Thomas Drance

just a little short in the teeth in, in terms of the, the sort of like robust supervisory experience level that I, that I think I would have liked to see the club bring in given how critical this off season is.

And, and given the fact that they're really trying to navigate something that we haven't seen in 25 years, which is how do you rebuild in an era of endemic cap growth?

Right?

Like, I think that's such a new challenge and, uh, you know, uh,

You hope that they have the ability, the foresight, the strategic insight, the experience to put it all together.

But it's a big lift.

And, you know, I don't know.

Like, I would say that it falls a little bit short of where I would have hoped they would have landed if you'd asked me six weeks ago or the day that Rian Johnson was hired.

Like, what do you hope Rian Johnson's new front office looks like?

I would have said, you know, I hope they're bringing in

Um, like a nerd or a lawyer negotiator or strategic.

sort of input type, you know, like a Pritam who shook loose out of Toronto, right?

Something like that.

Something with a guy or a person with some weight and experience having been through similar situations or a similar rebuild in a big market would have been, I think, a huge asset to bring in.

That said, I think Ryan Johnson really needed someone to help dot eyes, cross T's and handle some of the workload, especially at the American League level.

Like he needed to get a new Ryan Johnson into the organization so that he could at least get his old work off the plate, off his plate.

Yeah.

And I think Sealy is a really credible guy to do that.

And so that's still huge and necessary.

But, you know, I think it's necessary as opposed to like the grand slam type addition to this front office that we would have liked to see.