Angels Fan Satisfaction Feedback (POLL)

[NrM]

I'm more frustrated with the bleak and uncertain future of the organization going forward.

 

Everything stinks starting from the very top all the way down.

 

The only viable option to fix this already sunk ship is if they implement what the dodgers and cubs are doing.... aka....bring in a guy like Epstein or Friedman, who has complete control and a vision going forward.

Edited September 2, 2015 by Poozy

[seenoevil]

I piss on this season, worst season ever

[Troll Daddy]

It's about what I expected. The offense was never addressed in the off season. If you expected something different then you weren't really paying attention last season. Losing Jepsen and getting Joyce was like a double kick in the nutz. Losing Howie was on the same level as the A's losing Cespedes last year.

Btw bet the farm that Scioscia will be back next season.

[19HALO71]

3.5 GB with 30 to play. I'm hyped for an amazing September.

 

All the selections are Doom and Gloom.

 

Go HALOS!!!

[Angel Oracle]

What Ettin said....does anyone still think this team and staff hasn't become stale for the most part?

 

But yes, the pitching collapse isn't totally unexpected.    Once Weave went on the DL and Nibs went down for the year, the young pitchers without experience pitching beyond 150 innings (except Richards, but still only 169 innings for a high) were due to begin to struggle under the increased workload.    That caused the bullpen to mostly meltdown.    The lack of hitting of course put a strain on the starters and relievers.

 

The perfect storm for August's collapse  

Edited September 2, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[mtangelsfan]

As I've stated in another thread I am not happy with any of the components of this team.  Ownership, front office, management and coaching and the players themselves have all sucked.

 

I'm guessing most of them would agree that their performance was a big gigantic fail. 

 

For me, the only thing about this team I really enjoy is Trout.  I'm bummed we couldn't surround him with the kind of team that can win even without him.

This team has sucked the joy of watching baseball for me.  I don't know what will happen for the next few seasons but I am not optimistic.

[yvangelfan]

I'm disgusted.

 

My baseball team sucks.

 

My mailman is as pissed as I am, and he vents when he sees me.  I actually try to hide when he brings the mail.

 

I still watch every game until it starts to look bad, like around the 4th inning, and then I can't watch. 

 

I think I've developed a tic of shaking my head. 

[Homebrewer]

I've learned this season how to shake my head and turn pages at the same time..

[HaloNArizona]

The season has been about what I expected.....pitching I thought would be slightly better, but again, I think Jerry had a two year plan....year one rebuild the starting pitching for today, tomorrow and the next several years.  Year two, work on offense, although we are slightly hamstrung by Hamilton and Pujols, we can still rebuild.  Next year is not a total loss.  Fill in a hole at 3B (not a Freise fan), LF, catcher and 2b.  I think LF and 2B are moving up to the top priorities...I think a trade or two will happen and a FA signing.

[Angel Oracle]

Good news is Nibs and Weave contracts coming off the books after next season, and Hackilton's after 2017.

There's an additional $57 million freed up from average/season payroll.

[Reveille1984]

I've learned this season how to shake my head and turn pages at the same time..

 

I have carpal tunnel from turning so many pages, maybe I should get a Kindle

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I went with it's what I expected.  I figured they were a .500 ball club so I didn't have crazy expectations and quite honestly I haven't for a while because recent Angel teams have seemed pretty lackluster, nonchalant, call it what you will.  It's a long season and every team goes through ups and downs and admittedly I don't follow other teams but they just seem to take it to another level.  Again that's probably my jaded view of following them but it is what it is.  For the last few years I just haven't been getting that invested or interested in a team that doesn't seem to care and more importantly perform for long stretches.  I tune in, I root for them and so on but it makes it easier when they under perform because I don't expect much.    

[Puget Sound Angel]

Until we are mathematically eliminated, football is on hold for me.

[Reveille1984]

As I've stated in another thread I am not happy with any of the components of this team.  Ownership, front office, management and coaching and the players themselves have all sucked.

 

I'm guessing most of them would agree that their performance was a big gigantic fail. 

 

For me, the only thing about this team I really enjoy is Trout.  I'm bummed we couldn't surround him with the kind of team that can win even without him.

This team has sucked the joy of watching baseball for me.  I don't know what will happen for the next few seasons but I am not optimistic.

 

I'm in the same boat as you.  Management and PR for this team are an unmitigated disaster.  From the Hamilton situation, to the whole "upper class spend more at the stadium" story, to Dipoto basically being so fed up with his lack of control as a GM that he just said "f*** this, peace out" in the MIDDLE of the season.    Our farm has been one of the worst in baseball for years now it seems, and we have no position player talent ready to replace our aging, dusty, overpaid turds.  Our coaching staff is stale and complacent.  Arte is starting to get a Jerry Jones-esque reputation as being overly involved in team operations. 

 

This team is so lucky that it drafted a once in a generation player that it isn't evey funny.  I pretty much only watch games to see our young pitching and to watch Kole, Cowart and Trout get at bats.

[LAAFANofLA]

I opted for 1. Aside from the post ASB death of the team, the front office is ran by a bunch of walking turds.

[LAA Road Tripper]

With this roster I really thought this was a losing team. Not enough talent. Maybe I'm spoiled but last year's 98 win, best-record-in-baseball team never felt real to me evidenced by the first round sweep but probably even more so by the pedestrian record they had against good teams. IIRC they were sub-.500 or close to it versus winning teams. What they excelled at in '14 was beating the teams they were supposed to beat. They were absolutely masterful at that. If they hadn't coasted the last week they would have won 101 or 102 games.

But the litmus test for a legitimately quality team is beating the good clubs. After all, that's all you see when you make the playoffs. That same pattern was exhibited this year through July - beat the bad teams until the wheels came off last month. Put me down in the camp of getting a tad bit more than I expected record-wise with a caveat of taking an unexpected pathway to get there. 54-40 was completely unexpected but so was 11-26.

[Tank]

i'm over it and have moved on.

 

 

as i've gotten older, when the team struggles it becomes a whole lot harder to hang in there for a full 9 innings of misery. i've hardly watched any games this year from start to finish. i check in frequently, but if they're losing i have zero confidence in their ability to come back. i'd rather watch or do something else.

 

i'd be more inclined to watch if they played exciting baseball, even if it meant they weren't winning everything in sight. i feel like we're back in the mid-90s right now.

[Tank]

Good news is Nibs and Weave contracts coming off the books after next season, and Hackilton's after 2017.

There's an additional $57 million freed up from average/season payroll.

 

i'm sure we're putting that into a low-yield savings account for when paul goldschmidt becomes a free agent at age 36.

[beatlesrule]

Kind of how I'm feeling

 

 

[HaloCory22]

I'm over it. Bring on hockey and college football!

[Homebrewer]

I watch football, but really don't root for any one team. I like the Browns and the Seahawks, and detest the Cowboys with some awesome passion...but I go into a funky depression after the last out of the WS that lingers until the Winter Meetings.

[Reveille1984]

With this roster I really thought this was a losing team. Not enough talent. Maybe I'm spoiled but last year's 98 win, best-record-in-baseball team never felt real to me evidenced by the first round sweep but probably even more so by the pedestrian record they had against good teams. IIRC they were sub-.500 or close to it versus winning teams. What they excelled at in '14 was beating the teams they were supposed to beat. They were absolutely masterful at that. If they hadn't coasted the last week they would have won 101 or 102 games.

But the litmus test for a legitimately quality team is beating the good clubs. After all, that's all you see when you make the playoffs. That same pattern was exhibited this year through July - beat the bad teams until the wheels came off last month. Put me down in the camp of getting a tad bit more than I expected record-wise with a caveat of taking an unexpected pathway to get there. 54-40 was completely unexpected but so was 11-26.

 

People say this all the time but it isn't really true.  Last year only five teams had a winning record against > .500 teams, and one of them was Seattle.  The Giants won the World Series with a losing record against good teams as well.

[Angel Oracle]

Even the 2002 team had decent at best success against the better teams (barely over .500 iirc).

[Jay]

They're the Angels.

[moccasin]

I'm unhappy with the team, highly doubtful the team can turn it around. But not Mike Trout.

I think he can still get hot again, and that gives me something to care for.

Not ready to move on to next season, or any other sport.