Ozzie wants Hurt's leadership New Sox manager expects Thomas to produce on the field and set example for young players

NEW ORLEANS -- On another slow day for the White Sox at the wintermeetings, manager Ozzie Guillen helped speed things up.

While general manager Ken Williams was monotone Saturday eveningexplaining he is not close to any deals, Guillen was his usual upbeatself talking about the anticipation of his first season as manager.

And just like at his introductory news conference at U.S. CellularField in early November, Guillen was bombarded with questions aboutFrank Thomas and what the relationship between former teammates willbe like now.

Guillen said he still hasn't had an opportunity to speak withThomas directly, but that his new third-base coach Joey Cora spokewith …