Frank McCourt Interview

Jon Weisman recently sat down with Dodgers owner Frank McCourt for a one-on-one interview. In it, McCourt discussed a number of things surrounding the state of the team, including personnel moves, arbitration, player development, the budget, and his perception and belief in himself and the decisions he makes.

Great column and interview. It's long, but well worth the read.

Obviously some people will still disagree with half of what McCourt says, whether he's telling us everything or not, but Weisman did a fantastic job asking questions that many of us as fans are concerned about when it comes to the Dodgers.

And I think Weisman hits the hammer on the nail when he says this:

Of course, what McCourt believes about himself ultimately isn't relevant. What's relevant is whether the Dodgers organization will thrive going forward. And I'm going to go this far: This team will live or die on its judgment – on the judgment of McCourt and the people he employs – rather than on McCourt's finances. His bank account, despite what most people have concluded this offseason, is not destroying the team.

I'm an objective person, and I truly believe, as Weisman notes, that the demise of this team going forward is going to be based on the development of players and other personnel decisions rather than how much they can spend or save based on the payroll budget. I'm a true believer in spending for the right reasons, and spending wisely, and not spending just for the sake of spending. To me, it seems that the Dodgers are, at the very least, trying to make decisions for baseball reasons, and not necessarily for budgetary purposes, at least this off-season.