Dismantling

When a team doesn't win a World Series for 86-years and then wins two in eight seasons under the same manager, you would think said manager would earn the title, "Manager For Life."
Well, Terry Francona didn't get that respect from Boston. After the folding job in September the Red Sox dismissed Francona and then, to justify getting rid of him the cowardly front office leaked information about his personal and professional life. A hatchet job, totally unwarranted and classless.
The owners of the Bostons also let General Manager Theo Epstein leave to go to the Cubs, in effect telling him "thanks for nothing."
This has to be the ultimate knee-jerk reaction for not making the playoffs and finding scapegoats.
There are a myriad of reasons why the Red Sox didn't make the playoffs. None of those reasons are Francona and Epstein. The Boston owners should be ashamed of themselves.