Brian Cashman has lost his way.
His flat-out embarrassing comments this past week show a man who bit his tongue at the end of the season to save face — but the second the dust settled, he came out swinging. He provided comments stating that everyone else is wrong and he is right. It was a similar tone to what Cashman has expressed over the past couple of seasons, but this conversation had a heightened energy (anger) level. John pointed out this week how similar the comments were to another recent New York GM.
It is easy to assume that entitlement is the main driver behind these comments, but I think Cashman has moved into a new realm of emotions: insecurity.