Un caractère bouillant et une personnalité forte... Valentine a cependant un bon bagage d'expérience et je crois qu'il constitue un bon choix à court terme. Une bon entraîneur pour une équipe qui déborde de talent et qui peut aspirer aux grands honneurs dès l'en prochain malgré l'effondrement historique à la fin de la dernière saison. On mise sur le court terme.
"By choosing the high-energy, colorful and highly opinionated Valentine, the Red Sox are going with the more polarizing choice than the final candidate in the race, the laid-back and low-key Gene Lamont. Both are experienced baseball men, but Valentine clearly will command more attention and undoubtedly grab a great many headlines during his stint here.
Known for a firm grasp on the inside game of baseball, as well as a penchant for being outspoken and unconventional — he once donned a fake moustache and snuck back into the Mets dugout after being ejected — Valentine stayed out of public scrutiny in the initial round of interviews conducted by new general manager Ben Cherington.
A friend of president and CEO Larry Lucchino, Valentine will also likely have to deal with grumbling from some quarters that he is Lucchino’s pick rather than Cherington’s. Both the general manager and manager can be expected to work hard at dispensing with that perception immediately. Cherington, a first-time GM and long-time Red Sox, and Valentine, a long-time manager and first-time Red Sox, have a mutual interest to forge a working relationship every bit as fruitful as the one that former GM Theo Epstein and Francona had for nearly all of Francona’s eight seasons here."
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view/2011_1129sox_choose_valentine/srvc=home&position=0
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