At the time one of the factors was that there was a lot of media talk that Bonds psecenre had created an unhappy clubhouse atmosphere, and players are not immune to broadly expressed media opinion. Another factor was the clubs choice of managers; Alou, 71 years old, had a losing record as a manager over the course of his career, and aside from his first two years with the Giants looked to be returning to losing form during his last two years with the Giants.Bruce Bochy also has a losing record and there were serious questions about how he handled players, even to the point that he lost his job with the San Diego Padres, even after managing that team to two consecutive division championships.Another factor was that with Bonds decline the club was seen to be loaded and reloaded with more or less average veteran players and the club didnt show signs of making any changes in their, Ill call it recruiting strategy for lack of a better term.

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