Comments on: Bisciotti and Angelos: A double standard http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/01/02/bisciotti-and-angelos-a-double-standard/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:20:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: F. P. McFadden http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/01/02/bisciotti-and-angelos-a-double-standard/#comment-202 F. P. McFadden Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:47:49 +0000 http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/01/02/bisciotti-and-angelos-a-double-standard/#comment-202 This isn't a double standard because Biscotti isn't making a football decision. He's making a personnel decision, which is what the owner is supposed to do. Unlike Angelos, he has not put his two cents in on who the Ravens should draft or sign. Ozzie is the GM and is fully in charge. Angelos's problem is that he tries to make baseball decisions, and in doing so 1) makes bad decisions, 2) continues to insist on making baseball decisions, and 3) has undermined all his GMs in the process. This is not to say that Biscotti will not meddle like Angelos, or that he doesn't have the "right." He just has not yet. And if he does, I have the "right," just like I do with the Orioles to stop buying tickets. This isn’t a double standard because Biscotti isn’t making a football decision. He’s making a personnel decision, which is what the owner is supposed to do. Unlike Angelos, he has not put his two cents in on who the Ravens should draft or sign. Ozzie is the GM and is fully in charge. Angelos’s problem is that he tries to make baseball decisions, and in doing so 1) makes bad decisions, 2) continues to insist on making baseball decisions, and 3) has undermined all his GMs in the process.

This is not to say that Biscotti will not meddle like Angelos, or that he doesn’t have the “right.” He just has not yet. And if he does, I have the “right,” just like I do with the Orioles to stop buying tickets.

]]> By: Joe http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/01/02/bisciotti-and-angelos-a-double-standard/#comment-198 Joe Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:41:28 +0000 http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/01/02/bisciotti-and-angelos-a-double-standard/#comment-198 I think the issues are different. Bisciotti waited until after the season to make a decision on one of the top positions in his organization. He didn't step into the mess in the middle of the season. He didn't tell Ozzie how to draft. He hasn't hired his children just so that the employees know that they are being watched. Simply making a decision isn't meddling. Making it difficult for people to do their jobs without wondering how you will react to every small move, that's meddling. And that's not what Steve did. Yes, there is a double standard, but it's because the Ravens have earned it. I think the issues are different. Bisciotti waited until after the season to make a decision on one of the top positions in his organization.

He didn’t step into the mess in the middle of the season. He didn’t tell Ozzie how to draft. He hasn’t hired his children just so that the employees know that they are being watched.

Simply making a decision isn’t meddling. Making it difficult for people to do their jobs without wondering how you will react to every small move, that’s meddling. And that’s not what Steve did.

Yes, there is a double standard, but it’s because the Ravens have earned it.

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/01/02/bisciotti-and-angelos-a-double-standard/#comment-197 Dave Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:11:29 +0000 http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/01/02/bisciotti-and-angelos-a-double-standard/#comment-197 There is a double-standard, the difference is that Baltimore loves the Ravens because they are a winning organization. We are willing to give Bisciotti the benefit of the doubt. History has proven in the case of the Orioles that Angelos' meddling results in failure after failure after losing season after losing season. It's unfortunate but Baltimore fans really only like a winner. There is a double-standard, the difference is that Baltimore loves the Ravens because they are a winning organization. We are willing to give Bisciotti the benefit of the doubt. History has proven in the case of the Orioles that Angelos’ meddling results in failure after failure after losing season after losing season. It’s unfortunate but Baltimore fans really only like a winner.

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