Thank you! It's always great to read what other Giants fans have on their mind and the thoughtful replies by Roger. I think we'll find out very soon who that GM hire is once the World Series comes to an end. I won't be surprised if the Giants make that hire within a week after that final out is made in the fall classic.
Regarding Posey as new PoBO, I don't think it's fair to compare Posey's position to Derek Jeter's. My understanding is Jeter was hired as the CEO for Miami which, in my understanding is a position that oversees the financial flow of an org as well as marketing and other day to day operations of an org. Think Larry Baer. I also think that Posey's "prickly" personality when things aren't going well with the team may play a bigger role than we realize. Reason I mention this is I do recall hearing interviews with both Jeremy Affeldt and Brian Sabean (post-Giants). Without going into details, Sabean was a no nonsense GM who made it clear that the guys he signed were on the team for a reason. To paraphrase, Sabean told players like Affeldt (Jeremy expressed this in the interview), "I don't put losers on my team." I'm not sure that Farhan had that type of gusto or ability to prop up players like that. I don't know that players trusted him in his decision making. We'll soon find out about Posey, but I don't agree that his time in his new position will be a colossal failure like Jeter's.
Thank you! It's always great to read what other Giants fans have on their mind and the thoughtful replies by Roger. I think we'll find out very soon who that GM hire is once the World Series comes to an end. I won't be surprised if the Giants make that hire within a week after that final out is made in the fall classic.
Regarding Posey as new PoBO, I don't think it's fair to compare Posey's position to Derek Jeter's. My understanding is Jeter was hired as the CEO for Miami which, in my understanding is a position that oversees the financial flow of an org as well as marketing and other day to day operations of an org. Think Larry Baer. I also think that Posey's "prickly" personality when things aren't going well with the team may play a bigger role than we realize. Reason I mention this is I do recall hearing interviews with both Jeremy Affeldt and Brian Sabean (post-Giants). Without going into details, Sabean was a no nonsense GM who made it clear that the guys he signed were on the team for a reason. To paraphrase, Sabean told players like Affeldt (Jeremy expressed this in the interview), "I don't put losers on my team." I'm not sure that Farhan had that type of gusto or ability to prop up players like that. I don't know that players trusted him in his decision making. We'll soon find out about Posey, but I don't agree that his time in his new position will be a colossal failure like Jeter's.
You are quite right that Jeter's position in Miami was CEO, not head of Baseball Ops (and, as it turned out, not really "chief" at all)