Padres exec rips his team and calls them 'miserable failures'

[Chuck]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/padres-exec-rips-his-team-and-calls-them-miserable-failures/

I wonder if Arte would ever say something like this if the team got that bad?

[Adam]

Arte is the embarrassment

[Angel Oracle]

Arte AND the Pads' exec are the embarrassments.

They are in it as deep as the Halos are.    Traded away most of their better prospects, and failed miserably.

[California Cajun]

50 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/padres-exec-rips-his-team-and-calls-them-miserable-failures/

I wonder if Arte would ever say something like this if the team got that bad?

He said he understood why Ray Kroc took the microphone when he first took over ownership team on the 70's and apologized to the fans for the lousy ball playing.  Kroc later apologized, probably because MLB made him do it.

At least he lets his baseball people run the show.  

Honestly I'd like to see Arte lose his temper in similar fashion.  In recent years he has been hunkered in the bunker, as if he's lost the war and it's only a matter of time before he cashes in his chips and leaves the problems to the next owner.

[Amazing Larry]

5 minutes ago, California Cajun said:

 Honestly I'd like to see Arte lose his temper in similar fashion.  In recent years he has been hunkered in the bunker, as if he's lost the war and it's only a matter of time before he cashes in his chips and leaves the problems to the next owner.

What's he supposed to do? Yell at a mirror?

[Thomas]

I can't Arte saying that. Calling anyone a miserable failure, let alone in the media, is so beyond the pale as to be extraordinary. I mean if an anonymous nobody said that on the message board it'd be bad enough. But someone that is part of the team and essentially part of a family and accountable to say that? To basically question their worth as men? And to top it off from an organization that hasn't been successful since God knows when? I hope he looks forward to his future endeavors outside the organization.

[Billy_Ball]

Remember Tony Tavares' tirade on the Angels?

" He is prone to outbursts, physical and verbal. He once admonished the Angels for having "too many players who look as if they came from Newport Beach, where their daddies and mommies gave them everything they ever wanted." Some have referred to him as a West Coast version of George Steinbrenner. "

http://articles.latimes.com/1997-05-15/sports/sp-58858_1_mighty-ducks

[California Cajun]

11 minutes ago, Lawrence said:

What's he supposed to do? Yell at a mirror?

I think he has made some costly mistakes and has cut the budget to pay for them.  You used to hear from him once in a while and not so much any more.

The full interview is at this site http://www.mighty1090.com/episode/ron-fowler-its-been-embarrassing/

[Amazing Larry]

22 minutes ago, Billy_Ball said:

Remember Tony Tavares' tirade on the Angels?

" He is prone to outbursts, physical and verbal. He once admonished the Angels for having "too many players who look as if they came from Newport Beach, where their daddies and mommies gave them everything they ever wanted." Some have referred to him as a West Coast version of George Steinbrenner. "

http://articles.latimes.com/1997-05-15/sports/sp-58858_1_mighty-ducks

Maybe Arte should give him a call.

"His approach has been conservative, deliberate and certainly fiscally responsible. Instead of spending millions on big-name free agents--and taking risks that might blow up in his face--Tavares has been trying to build with draft picks and, especially with the Angels, to beef up the farm system."

[California Cajun]

23 minutes ago, Billy_Ball said:

Remember Tony Tavares' tirade on the Angels?

" He is prone to outbursts, physical and verbal. He once admonished the Angels for having "too many players who look as if they came from Newport Beach, where their daddies and mommies gave them everything they ever wanted." Some have referred to him as a West Coast version of George Steinbrenner. "

http://articles.latimes.com/1997-05-15/sports/sp-58858_1_mighty-ducks

"I've been told by people that I'll never have a heart attack," Tavares said, "because I don't carry around a lot of burdens."

 

 

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, California Cajun said:

He said he understood why Ray Kroc took the microphone when he first took over ownership team on the 70's and apologized to the fans for the lousy ball playing.  Kroc later apologized, probably because MLB made him do it.

At least he lets his baseball people run the show.  

Honestly I'd like to see Arte lose his temper in similar fashion.  In recent years he has been hunkered in the bunker, as if he's lost the war and it's only a matter of time before he cashes in his chips and leaves the problems to the next owner.

I don't totally agree with this, except for the part about Arte Moreno.    It's like he's given up, not a peep from him since that December night aboard his yacht. 

[ScottT]

Arte rips players when they break agreements.  He just wants his players to be accountable.  

[JAHV76]

It sounds like LTH is  now in the Padres Front office. F You you Fing Losers!

[Ohtaniland]

Arte ripped the team by staying on his yacht this off season with his "Do not Disturb" sign.

[IEAngelsfan]

5 hours ago, Lawrence said:

What's he supposed to do? Yell at a mirror?

I think Arte has his wife dress in leather and high heels, then whips him.  Does this count?

[yk9001]

The Padres are mad because they shelled out $75 million for a declining James Shields?

 

Its almost like one of these times, teams are going to learn about giving money to players in their 30s with declining peripherals.

[Mark68]

17 hours ago, ScottT said:

Arte rips players when they break agreements.  He just wants his players to be accountable.  

Yep, and then he trades them to a division rival and continues to pay a vast majority of their salary.

 

[Mark68]

5 minutes ago, cezero said:

it worked

took a big ol dump on us last night

To be fair, you took a big ol' dump on Shields Tuesday. 

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, elixir said:

Loser mentality from the top,  understand why they so bad. Never throw your team under the bus 

Isn't that what you do here on a consistent basis ... I'm assuming you a Angel fan? or is it Dipoto's team?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

If he were a true leader, he would have gone into the clubhouse and delivered the message personally.

[TroutField]

And then quit his job when they players told him to stay out of the clubhouse 

[Blarg]

This article is about a horses ass in San Diego whinning about their team reflecting the immeasurable incompetence of the people that put it together. And they have been incompetent for 10 years and haven't even found a way to use the draft to improve themselves. It's like they are the anti rebuild where they can't ever make anything work even by stripping the team of assets and starting over. They are always starting over. Poorly .

The entire front office should explore sepuku as their next rebuild strategy.

 

[yk9001]

Can't wait to hear more comments from him after last night.

[ukyah]

9 hours ago, Blarg said:

This article is about a horses ass in San Diego whinning about their team reflecting the immeasurable incompetence of the people that put it together. And they have been incompetent for 10 years and haven't even found a way to use the draft to improve themselves. It's like they are the anti rebuild where they can't ever make anything work even by stripping the team of assets and starting over. They are always starting over. Poorly .

The entire front office should explore sepuku as their next rebuild strategy.

 

i'm not sure where the 10 years part is associated. if it's the padres organization, then they've been incompetent since their inception. if it's the current ownership, then they've only been around for a few years.

[ELEVEN]

How much do you think he would charge to give our team a pep talk?