Jays could be closing in on long-term plan

[LittleOzzy]

The Toronto Blue Jays may be finally closing in on establishing a long-term plan and presenting it to ownership for approval.

Rogers Media president and CEO Tony Viner, head of the division at Rogers Communications Inc. responsible for the club, told all-sports radio station the Fan 590 on Wednesday that he expects to be told of the team's direction late next week.

However, interim Blue Jays CEO Paul Beeston told The Canadian Press that may not be the case, as deliberations over the future continue under new general manager Alex Anthopoulos and a reworked front office.

Viner said he and Rogers Communications CEO Nadir Mohamed gave the Blue Jays simple instructions.

"We want a plan that you think you can execute towards a winning ball club," Viner said.

"We haven't said your payrolls can be $100 million, $50 million or $150 million. Obviously we don't want you to spend money foolishly, but if you come up with a plan that makes sense, whereby this team can be as good as it could possibly be next year, we'll support you."

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story ... -plan.html

[Hoopstarr]

I heard that interview. Viner said absolutely nothing of substance.

[LLJ]

We are definitely near the end of the long term plan. We're getting to the end of the Halladay era with zero playoff appearances.

[Attonitus]

Sounds like alot of BS to me. I am gonna guess it's gonna be closer to $50 M than anything else.

[Mike Hunt]

Sounds like alot of BS to me. I am gonna guess it's gonna be closer to $50 M than anything else.

I, for one, hope you're right.