Season of great change underway for Red Sox - Peter Abraham

http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/02/17/red-sox-set-open-spring-training/jaHKe4mMXHRhFEGPzX1k9N/story.html

No team in baseball history had ever wasted a bigger lead in the final month of the season.
Two days after the season, manager Terry Francona quit before he could get fired, citing an inability to reach the players. When general manager Theo Epstein asked for permission to seek a new job with the Chicago Cubs a few days later, no one stood in his way. He was out the door in late October, claiming it was his plan all along.
Before the purge had ended, 10 other employees involved in baseball operations were fired or encouraged to leave. The Red Sox remade their coaching staff, changed most of the personnel in their medical department, and made changes to the scouting staff.