Let's face the facts... the Sox were on an 81-42 run before the Collapse. You just don't go from something like that to instantly "packing it in". Something major in the clubhouse must have happened, causing players to choose sides and cause huge problems. Ownership tried to coddle them with the yacht trip and headphones, hoping they would turn it around. Instead, they created a monster. It's just not realistic to simply believe that Tito, with his track record of success and longevity, along with the core group of players at that time, could lose the clubhouse in just a few weeks. And Bobby V has made it 10 times worse. Once it becomes known what happened, those who slimed Tito are outed, and a new core group of players and management are brought in, then we can get back to the business of playing baseball.

It would take someone a lot smarter than me to figure out what has happened to the Sox, but I wish that someone in the Red Sox organization would come up with the solution. All this B S is very depressing. GO RED SOX MANAGEMENT! If you can't figure it out, sell the team and get the hell out of Boston. We don't do things this way around here!

Remember, actions speak louder than words. Pedroia is out to play the game and play it hard, anyone that watches a game can see that. He always gives 110% and its unfortunate that he is "collateral damage", he is NOT THE PROBLEM.

"When I spoke, they asked me what I felt was wrong and why we weren't winning games and I told them how I felt. It had nothing to do with Bobby. Maybe whoever told the person about the thing didn't like my answer." Didn't that beg the question, what do you think is wrong and why do you think the Sox aren't winning games? He may not have told you but it would have been interesting to get his thoughts. Losing your fastball Dan?

I am not completely buying Pedroia's side of the story. There are ups/downs during a long season and there is a transition to a new manager. It is rare when a solid employee 'loses' his favorite boss and then gets along with the new boss. I admire the way Pedroia plays. I like the way Bobby V. manages. I am hopeful the two can have a healthy relationship. Kiley

I've been a Red Sox fan for nearly 40 years. In my view, Dustin Pedroia is the best thing about the Red Sox, and anyone who doesn't see it that way is either a fool or someone with his own axe to grind. The way Pedroia has conducted himself, both on and off the field, has always made me proud to be a Red Sox fan. He doesn't just talk the talk, he walks the walk, and -- being Dustin -- runs the run. There are a lot of things wrong with this year's version of the Sox, but Pedroia still represents what is right about the Sox.

The owners are weak and never should have met with players. Only GM should have talked to them. Pedroia is a cry baby. He did the whining and got cought with his hand in the cookie jar. Pedroia et al should get out there and play ball. These guys are making 5, 10, 15, million a year are we crazy to think they have a right to complain to management. Valentine isn't hitting or pitching. Shaughnessy, you should have asked him exactyl what he told the oweners he thought the problem was.

Pedroia is not the problem. Pedroia is an irreplaceable player. Valentine was hired to take charge of this team and he went about it the wrong way. Valentine made several staements early in the season that hurt the team and, as far as management goes, how are those long term contracts with Daisuke and Beckett working out? Pitching is the name of the game and we don't have it!

Pedroia is viewed as the unofficial captain of the Red Sox. While he shows leadership on the field by his attitude and play, he appears to have stood by last September while his teammates were tanking. Even more, he failed to act to protect the man he considered a father figure--Terry Francona. His leadership in the clubhouse is lacking and, regardless of what he says now, going to ownership with complaints was a failure of leadership. Valentine is not the problem. He was hired with one arm tied behind his back and handed a dysfunctional team. Pedroia should have seen Valentine as a partner in turning things around--instead of a source of the continuing dysfunction. He's failed as a leader.

Yep...casa is dead-on in his analysis here!

I am quite surprised by Pedroia's remarks. If he's the leader he alleges, whatever went on in that meeting should have remained inside the room. I'm also disappointed in the sentence: "If people think I'm a problem, then that's fine. But I don't think I'm an issue. The reaction I expected was him to take a behind the scene campaign to work out the differences. The old saying "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem" seems to apply here. He seems to be passing the buck! I guess all good things come to an end among the millionaires in the Sox clubhouse.

Dustin: Just play ball and keep your yap shut.

I don't buy this. Pedroia has disrespected the manager from day one. Are we to believe that he's clear of all that's wrong with this team?