An article The Sports Den read on Philly.com by Justin Klugh qoutes comments from both Phillies President Dave Montgomery, and GM Ruben Amaro Jr. that prove that if the Phillies owners ever snap out of it and realize they have to rebuild they must start with the team president, and GM. Then there is the comment from ESPN’s Jayson Stark about how other GM’s felt about Amaro Jr.
Team President David Montgomery’s Comments:
“Ruben is not on the hot seat,” Montgomery explained during a back-and-forth with season ticket holders. “I think we have somebody whose experience working under two general managers served him well and positioned him to be very effective at his job. We — we — need to do better.”
Montgomery’s own judgment has come into question this season as well. In late June, he explained that the Phillies, having a third disappointing season in a row, would not be entering a rebuilding phase, as it would be too detrimental to ticket sales.
Ruben Amaro Jr’s Comments:
“I’m more surprised that there wasn’t more aggressive action from the other end. We have some pretty good baseball players here. Our goal all along was to try to improve the club and there really wasn’t a deal to be made that would help us do that.”
From Jayson Stark:
ESPN’s Jayson Stark, in an interview with 97.5 The Fanatic, reported that he’d had other GMs tell him they were “annoyed” and “flabbergasted” by Amaro, whom the Sporting News ranked last among all MLB general managers earlier this season.
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