August 1, 201214 yr I've been a Braves fan my entire life. No I mean bad. John Schuerholz was good, very good at winning divisions. BUT they are afraid to/will not pull the trigger on deals to get them over the top. You are wrong. You must not remember the Mark Texiera deal a few years ago that cost the Braves Matt Harrison, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Salty, etc.. What about giving Lowe 4yrs $60million. The Braves aren't the type to throw money at a rental or short term player, they don't succeed that way. Braves are really good organization who bases their success from within the farm system, scouting good players, and finding diamonds in the rough. With ownership as Braves fans we were spoiled with Ted Turner owning the team because the Braves had a lot of cash to throw around, then came AOL Time Warner and the Braves lost a lot of payroll. Now we have Liberty Media who has shown a willingness to win but not at the price of just throwing money around. Braves are a very good organization and know what they are doing, and will continue to make the moves that best help the team in the long run.
August 1, 201214 yr When did Schuerholz leave? I'm pretty sure Ted Turner was a little more liberal with his money than the current ownership is. Frank Wren took over after the 2007 season.
August 1, 201214 yr Author You are wrong. You must not remember the Mark Texiera deal a few years ago that cost the Braves Matt Harrison, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Salty, etc.. What about giving Lowe 4yrs $60million. The Braves aren't the type to throw money at a rental or short term player, they don't succeed that way. Braves are really good organization who bases their success from within the farm system, scouting good players, and finding diamonds in the rough. With ownership as Braves fans we were spoiled with Ted Turner owning the team because the Braves had a lot of cash to throw around, then came AOL Time Warner and the Braves lost a lot of payroll. Now we have Liberty Media who has shown a willingness to win but not at the price of just throwing money around. Braves are a very good organization and know what they are doing, and will continue to make the moves that best help the team in the long run. Mark Teixeira is an example of a reach to get fans back on their side after the streak ended, EVERYONE knew he was not signing here. They are steady and the Braves will not ever be horrible, but they will never be great either.
August 1, 201214 yr Mark Teixeira is an example of a reach to get fans back on their side after the streak ended, EVERYONE knew he was not signing here. They are steady and the Braves will not ever be horrible, but they will never be great either. Care to say why the Braves won't be great? Doesn't seem like your much of a fan as you claim to be. Your basis to your argument of the Braves front office being bad has been nonexistent.
August 1, 201214 yr Author Care to say why the Braves won't be great? Doesn't seem like your much of a fan as you claim to be. Your basis to your argument of the Braves front office being bad has been nonexistent. Moves made to get better this year? Name the GREAT moves the front office has made in the past 8 years?
August 1, 201214 yr Moves made to get better this year? Name the GREAT moves the front office has made in the past 8 years? I'm not a Braves fan in any way, shape or fashion, but what is your argument here? So far, all you've done is said the front office is terrible, with no support for your argument, no examples, no anything but saying they stink.
August 1, 201214 yr Moves made to get better this year? Name the GREAT moves the front office has made in the past 8 years? Moves made to get better this year was Maholm and Johnson. Easy enough right. Moves made in the last 8 years that helped the Braves is as follows: - Acquired RHP Tim Hudson from Oakland in exchange for RHP Juan Cruz, LHP Dan Meyer and OF Charles Thomas. - Resigning Tim Hudson - Acquired INF Edgar Renteria and cash considerations from the Red Sox for INF Andy Marte. - Acquired OF Gorkys Hernandez and RHP Jair Jurrjens from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for SS Edgar Renteria and cash considerations - Acquired RHP Rafael Soriano from the Mariners in exchange for LHP Horacio Ramirez. - Acquired RHP Javier Vazquez and LHP Boone Logan from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for C Tyler Flowers, INFs Jonathan Gilmore and Brent Lillibridge and LHP Santos Rodriguez. In all of these moves the Braves dealt away little for players that played really well for 1 or 2 years while they were with the Braves. To my knowledge none of the players trade away have amounted to much at the big league level. 2nd Braves have made excellent moves from scouting and drafting players the past 8 years. Would you like for me to name those moves for you? Edited August 1, 201214 yr by SvFan4life
August 1, 201214 yr I can't recall where, but I remember reading this offseason how the Braves will be struggling financially in the not-so-distant future. The premise of the article was that teams are going to earn significant revenue through television, but TBS has a deal that will prohibit the Braves from increasing their TV revenue as much as other organizations.
August 1, 201214 yr I can't recall where, but I remember reading this offseason how the Braves will be struggling financially in the not-so-distant future. The premise of the article was that teams are going to earn significant revenue through television, but TBS has a deal that will prohibit the Braves from increasing their TV revenue as much as other organizations. Why would TBS have anything to do with them?
August 1, 201214 yr I can't recall where, but I remember reading this offseason how the Braves will be struggling financially in the not-so-distant future. The premise of the article was that teams are going to earn significant revenue through television, but TBS has a deal that will prohibit the Braves from increasing their TV revenue as much as other organizations. Braves have no connections to TBS now, so I'm not sure why they would stop the Braves for having a tv contract.
August 1, 201214 yr Moves made to get better this year? Name the GREAT moves the front office has made in the past 8 years? And here I thought the Reds fans were negative :lol:
August 1, 201214 yr Moves made to get better this year? Name the GREAT moves the front office has made in the past 8 years? Still waiting on some kind of argument to back up your claims.
August 2, 201214 yr Why would TBS have anything to do with them? I assumed it was TBS, maybe it was a different television network. The point remains the same.
August 2, 201214 yr I assumed it was TBS, maybe it was a different television network. The point remains the same. Braves aren't on any network other than FSS, besides local tv I'm sure. Yes the Braves struggle because they don't have a big tv deal but their attendance is horrendous.
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