Bottom line is it's Henry's decision. Who is championing Cora & putting him on that pedestal? I have no clue. & he is still on an expiring contract, so it may be complete nonsense & this is spin put out by Cora's people to ensure he gets a great job somewhere else. It certainly doesn't seem like that, though.I just don't understand deciding Cora was so valuable that the new front office has to roll with him. It's not like he's some Johnny Pesky/Red Auerbach figure that's been with the organization for 50 years or whatever. Who do we thing the chief meddler is? Kennedy? Romero? Ferreira? Henry?
The best thing about hiring a new CBO is getting the institutional knowledge of another, very successful organization. We have our own institutional knowledge from our own successful organization, but we don't get any new knowledge or the opportunity to grow further as a smart modern organization by hiring internally. That was the best thing about hiring Bloom - getting that Tampa Bay institutional knowledge & doing a lot of things in similar, smart ways as they do. But he was never really allowed to bring in his own people (or he chose to not bring in his own people because reasons?). Regardless, though, they started modernizing a lot of practices.
But I bet the Dodgers, Astros & Braves don't do things the exact same way as the Red Sox. Or the same way as the Rays. So let's learn from everyone & sort out the best practices. That was why my dream was Gomes or Byrnes as CBO with Sestanovich as GM. Bring in all the ideas & let the best ones rise to the top. Keeping everyone in house is fine & I like Eddie Romero & think he'd probably be fine...but I want better than that. & I don't want to give decision-making authority to a guy who is a manager with no real proof of aptitude whatsoever when it comes to personnel - which is a completely different profession than he is currently in.