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BOSTON -- The decision didnt take long.John Farrell will return to manage the Red Sox next season. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski casually gave the news to Farrell in the less than 10 minutes between their respective season-ending news conferences Tuesday at Fenway Park.I just thought that, for me, John has done a fine job this year, Dombrowski said less than 24 hours after the Red Sox were swept out of the AL Division Series by the Cleveland Indians. Ive been happy with working with him myself. I think he has the respect of the clubhouse. We played hard. I thought we had a good season. We won the division title. We communicate well with one another. And so, for me, theres some decisions you just need to address as quickly as you possibly can because you know how important they are. I just thought it was the right time to do it, so thats why I did it.Farrell has one year left on his contract plus a team option for 2018. Although Dombrowski pledged his support for the manager, he also declined to address whether the Red Sox will pick up the option, saying that ownership would be involved in something of that magnitude.But committing to Farrell for 2017 without exercising his option would be tricky business. For one thing, it would raise questions about his job security, placing him firmly on the proverbial hot seat from the first time the team endures a losing streak.I need to sit down with ownership and discuss that, Dombrowski said. For me, it was just a matter of, I think its important for everyone to know hes our leader going forward. Hes very well respected, and it gives him a clearer mind that he needs to go along with his staff to move forward.Farrell was scrutinized more heavily than usual throughout the season by critics who were restless after back-to-back last-place finishes in the AL East. Not even a 93-win season and a division title could quiet the anti-Farrell crowd, which piped up again Monday night after a questionable pinch-hitting decision in the seventh inning of a 4-3 loss in Game 3.?But Dombrowski made clear that he doesnt consider in-game strategy to be the most important job of a manager. Instead, he values a managers ability to understand how to reach each player on the roster in order to optimize their performances, a skill he believes Farrell possesses.I do not feel that in-game strategy is the biggest thing as a manager, Dombrowski said. I think its important, but theres other things that I think are probably more important. As Ive often told managers, to me, the most important thing for a manager is that their club plays up to their capabilities day in and day out, which means that theyre communicating with their players and theyre getting everything that they can and that their club is playing hard.During spring training, Dombrowski noted that he hadnt gotten an opportunity to evaluate Farrell as a manager, mainly because Farrell missed the final two months of the 2015 season while being treated for non-Hodgkin Burkitt lymphoma -- which many critics believed saved Farrell from getting fired.But in his typical fashion, Dombrowski made nearly every road trip with the Red Sox and had ample time to form a judgment on Farrells managerial ability.My relationship with John all year has been tremendous, Dombrowski said. I never had an argument with John. 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