After two years, 188 regular season wins, and a trip to the American League Championship Series, the Red Sox have parted ways with Grady Little. Are the Sox making the right move? Who should get his job?

Page 37

I felt that Grady should have been let go when they secured the pitching help and wanted to make a strong run for the pennant. He made a habit of bad strategy calls. The teams offense made up for a large number of Grady mistakes. You cannot assume that you will see the kind of bad pitching that the sox feasted on all year in the playoffs. He never really seemed prepared to manage.

Steve, Nashua

Like most Red Sox managers before him, Grady is obviously being made an example of. The ownership/Management is setting a performance precedents based on current results, rther than past results. I think the Sox also need to set this precedents throughout the organization (A ball thru AAA). And jetison/trade current roster players who do not fit their profile (Nomar, Pedro, Manny) and keep players who are coachable and perform in the clutch (Varitek, Nixon, Ortiz, Wakefield).

John , Saugus

How much closer to the world series can we possibly get? Do Sox officials think that whoever the bum they get for next year will get us any closer? I mean, getting to the seventh game of the ALCS is quite an accomplishment and this team has been on the rise under Grady. By bringing in a new guy next year, it seems like we will be starting all over instead of building on the great progress that has been made in the last 2 years. I dont understand how people can just think that other managers would do any better with what Grady was given. Apparently bringing some new guy in (not to mention all the good possible managers were takin in last years off-season) will guarantee a trip to the Series. This firing starts the off-season in a negative way and can only cause regression. We had a great year and were in the best imaginable position with 5 outs left. How bout some blame on Pedro? Why cant he get it done in game 7 like we just saw Beckett do? Thanks for two solid seasons Grady and good luck. No one will last in Beantown so dont feel bad.

Mike, Scituate

Huge Mistake! Huge! What a slap in the face to Grady and all he did to help build our team. Is this the thanks he gets for a great season? Come on guys!!!

Kel, Sandwich

Hey Gump, Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna git.

Patrick, Arlington, MA

I for one am sad to see him go. I believe the magic that took over the clubhouse started with him. His personality in my humble opinion was the catalyst for the great change in the way the players interacted with one another this season. We actually had a team that liked and supported one another individually. I hope that lesson remains for a long time. Grady leaves some very big shoes to fill. I hope the owners and Theo capture the best of Grady in the new person and spend some money getting the pitching up-to-speed. No matter how you slice it, the pitching killed us this year - time and time again. Good-bye, Grady! Thank you for making this Red Sox fan's days much brighter these past two seasons!

Dan , Boston

You take a team to the brink of the World Series, and you get fired? What kind of logic is this? Look at the history of coaches in this league and you'll see that even the great ones don't make it that far very often. I guess it's just a sign of the times -- management gives themselves a pat on the back for all the success and dumps the talent that really got them there... Too bad the new management is just as arrogant as the old. Good luck next year. The Sox will need it.

DG, Uxbridge

I do not think Little should have been let go, if he had brought in the bullpen and the bullpen got rocked, they would be saying , that he should have kept Pedro in. Never mind that Nomar blew it, Muller,Miller didn't hit. Manny got thos cluthc 2 out hits with noone on, just like goog old Mike Greenwell. The reason they didn't make it to the World Series is not Little's fault.

J.D., Tewksbury

Dumb Move. The clubhouse atmosphere is more important than the occasioanal blunder with the pitchers.

Tim, Beaverton Oregon

Don't get me wrong, Little is a nice guy. But that niceness got in the way. REMY IN 04"!!!

Jason T, Auburn, Me