Issues with Brady?

[Frobby]

26 minutes ago, grimed1 said:

Also found this online.

 

Leaving Baltimore may have been more important than Arrieta’s mechanical tweaks. Arrieta became a top-shelf prospect, but never found himself, owing in part to internal tension. In his first big league spring training, in 2009, Arrieta kept a personal blog. He derided the Orioles’ spring training facilities, mocked the pitching mechanics of teammate Brad Bergesen and questioned the physical condition of established Orioles. One veteran noticed the blog, printed out copies and placed them on the chairs of every veteran in the clubhouse.

Arrieta became a target of scorn. Older players mocked him for strutting shirtless in the clubhouse. Club officials tried to tamp down his confidence. Even as those older players he ruffled moved on, Arrieta never overcame his first impression within the organization.

There was also a lot of interesting stuff in the blog that wasn't negative.    But the negative stuff is what got noticed.   

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Brady and Kirby are working with Pedro. 

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2017/03/kirby-updates-alvarezs-transition-to-right-field.html

[MDtransplant757]

14 hours ago, grimed1 said:

Also found this online.

 

Leaving Baltimore may have been more important than Arrieta’s mechanical tweaks. Arrieta became a top-shelf prospect, but never found himself, owing in part to internal tension. In his first big league spring training, in 2009, Arrieta kept a personal blog. He derided the Orioles’ spring training facilities, mocked the pitching mechanics of teammate Brad Bergesen and questioned the physical condition of established Orioles. One veteran noticed the blog, printed out copies and placed them on the chairs of every veteran in the clubhouse.

Arrieta became a target of scorn. Older players mocked him for strutting shirtless in the clubhouse. Club officials tried to tamp down his confidence. Even as those older players he ruffled moved on, Arrieta never overcame his first impression within the organization.

Source?

 

[Bradysburns]

On 3/20/2017 at 9:39 AM, backwardsk said:

This is a good read.  I'm about halfway through it.  Very eye opening about Wright.  We see Wright being demonstrative on the mound and cringe at his responses in interviews.  But when you have people in the organization telling you two to three things that can be conflicting you can understand the frustration.

Agreed. But the frustration appears to stem from his lack of coachability. Chiti and Wallace are 2,000 times the pitching coaches, scientists, psychologists and physiologists that Brady will ever be. It's ridiculous that Brady would come in and undermine them like that. "Hey, bro - come out to my Cali house and we can down protein smoothies and I'll show you how to pitch. Whaddya think?" 

Personally, I don't like Brady as organizational gadfly. If they want to make him responsible for something beyond wind sprints and milk shakes, fine. But make him actually responsible and make it clear to everybody that he's somehow accountable. These kinds of special kids in organizations drive me nuts.

All of that said, I love Brady and everything he's done for this team. I really, really do. He's a very smart man. But he also has an entitled vibe about him that is great in an athlete - but probably somewhat annoying in an executive.