Padres Press Conference where they fire Kevin Towers
by jbox on Oct 3, 2009 1:07 PM PDT
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The Padres are holding a press conference today at 2pm PST where they will announce Kevin Towers dismissal.
I'll be watching on Padres.com and we can comment about it right here in this open thread.
LIVE BLOGGING!
- They had to make the decision to extend KT or make a change
- Yesterday they told Kevin that they had made a decsion to hire a new GM
- "We'll miss him day to day... we're going to be paying him for another year."
- If KT becomes GM for another team than Moorad will be a big fan.
- KT is leaving the club in a very good spot to go forward.
- A new GM will be brought in in the next few weeks.
- A greater focus on planning, strategy and discipline in scouting. Looking forward to a new GM to take the lead on crafting the new strategy.
- The new GM will make decisions on the baseball front not Moorad.
- There is not an internal candidate at this point.
- Moorad is thrilled that Bud Black is the manager and thinks it's extremely unlikely that he will be impacted.
- Towers has done a terrific job molding the team this year on the fly.
- He feels bad about the impact on Towers but feels good about the future of Padres baseball.
- "It wasn't an easy decision"
- They thought now was the right time because they didn't want him to be a lame duck for 2010.
- Towers feels he should clean his office out, but Moorad wants him to keep an office in Petco Park.
- Moorad respects Towers for remaining professional.
- "The human side is the most difficult challenge." Towers, Towers' mother, Moorad and Garfinkel flew to Cooperstown this year.
- Moorad hopes they can remain friends.
- All employee meeting on Monday at Petco Park to honor him and let him say goodbye.
- They have interviewed three candidates and plans to interview more.
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Im at the airshow today
Great idea for this thread jbox. I need to keep updated.
by SDPads_1 on Oct 3, 2009 1:22 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
You must post again when they play Rock You Like A Hurricane.
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I hope we get a bounty hunter this time
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I wouldn't mind a transformer
as long as it has a beard.
"Get on board early," Black said, alluding to, what he feels, is a crop of up-and-coming players.
"I would tell those fans that we're going to play good baseball. We're going to play hard. We're going to have exciting young players..." -Bud Black
Homeboy throw in the towel
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Oct 3, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
They better cut away
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#Padres CEO Jeff Moorad addresses the media at 2pm PT. Listen live on XX1090 and at DOUBLEX1090.COM…
I'm listening on 1090
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Anything started on there yet?
Mine’s giving me the Stay Tuned screen.
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It's up!
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He looks a little sedated
Pills?
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Still wants to be friends...
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Don't let him mess with your head, KT.
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hahahaha
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Boooooooooooooooooo
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions
"In the next few weeks"
TELL ME NOW
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next few weeks
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:06 PM PDT reply actions
more planning?
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:07 PM PDT reply actions
scout and plan
longterm and short term
strategy
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Well this was a big bust
“Hey everyone, KT’s fired, that’s all.”
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Not an internal candidate
Sorry, DePo.
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Booooooooooooooooo
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know about bitter
He’s a professional. And who knows if he even wants the gig over his current job, which is blog as often as Dex. ;)
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Nobody else fired at this point
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:09 PM PDT reply actions
Now that's weird
They share the decision of bringing back Black, but not on KT…
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if i was kt i would live in my office
stick it to the man
Homeboy throw in the towel
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Bunker up!
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LIke Stanton after Lincoln was killed.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Oct 3, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
KT is still allowed to sleep over
He still has his key to the apartment.
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i beth that meeting will involve breakfast
a true san diego send off
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Can they announce the replacement before the World Series is over?
Or does that only apply to coaches and players?
I think that's what he is referring to
when he said in the next few weeks, but without saying, “I have to wait until the playoffs are done.”
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interviewed 3 candidates
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:16 PM PDT reply actions
seriously!
Homeboy throw in the towel
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Oct 3, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
oh they did cut to it?
man. Did I miss anything in the live blogging? I heard him say “no” a couple times, but didn’t know the question.
Seems like every press conference I watch is like that.
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I think it's over
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that is all LAME
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:17 PM PDT reply actions
And your ass, 'tec...
well, it’s now on record for reporting bullshit.
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my point was that Darren Smith isn't Jeff Moorad
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Good thing
Otherwise we wouldn’t know anything.
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Moorad looks like Ty from Caddyshack when he was smoking the 'CANNONBALLS'
by Duke Street Kings on Oct 3, 2009 2:18 PM PDT reply actions
i could should go for one of those right now
in honor of kt
Homeboy throw in the towel
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Oct 3, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
So you think a banner
with two KTs on it reading NEVER FORGET would be a passionate gesture of fandom?
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Did I miss this during the conference?
Corey Brock says that Moorad said next year’s payroll would “probably begin with a 4”.
I missed that, too
I like how payroll is now the same guessing game as Guess the Attendance.
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I didn't hear him say anything about payroll
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Just caught this
http://619sports.net/2879/jeff-moorad-answers-questions-on-towers-firing/
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It ends with the payroll question
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Did it say probably begin with a 4?
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he used the word likely instead of probably.
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KT ending his press conference now
;_;
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619 Tweeting what KT said
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 3, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
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