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Originally Posted by yodurk
You're definitely not the first to say Jerry gets in the way, but I actually think one of his strengths as an owner is that he generally stays OUT of the way. Seems to me that he has an attitude of, "Paxson and Ken Williams work for me, and I'll let them do the all the decision-making, provided they run major financial decisions by me first." In theory, that sounds like a very reasonable approach. Where I have problems is that he is incredibly stubborn in his dealings, and things go haywire if someone/something conflicts with that. Stereotypical business owner qualities.
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Most of the major decisions that Pax/Williams have to make have financial implications though. But yah... you don't hear him talking much about trading player X for player Y... and that's a good thing. Also, that line from Jerry gets him off the hook on answering personnel questions.
When he does get involved... things get confrontational and ugly pretty quick.
I have a hard time seeing how people really blame Skiles for this... when so many of the Bulls/Sox negotiations have gone this way (ugly, leaks, bitterly confrontational) over the last decade or two. Skiles and Glass were stunned at the way Jerry wanted to do business. That was pretty clear. In the end… Jerry got his wish…. Skiles and Jerry did the deal themselves over the phone. Hooray.