Guillen's Ire a Bad Sign for Marlins

Marlins manager gets some things off his chest before beginning next phase of career

Ozzie Guillen is not done taking shots at the Chicago White Sox, even after the team traded him to the Florida Marlins weeks ago.

Guillen's track record suggests it will only be a matter of time before he is publicly feuding with Marlins management the way he did so often with White Sox general manager Ken Williams.

The new Marlins skipper, fresh off a two week vacation in Spain, blasted his former White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper and Williams one last time.

Guillen took exception to Cooper's allegations that Guillen did not stand up for his coaching staff while the White Sox engineered his exit.

Two weeks ago, Cooper said in a radio interview, Guillen told Williams "No, let them sweat," when asked if he should work out contract extensions with the coaching staff.

Guillen called shenanigans on that whole story. "I told [the Sox] I want to keep my coaching staff," he told the Chicago Sun Times Monday.

"Coop is Coop," he continued. "He doesn't worry about anyone; he worries about himself. I stuck up for my coaches like a m-----------."

Guillen also took one more opportunity to slam his former bosses for not extending his contract, saying, "The Sox were saying, 'Yes, we want to f--- you, but we don't want to marry you.'"

If Guillen thinks the White Sox were a dysfunctional team, then he's got some surprises waiting for him in Miami. Sure, the White Sox traded him even though he won a World Series for them, but the Marlins fired Joe Girardi after he won the NL Manager of the Year Award in 2006.

When the inevitable dustups with Team Loria arise, the Marlins may question why they gave up even two minor leaguers for Guillen's services.

Weeks after the deal for Guillen was made, it is still baffling why a team so prone to PR disasters would hire a manager so prone to public spats with his bosses.

The Marlins will be interesting with Guillen at the helm, but for likely the wrong reasons from management's perspective.

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