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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
It's unbelievable the job that they've done there.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
So, look, I mean, that's what you should be doing, right?
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
Tough decisions.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
As long as you feel good about you're doing the right thing for the organization and not for a player.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
I'd say, you know, sitting in a GM chair, you always struggle with the human element, meaning the human being.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
You like a guy, you feel like you owe a guy something.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
And I'm sure a manager, a coach goes through the same thing.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
But if you could separate that and realize, look, there's going to be times you're going to be a bad cop.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
You're going to be a bad guy.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
And especially in GM chairs, right?
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
Like they're probably not all staying with you the entire time.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
They're all now getting their contract extensions.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
Guys are going to be pissed.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
Guys are going to be upset.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
And as long as you're honest.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
They may not like what you have to say, but as long as you're honest and you're straight, I think you can put your head on the pillow at night.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
And as long as you're making the right call, and I've had plenty of times where guys get upset and so on, but I don't think any player in my career would tell me that I lied to them, which I think is the most important thing.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
Yeah, I'd say, look, you will have injuries every single year.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
And maybe when you're a young GM and you're scuffling and people try to make excuses for you and say, well, you have a lot of guys on the IL and you have all this.
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Anthopoulos on the Braves' positive season, managing the team and the aspects of building a team
And you might buy into that stuff as a young GM.