Probably afraid his colleagues will accuse him of lobbing softballs, or perhaps an editor. He can point to the questions and say, "See! I asked him the tough questions, I am a tough reporter, ya know-- der. "


It was obvious that the flow of questions placed Ted Thompson in a defensive posture.

Obvious to the audience, not so much to the fellow asking the questions, and that is kind of sad, because we as fans just don't get that many "cracks" at finding out what Ted is thinking.

unless there is an obvious cap or salary hit involved, who makes the 53 is up to Mike. Once in a great while there might be an override by Ted.

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Well hell thanks for telling me and to think i used to bitch that Ted Thompson wouldn't do anything in free agency, when in fact i should be bitching at MM for not doing it.

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Problem reading?

Ted gets them on the team, McCarthy takes the ball after that.

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Makes me laugh. Ted Thompson isn't the kind to "blab". He keeps his private stuff private, as it SHOULD be.
I mean.....what should he do? Tell everyone in the world what he plans to do? What's to gain in doing that? Nothing, that's what. But plenty to lose.
Who you target to keep, who you plan to trade, whatever. You don't show your cards till the "game" is OVER.
Yeah Ted......tell everyone what you are going to do, lose all leverage, and give away any "back stage" plans you might have.
Geez.

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Thompson can sign a ton of FA's but it's still mostly up to McCarthy whether they stay on the team or not. Like this last offseason where we didn't keep any of the FA that Ted signed I don't think he really had much say in those decisions.

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Ted Thompson comes with mysterious background music...

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