Lakelaw, as you know I have never been a fan of Boone and I voiced my displeasure when they hired him. He needs to go and the sooner the better but I'm sure he'll be allowed to finish out the year. George would have gotten rid of most of their team by now. lol
Don't know if you remember but I posted about Boone last year after I shared a private booth with him at the UNC-dook basketball game. I posted that I had a new opinion of him after that. I did not discuss any baseball at all with him, just talked with him like I would anyone on here, we talked mainly about the basketball game. He is a very personable person and easy to talk to and likes to joke around. I can see why the players really like him, and there is your problem. Friends can't manage friends. I like Boone the person, I despise Boone the manager.
On another note I really loved the interview with Torre druing the old timers game when he talked about how analytics are a joke, that they didn't take the main thing into effect, humans. He said all the stats can be useful and are fun to play with, but you don't need them to manage, you have to go by feel and the eye test. My kind of man! He said he won 4 titles without analytics and should have won 6 in a row if not for a fluke play against Arizona and a walk off by Cleveland.
