Good morning baseball fans!
As we approach Spring Training and the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general!
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Today’s question: Who’s to blame when things go wrong?
This isn’t necessarily a predictive question on the 2026 team, more of a philosophical question about who you think bears the blame for seasons that don’t pan out as well as we’d hoped they would. Some might assign that blame squarely on the players, others the coaching staff, and others might blame the front office or ownership.
Personally, I’ve never seen the point of blaming players. I don’t believe for a single second that any player has gone out on the field and thought “Eh, you know, I’m just going to suck on purpose today” despite what many fans of sports betting might believe to the contrary. Sure there are things like conditioning, practice, preparation, etc. that are within an individual player’s control, but that’s really about as far as it goes.
I’m of the belief that problems start from the top. If the owners are committed to having a competitive team, they will approve whatever it takes to make that happen. If the owners are more interested in profits and real estate development, the on-field product will reflect that. That trickles down to the decisions made by the front office to build a roster, and then to the coaching staff to do the best they can do with the roster they have.
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Which means that there really isn’t much that anyone below the ownership level can do to change the organizational priorities, so in my book, the buck stops with the owners. No matter how many managers and front office staff they throw under the bus at the end of every season to deflect that.
But that’s just my opinion, and I’d like to hear yours!
Who do you think is to blame when seasons go wrong?