With the White Sox headed for a fourth straight losing season, the future of the coaching staff and manager Robin Ventura is in limbo.

The team has 23 games left after Wednesday’s 7-4 White Sox win over the Detroit Tigers, and general manager Rick Hahn reiterated Tuesday he doesn’t plan to discuss the status of Ventura or any of his coaches until after the season. But just as he has contended all along, Ventura, who is in his fifth season as the team’s manager, understands this is the nature of his role and the same goes for his coaches. Even though nobody knows if they’ll be with the White Sox next season, Ventura doesn’t think it would affect how the staff handles itself over the final few weeks.

“That’s just part of the business that we’re in,” Ventura said. “It’s not going to change any of the professionalism or the work that anyone is doing. We’ll have to wait and see.

“There (are) a lot of occupations that are like that. I don’t think we’re unique in any way. Ours is a little more public than most of them, and that’s part of the job and you understand it and just deal with it. It doesn’t change what we’re doing the rest of the way out.”

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Whether it’s the coaching staff or which direction the team is headed this offseason, Hahn has said for weeks he wouldn’t publicly discuss the subject until after the season ends. He understands coaches would love to know whether or not they’ll be employed. But he also thinks talking about the future with part of the season left isn’t good for anyone involved.

“Regardless of what profession you're in, nobody enjoys uncertainty about their own situation or security for their family going forward,” Hahn said. “At the same time, everyone here knows this is the business we've chosen and with that comes certain difficulties from time to time when a team doesn't achieve to the level we anticipated, that we all had hoped for. Again, it's not a situation any of us wanted to be in. But this is where we're at, and as a result we're going to have to make some tough decisions over the coming weeks and months.”

Hahn did offer a vote of confidence to the amateur scouting department, noting that while things “are dour,” the club is happy with its most recent draft. But if there are changes, Hahn also suggested they might not just happen in Chicago.

“The most exposure is at the big league level, that's where you see the most critique, the most analysis,” Hahn said. “Obviously, we're all structured in a way that the results in Chicago are the most important thing, so when things don't work out in Chicago you have to look at sort of behind the scenes or behind the curtain about what else may not be going well, whether it's from an advanced scouting standpoint or it's from a major league scouting standpoint. But it really does go all the way down to our operations on the amateur level and player development.”