Comments on: Rumored Luhnow Replacement: Dan Kantrovitz

By: tom s.

tom s. — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:51:14 +0000

no, i imagine the phrase “spearhead the growth of the club’s outreach” to mean she was in charge of the operation generally, beyond merely the physical plant of the ballpark. perhaps i am wrong, but i don’t think that is an outrageous assumption.

regardless, you certainly don’t know enough about what she did in that capacity to dismiss her as inexperienced.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:40:54 +0000

“….and then relocated to spearhead the growth of the club’s outreach in the Dominican Republic. Stephanie oversaw the construction of two baseball fields, the operation of an early education facility, and the donation and delivery of an ambulance. ”

If you can get from that to scouting and recruiting Dominican scouting, I envy your imagination!

By: tom s.

tom s. — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:58:36 +0000

but you had previously said you “couldn’t find what she has been doing the last couple of years.”

that’s not an assumption, that’s reading your own words.

regardless, if you “pretty much know what she’s been doing the last seven years,” you neglected to note that she “spearhead[ed] the growth of the [Boston Red Sox] club’s outreach in the Dominican Republic” (following Forsch31′s link) which strongly suggests a substantial role in scouting and recruiting Dominican talent. instead, you only pointed to public relations experience. moving to the DR to build a recruiting program is very different from issuing press releases on Yawkey Way.

By: tom s.

tom s. — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:53:27 +0000

hmm. usually my pessimism about human nature serves me well. all right, then, sorry to have misconstrued the comment.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:33:02 +0000

Check your sarcasm detector tom.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:38:10 +0000

I also have two daughters, and I’m the last guy to ever defend Jumbo here. But I’m pretty sure he was joking.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:35:37 +0000

Our dog is a beagle mix. Even if he had a law degree, he’d still have an annoying bark and smell bad.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:53:11 +0000

That is actually an assumption (and a wrong one) on your part. Just because I didn’t present the evidence doesn’t mean I’m presuming anything. I pretty much know what she has been doing the last seven years.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:50:59 +0000

Since I mentioned Luhnow’s time working in the organization prior to becoming scouting director it seems pretty clear that I was comparing their experience for the scouting director role.

I dont deny she has more baseball experience than Luhnow did in 2003 but in terms of relevant experience I dont think so in the least. Given the same level of talent, give me the experienced leader with proven analytical skills any day over someone who worked in a different area but in the same industry.

By: Forsch31

Forsch31 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:50:39 +0000

Stephenie Wilka has worked for the Dodgers and Red Sox (the former of which she worked as executive director for their philanthropic arm). Also, she’s not Houston’s new “scouting director”; her official title is “coordinator of amateur scouting.” A coordinator, in any industry, is not a director-level position, and in this case, implies that she’s not expected to be making any actual scouting/player development decision-making. In fact, the guy she’s replacing left his job to become…wait for it…an amateur scout.

Her bio from Tallen and Keshen Holdings: http://tallenkeshenholdings.com/team_bio.html

She’s somebody with director-level experience for two baseball teams in major markets taking a coordination role in a different area. In terms of baseball experience before taking this job, I’d say she’s got 2003 Luhnow trumped.