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Guillen was asked Tuesday about trashing the Sox on his way out the door, and said: ‘‘A lot of people think, ‘Oh, when Ozzie leaves here, he’s going to have a press conference on Michigan Avenue and blast the White Sox.’ No. That doesn’t do any good. I live in Chicago, and I want to walk with my head up and not regret what I say.’’
Asked the same question two weeks ago, Guillen told the Sun-Times, ‘‘To be honest, I don’t know, I don’t know what I would do, how I would leave. I always say in the past I will call [clubhouse manager] Vinnie [Fresso], tell him [to] pack my stuff, and I will leave. Never gone through my mind if I would make a big deal. It depends on how it happens.’’
With that in the back of his mind — and maybe in the front — Reinsdorf could offer Guillen an extension much lower than the rumored four years, $16 million the Marlins have waiting. Making it even less comfortable to stay, Guillen also would have to move on without trusted coaches Greg Walker, Joey Cora and Jeff Cox, whom insiders have said Williams no longer wants around.
The Sox likely would hope for Guillen to reject those terms but sign off on a mutual agreement that allows him to accept the Marlins job and leave quietly. That would keep the Guillen bus from backing up all over the Williams regime through the media.
Asked the same question two weeks ago, Guillen told the Sun-Times, ‘‘To be honest, I don’t know, I don’t know what I would do, how I would leave. I always say in the past I will call [clubhouse manager] Vinnie [Fresso], tell him [to] pack my stuff, and I will leave. Never gone through my mind if I would make a big deal. It depends on how it happens.’’
With that in the back of his mind — and maybe in the front — Reinsdorf could offer Guillen an extension much lower than the rumored four years, $16 million the Marlins have waiting. Making it even less comfortable to stay, Guillen also would have to move on without trusted coaches Greg Walker, Joey Cora and Jeff Cox, whom insiders have said Williams no longer wants around.
The Sox likely would hope for Guillen to reject those terms but sign off on a mutual agreement that allows him to accept the Marlins job and leave quietly. That would keep the Guillen bus from backing up all over the Williams regime through the media.
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