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Steve Mitchell-US PRESSWIRE
If you are a Miami Marlins fan, it has to hurt to know where your team went this season. It has to. There was so much hype surrounding the team and once the first game of the season was played at the new ballpark in downtown Miami you could almost smell championship.
Then, the St. Louis Cardinals took the first home game from them. Then, Ozzie Guillen told the world about his infatuation with Fidel Castro. Then, the Marlins took off winning 21 games in May. Then, only eight games in June. That is when you knew it was time to come down from cloud nine.
The team was not all that and the front office’s frustration showed when the team dumped Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante in Detroit and then traded Hanley Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team continued to ride the sinking ship down all the way to the bottom of the NL East. The team failed to win 70 games for the first time since 1999.
There is no doubt that there needs to be changes within the organization on the field and off the field. It starts with in the mind of Jeffrey Loria. Loria has to take a real hard look at this team and ask himself if he really is in the right position to win. If he feels that he isn’t, then heads will have to start rolling.
The team needs to build up a reputation and change the circus type atmosphere that he created when he brought in Guillen.
In this slide show you will see what the team needs to address in the off-season.
Source:
http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2012/10/10/miami-marlins-top-5-team-needs-heading-into-the-off-season/