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
accentuate adding capable four gives huge staff starters upside won
I think adding Brett is a huge plus. He gives us four starters capable of going 180 to 210 innings. He's won a lot of games. We have a staff that will accentuate his strengths. I think he has more upside than he's shown.
confidence decent franchise needed players saw veteran
I saw a franchise that needed its confidence restored. It had a decent nucleus of veteran players that needed some support.
since value
I take nothing for granted. I know the value of finances, I know the value of people. I've had to be street-smart since I was a little kid,
knack knew road winning
That was important, that he had a knack for winning and a knack for developing, that he knew the road it took.
became clear fast interest mentioned yes
Little by little, it became clear he had an interest in being here. When I mentioned his name, Grady couldn't say yes fast enough.
brian games greatest playing rebuilding seemed thinking together
I was used to the pace. I'm used to working fast, thinking things through. Brian and I were together 11 years. It seemed like one long season. We were always retooling and rebuilding and reloading. One of the greatest things we accomplished was playing only 14 games in 9 years where we were out of the race.
anybody rule
It doesn't rule out Jeff, or anybody else.
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.
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.
games good reason won
We were a good team, but the reason why we won 100 games was the manager.
areas brought chance decent filling good health hold hope job players pleased type
If we are healthy, I think we've got a pretty good chance of being a pretty good club. There are some areas that you hope will hold up. Most of them are health related. But I would say that we've done a decent job of filling in some of the gaps. I'm really pleased with the type of players we've brought in here.
earlier knows similar skills
His skills are very similar to earlier in his career. He knows how to play, how to win.
again both came days meetings met perspective time today took
We met again today. He came out again today with Mia. I can tell you from my perspective both meetings were very good. They took the time to come out here two days in a row.
classify minor though
I would classify it as minor as can be even though it's surgery.