Billed as a "State Of The Nation" address, members of the Red Sox ownership group addressed the media this morning at the new jetBlue complex in Fort Myers. It was a wide ranging discussion from John Henry, Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino. The 'high' points were:• John Henry admitted that he should "never have made those comments" about not wanting to make the Carl Crawford deal;
• Henry was not thrilled with what the team got in compensation for Theo Epstein;
• Larry Lucchino admitted that trading Marco Scutaro was both financial and baseball;
• Henry said that new luxury tax rules will force the team to be "more careful" spending money;
All in all, kind of a tepid contribution by the NOG—considering the humiliation of BlackSeptember 2011. Not exactly the kind of rah-rah pep talk fans might be looking for. Of course, ticket sales are ahead of last year at this time—so, why should they worry?