I think that this team here is a team that we can pretty well keep the most of it together for a period of time.
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When you're a team like ours that has to build, the one thing you need is stability. You need that with your front office, your manager, your scouts for good things to happen.Doug Melvin
There are a couple of areas we need to get better at. It's not always the coaches' fault, but sometimes you have to make changes.
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We were looking at young pitchers who would have left us the flexibility to do other things. It wasn't something that could happen here, and I didn't want to walk away from the opportunity.
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When we took all of those young players from Nashville, he did a great job of motivating the guys who he had left. I don't think he's afraid to confront a player on an issue. But at the same time, he's young enough that those guys know it was not too long ago that he was playing this game. They feel like they can go to him.
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I'm going into my fourth year, and we did require patience the first few years. We had to tell the fans that it wasn't going to be a one-year turnaround, or a two-year turnaround. It was going to take a couple years' time.
Doug Melvin
I went to our professional scouting staff and said we're trading Kolb, find someone to replace him. We challenge them they evaluate talent and make decisions.
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