issue).
What made the "win early, win now" approach even more difficult for the D-Backs was that they didn't even get the measly portion of the national TV contract for the first 5 years of their existence.
While I agree with Bill James on revenue sharing (and why wouldn't I, as a small-market team's fan), it's hard to draw the line as he does between local media contracts and everything else if the argument is, "well, without the small market teams, who would the Yankees play?"
What made the "win early, win now" approach even more difficult for the D-Backs was that they didn't even get the measly portion of the national TV contract for the first 5 years of their existence.
While I agree with Bill James on revenue sharing (and why wouldn't I, as a small-market team's fan), it's hard to draw the line as he does between local media contracts and everything else if the argument is, "well, without the small market teams, who would the Yankees play?"
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