So how would Theo Epstein top last year’s 71 minutes of napalming the organization with calls for more urgency from a broken offense? By going about 10-15 minutes longer and saying even less (watch the full video here). While there were some interesting nuggets in there, a large majority of the conversation touched on problems that have been apparent for at least a year or two.
If we were to distill the whole thing down to a single catchphrase and concept, it’d be that the Cubs need to get out of what Epstein called the “winner’s trap.