Joe Maddon had plenty to say about his exit from the Cubs in an interview with ESPN. From the philosophical differences that developed between him and Theo Epstein to a change in the way the front office interacted with Maddon, there were plenty of revelations.
When Maddon said “they wanted to change everything” of his relationship with Epstein and the front office despite the success the Cubs had early in Maddon’s tenure, that’s noteworthy. However, one of the more subtle things Maddon said is worth a deeper examination on its own.
“A five-year shelf life in Chicago is almost equivalent to five to 10 somewhere else,” Maddon said.