White Sox Rumors: These 3 people must be fired ASAP
The Chicago White Sox are in a very bad way right now. They have bad reports coming out from every which direction that make the organization look terrible.
According to reports and our eyeballs, there have been on and off-the-field physical altercations with teammates and opponents, people missing practice and meetings, and people falling asleep in the bullpen when not pitching.
All of these things are terrible for the team as they should have been into their contention window right now. By 2023, the White Sox should have had at least one deep playoff run in their back pockets and preparing for another one.
Instead, they were sellers at the deadline and now have all this drama while being 20+ games under .500. We can't even enjoy a win over the New York Yankees.
These are the three people that the drama should force to be fired:
1. Rick Hahn
Rick Hahn should have been fired a long time ago for multiple reasons.
The Chicago White Sox should have fired Rick Hahn for baseball-related reasons a long time ago. It isn't his fault that Jerry Reinsdorf is a bad owner or that Tony La Russa was shoved into the situation but he didn't do anything to do well in spite of all that.
He has made mostly bad decisions in his trading, free-agent acquisitions, and everything else in between. He is the face of the rebuild that has failed.
Now, the players that he constructed the roster with are failing and have turned the locker room into a toxic place. He should absolutely not be the man in charge going forward.
He probably shouldn't have been leading the trade deadline purge but now after all of this drama it is all but certain that he should be gone right now.
2. Kenny Williams
The Chicago White Sox should have fired Kenny Williams a decade ago.
Kenny Williams is the only living person to construct a World Series-winning Chicago White Sox team as general manager. For that, fans will always be grateful.
However, he has overstayed his welcome by a lot. He should have been let go a decade ago and never even had the chance to appoint Rick Hahn as the general manager of the team.
Rick Hahn, as mentioned before, is the face of the rebuild but there is no way Kenny Williams doesn't stick his nose where it doesn't belong in terms of baseball operations.
After everything that has come out about this team since the trade deadline, he should be one of the people to pay the price of being fired.
If Rick Hahn goes, Kenny Williams should be out the door right with him. It would be addition by subtraction removing both of these guys.
3. Pedro Grifol
The Chicago White Sox can't move forward with Pedro Grifol anymore.
It is not Pedro Grifol's fault that this organization is a dumpster fire. It is not his fault that more than half of the players turned out to be busts. It is not his fault that there were decades-old issues hindering this team before he even arrived.
He does have to take the fall for a few things though. For one, this toxic locker room that keeps getting talked about should fall at the feet of the manager. He clearly lost the room.
The baseball managing side of things also hasn't suggested that he has done a good job either. The team is terrible and he is the manager.
Again, it isn't all his fault but he hasn't done anything to make the situation better. Everything he promised when he was hired has become a lie.
Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams can't be fired and then Grifol kept. That would just make absolutely no sense in any way. He should be let go with them and it should be all started over.
He might have to take a bench coach job again right away but he could still become a good manager in Major League Baseball one day.
He is a young manager and has a lot to learn. On a human being level, he has handled this all well. This can't be an easy job right now.
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