IIRC, beyond whatever happened on the board (before my time), Simmons was big on the whole “Why not keep OCab” train, and a lot of it was the “they have fun” fancy handshakes types explanation, but I actually bought it and still do in this situation—OCab and the Happy Dominican Crew (read: Manny) was a great combo whose sum was greater than the parts.
I do get a lot of the criticism he got over mojo type shit over hard analytics, but that may well have been a textbook example of a guy who loved being in boston replaced by a guy who hated it, and which affected overall team performance.
That said, as I said, before my time here.