Ed Wade Time Quotations

I believe that the fact that I became the lightning rod for criticism for the organization, with me being out of the picture so to speak, makes things easier in that respect, ... But I look at the last three years. The last time this franchise had 86 or more-wins three straight years was '78, '79 and '80. We didn't get to the postseason, but I'm walking away with pride in the effort I put into this job.

I think the fans could see in his face and body language that he was bothered when things didn't go well. They appreciate work ethic and even empathize with him from time to time. But it's probably not a good thing to do it in back-to-back seasons.

I think there were probably points in time where a vote of confidence, if it was coming, would have come and didn't, ... I'm not naive. To say the least, I'm disappointed.

We need to take time before we get into a planning period and get into our discussion towards next season.

That?s usually how it goes (at this time of year). I think a lot of deadlines have passed us by.

We believe Brett has a very bright future in the major leagues. We wanted to give him time to develop in AAA. We feel the opportunity is now and that he's prepared for it.

The expectation is that you need to make the playoffs, and we didn't live up to those expectations. I've seen it happen in other places. There's never a good time for something like this, but that's not my decision to make.

At 11 this morning -- or 11:30, when my phone rang -- I was doing household chores and expected to come in and spend some time working on our plans for next year, and being here tomorrow morning first thing to do those things, ... My energy and dedication hasn't been thinking about my next job. I was trying to do this job the right way.

Certainly there were points of time when if a vote of confidence was coming, it would have come and didn't. So I'm not nave.

I told our guys, there's still four months until Opening Day. We still have a third of the year. We still have time to see what develops.