I want to expound a bit on what I wrote in this Baltimore Orioles column yesterday. The column (linked above) concerned teams taking public opinion into account when making personnel decisions. I said it yesterday, and I’ll say it again today; that’s a dangerous slope.
However the counter-arguement is why shouldn’t fans have a say? They’re the “clientele,” right? So shouldn’t they have a say in what goes on? I’ll put it to you this way; there’s a reason that I probably have such a negative reaction to this type of thing, and it’s lodged in my own past.