sule wrote:glad he's gone...he was a black hole at the corner....
I didn't really like his conservative attitude in the clubhouse either. This team definitely needs more vocal leaders on the team. I think Rolen is a major plus in that aspect.
Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star wrote:After flipping third basemen Troy Glaus and Scott Rolen, the Cardinals and Jays magnanimously agreed both teams won. That's not true. Glaus's guarded shyness seemed to rub off on the younger Jays. Look to the brash Rolen to make Toronto's clubhouse a louder, sunnier place.
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Last year, the Jays' clubhouse careened back-and-forth from playpen to mausoleum, but it was never professional. Remember those Nerf guns with foam darts deflecting off players' heads during television interviews? Vernon Wells stepped back because of personal struggles, Roy Halladay was his usual calm and collected self and B.J. Ryan was gone most of the year. Newcomer Matt Stairs enjoyed universal respect, but he's too Canadian to be a cheerleader. That leaves a leadership vacuum in the room, the sort that might be filled by veterans like Scott Rolen and David Eckstein. Rolen already is a major attitude upgrade from Troy Glaus. While this club may not have made major moves from a talent perspective in the off-season, it might have injected a huge boost of winning, no-nonsense attitude.
