I know this is hyperbolic to prove a point... but I don't think that's what the "Pro-Bloom Contingent" thinks the "Anti-Bloom Contingent thinks at all. I don't think of myself as "Pro-Bloom" but I'm sure others would disagree.Here's what I don't think you or any of the pro-Bloom contingent understand; none of us want the Red Sox to lose. None of us want the Red Sox to be boring. When we (the royal we here, I'm speaking for myself) take to a message board to voice our displeasure about the Red Sox, it's for that particular game and/or time. It's not us saying that we're never going to root for the Sox again or want to burn Fenway to the ground with everyone in it. Prior to this six-game win streak, the Sox played like uninspired dog shit for a month, losing games in the dumbest way possible.
You (and others like you) twisted yourself into pretzel logic saying, "No, actually the Sox are playing well it's that (injuries or the weather or whatever was the excuse du jour) is the reason and the Chaim Bloom is playing 6D chess that only I can see." while denying that the team wasn't playing well. The Sox have played great this last week, which is awesome and I hope they continue. WTF else do you want?
The "excuses" those of us that have been lumped into that camp are more along the lines of (good lord, how many times do we have to say this???):
---The team as constructed after DD left looked like it had maybe one good year left (this was 2020.... Pandemic, shortened season, Mookie trade imminent) but there were already lots of injuries and expensive contracts and contracts that were looking to be very expensive. Bloom was brought in to course correct which was likely going to cause some short term pain but hopefully with some good drafting, sifting through prior drafts and some careful trades and short term contracts, the team could compete during the "rebuilding years", which I think of as 2020, 2021, 2022 with results starting to show in '23 (possibly 85 wins, last WC), better results in '24 (possibly 90 wins, 1st WC) and then in '25 looking at a rebuilt juggernaut capable of chasing 100 wins and ALE 1st place for the following 4 years.
-2020 was a shit show, but Bloom tanked that team and got Mayer
-2021 all the short term fixes worked unbelievably well.
-2022 all the short term fixes went to shit
-2023 things are starting to look good
-2024 things are looking better (possibly getting Mayer in... hopeful health from Sale, Story... younger players getting better)
To me the burden of proof on the "Anti-Bloom Contingent" is to provide some sort of evidence that Bloom's plan is crap and/or that THIS year's team could have been better without sacrificing long term plan. I haven't been convinced yet by any poster.
-The "twisted logic" isn't twisted. There's been lots of injuries. Look at the first page on the "starting rotation thread". Crawford was no. 8 on the depth chart and is now the no. 4 pitcher in the rotation. Despite that... the team is still doing well. The middle infield situation is also at what... Plan H now? And despite that... the team is STILL doing well. Not doing great? Sure. There's been absolutely insane frustrating play but considering the situation, I'm impressed with how a Short Term Plan to Compete is doing while not sacrificing or hamstringing the Long Term Plan. I don't believe it was possible for Bloom to put together a 100 win team with the situation he came into between 2020 and 2024. From my perspective the "Antis" disagree, but have yet to provide (for me) convincing evidence.
It'd be nice to make an argument without using extremist reduction fallacies on "both sides" here... but I get it.