2018 Reds Season Thread

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(04-14-2018, 03:24 PM)samhain Wrote: IDK.  Mike Brown has been at this game of being a shitty owner for a lot longer than Castellini.  The Reds have had more than one average to shitty owner in the last 30 years, in which they've had how many winning seasons?  Maybe 7 or 8?  Mike also owns a team in a sport that grants him the benefit of a salary cap.  

Reds ownership is at something of a disadvantage in being competitive when it comes to signing FAs, because some ownership groups just flat out have more money and better TV deals.  Can't really say that for MB.  

I'm not letting the Reds off the hook in the comparison.  The more I watch this ownership group in Little Dicky's tenure as GM, the more I think that they absolutely could be worse than the Browns.  The Williamses care about slashing payroll as the A1 priority all the time.  I'm willing to give them a second, though.  Mainly because I have no choice, but also to see how they respond if this season plays out to be the absolute catastrophe it seems to be now over the entire 162.  

They say in baseball that you win 50 and lose 50, and the season is decided by the remaining 62.  I'm not sure these clowns win the 50 at this rate, lol.

Any owner in any sport who does not realize winning has to always be the top priority will fail. Castellini bought a team knowing the financial environment and how MLB is set up. But, he thinks making the park a fun social family place alone will win him fans. It will as long as they win, but fans (revenue for games and TV) are leaving in droves and it will only get worse.

He has made the Reds an embarrassment for a once proud baseball town. I watched then win with the Big Red Machine in the 70's, I was patient and game him some rope early, but the owner has proven all he cares about is money by getting rid of players I would pay to watch like Chapman and Frazier during losing seasons, because we could still have a glimmer of hope. Now, going to a game is a huge waste of my time and money. I used to DVR and watch every game, now I never watch.

I have a hunch I am not the only one who used to be a part of advertising group spending hundreds of thousands a year who now spends zero. The owner owns all of it and he can only fix it one way, be competitive again and quickly.