Going back to Theo's press conference, at ~19:00. I was really interested and somewhat clueless about what Theo is talking about.
"There were real efforts made last offseason, real um unconventional methods, methods that never want to have to do again to be honest with you to try to reach guys, and they were coming from the players, as well, players identified areas of concern, areas where we needed to try to do things differently. And there was good healthy conversation about that. The vast majority of it remained confidential, behind the scenes, I think there was good intentions and good effort, but in in the end that kind of change is really difficult especially with tremendous continuity, and I think that's one of the reason were really embracing a lot of change now."
Any ideas what he's talking about and what any of this means?
1. He refers to "guys", plural. So, apparently not just Addison's deal.
2. "To try to reach guys" is pejorative. Is he thinking baseball skills, here? (Edwards' weird pitch delivery? Happ to the minors?) Mechanical baseball things? Or off-field behaviors (wine women and song)? Non-game skills-improvement commitments? Things related to "dominating the strike zone" or lack thereof? Interpersonal conflicts within the team? Team stuff, wanting more scheduled practices together or team building together activities? Is he "trying to reach" players, or coaches?
3. "there was good intentions, but that kind of change is really difficult". Again, hard to know whether that's practice habits, problems with alcohol consumption, situational swing adjustment, whether it's about holding more team practices, or whether it's mechanical adjustments needed for the Edwards and Happs of the team?
4. "Unconventional methods... that never want to have to do again to be honest with you".
Just curious if you guys had thoughts on that bit?