Comments on: The Astros former scouting director has sued the team

By: stex52

stex52 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:53:26 +0000

As someone who has worked for large Anerican businesses for the last 36 years, I would be very surprised if that statement holds up as an implied contract. I imagine he is just seeing if they will give him a separation package just to go away.

If not, Luhnow has a pretty easy case to make that he was fired on performance grounds.

By: aggie401

aggie401 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:06:53 +0000

Craig I am interested in your analysis of this situation because it looks like Lunow eliminated this research position and justified Norton’s dismissal that way but then proceeded to hire his buddy from saint louis as research director and give him the crazy ‘decision scientist’ job title to get around the fact that he just eliminated that position? Maybe I’m reading too much into it.

By: supersnappy

supersnappy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:11:50 +0000

You never know – there is such a thing as a “nuisance claim” where someone sues you, hoping you’d rather pay them, say $10,000 than spend $50,000 in court. I’m not suggesting this is the case with Norton, but it happens sometimes

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:10:09 +0000

I’m inclined to believe Norton. He’s got to have gigantic balls to bring this suit, and at the same time, be lying about what was said in a room full of witnesses.