Ned Colletti
Ned Colletti
Ned Louis Colletti, Jr. is an American sports executive. He is the senior adviser to the president of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was general manager of the Dodgers from 2006 through 2014. Before moving to the Dodgers, he was assistant general manager of the San Francisco Giants...
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth16 April 1954
grew guy
Grady is a street-smart guy who grew up in the country.
comment left mean switch talk
I'd like to talk to him before I comment on that. He has been an infielder most of his career. That doesn't mean he couldn't make the switch to left field.
baseball both brian developed goes good great match methodical ownership position relationship respectful thoughtful
Brian goes about his position in a very methodical and thoughtful way. He also has developed a great relationship with ownership. They are so respectful of baseball operations. It's about as good a match as you can have between baseball ownership and operations, and it works. There is respect both ways.
gave needed players whatever
I gave him some of my thoughts, he gave me some of his thoughts. He was really amenable to doing whatever we needed him to do. He just wanted to know, as most players do, how to prepare.
clearer trying
I went into it with the idea of trying to keep him a Dodger. It was clearer and clearer there was no way to make this thing work. I got no glimmer at all that it could work.
effort full guarantee integrity players
I told the players ... I could only guarantee them one thing: My effort will always be honest, full of integrity and relentless.
folding key time tough work
Without that we would have had a real tough time folding him in. Their willingness to work with us was the key to getting it done.
add bullpen caliber fills opportunity
The opportunity to add two relievers of this caliber to our bullpen fills a big need for us.
eric games guy last obviously smart
We obviously had no idea this was going to occur. Eric pitched 14 games last year. We're all smart enough to know you don't know what you're going to get when the guy comes back.
baseball league giants
The chance to be a general manager in major-league baseball and for a franchise as storied as this one, probably as storied as the Giants, is great.
better-off
The more experienced you are, the better off you are.
kaleidoscope degrees different
I told [McCourt] the season is like a kaleidoscope. Every day it changes one degree and the picture is different.
player want ive-learned
I've learned to never expect or require performances that exceed the player's ability. If they just equal their ability, that's what you want.
admitted carter felt needed pitchers players sent stretch throw throwing
We felt we needed pitchers who could throw strikes. The two players we sent out were not throwing strikes. Carter admitted he's never had a stretch like this where he couldn't throw strikes.