Hendry to be back for 2011

[Butcher]

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Hendry is NOT back for 2011. Hendry MAY be back for 2011, but absolutely NOTHING changed today, other than Lou confirmed what most of us thought was inevitable. Ricketts didn't say "full stock" he said "full stop". Which is to say, he said "Jim Hendry is our GM, period". Ricketts did NOT confirm he will be GM in 2011. He did confirm Hendry will be GM until the end of this year.

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Good lord thanks for being the only one keeping a level head on this. Spot on.
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Again, do we really think Hendy will stick around to find and hire a new manager and then fired soon after? I don't see it.
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And maybe you won't. A new manager won't be hired until AFTER the season. If the Cubs finish badly, Ricketts can fire Hendry AFTER the season, and bring in a new GM and Manager, and he won't have contradicted anything he said today.

I'm not claiming Hendry will or won't be back. I'm saying none of that was proved one way or the other by Rickett's press conference yesterday. The only people who should be disappointed are the people that were hoping Hendry would be fired mid season, as that does not appear to be the case.
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"<i>He will be leading the effort to find our new manager for next year here </i>and will be our general manager going into next year."
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going into next year could mean the day after the season ends.

You'll note, he very specifically did NOT say "He will be our General Manager next year". He couched his words. My guess is he did so on purpose.
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Focus on the first part of the quote.

Again. Why would Hendry lead the effort to find our new manager and then get fired?