Reply #3: Yes, I'm just as disturbed to see how they appear to be handling this

[hughee99]

as I was about the issues that have come up. It's tough for ownership to call out the players in public though, because you're sort of stuck with them. And if you want to trade them, pointing them out as one possible reason for your collapse isn't going to help their trade value. I hate to say this, but they players are the issue. Some just didn't play well (like Lackey and Crawford), some didn't seem to be putting in the work (Beckett, for example) and some weren't doing what was necessary to keep those player in line (Varitek).

Lackey's untradable, Beckett needs to have someone light a fire under his ass, and Varitek (and Pedroia and Ortiz) need to keep the players in line.

I'm not sure what to do about Crawford.