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Kenny GM now holds future of coaching staff

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Those contract extensions for the entire coaching staff that were expected to be signed, sealed and delivered with a mid-April announcement? Well, they're no longer in Ozzie Guillen's hands. And while the White Sox manager was saying all the right things about his current staff and their immediate future on Tuesday, he also made it very clear that the final decision will now come from general manager Ken Williams. That's a bit different than what was said several years ago, when Williams insisted that Guillen was given the full say of the firing and hiring of the staff around him. Even earlier this season, the manager told the Sun-Times that several of the coaches had already signed deals and they were finalizing extensions with the others. ...