07-21-2010, 12:36 PM
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Again. Why would Hendry lead the effort to find our new manager and then get fired?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Because he is the General Manager until he is not.
Ricketts doesn't want to fire him until the season is over, at the earliest. It would be silly to fire him right now with the trade deadline approaching. A brand new GM isn't going to know the Cubs strengths and weaknesses as well as Hendry does.
So if he is not going to fire him until the end of the season, how in God's name is he supposed to answer the question of "who is going to lead the search for a new manager"? Of course the GM is going to lead the search. Until and unless he is NOT the GM, Hendry is going to be in charge of this.
Saying that Hendry will lead the search is completely unremarkable. The sentence you keep quoting is almost completely unremarkable. The only telling thing in that statement is that he very specifically did NOT say Hendry will be the GM next year, and even more to the point, he had to go out of his way to not say it.
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I suppose it's possible that Hendry is gone at the end of the season (or on January 2, 2011). It just seems odd to me that Hendry will be leading the search for a new manager, will head up whatever mid-season moves that occur, and then get shown the door. If you're going to bring in a new GM, let that person lead the search for a new manager.
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The manager isn't gone yet, and won't be gone for another 3 months. Plenty of teams fire a manager the day after the season starts without having a new one in place. If they fire Hendry, they can take his recommendations into account, and then let the new GM decide what to do.
Again, I am not saying Hendry is definitely going to be fired. Maybe Ricketts hasn't made up his mind. But he has left himself wiggle room either way.
Again. Why would Hendry lead the effort to find our new manager and then get fired?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Because he is the General Manager until he is not.
Ricketts doesn't want to fire him until the season is over, at the earliest. It would be silly to fire him right now with the trade deadline approaching. A brand new GM isn't going to know the Cubs strengths and weaknesses as well as Hendry does.
So if he is not going to fire him until the end of the season, how in God's name is he supposed to answer the question of "who is going to lead the search for a new manager"? Of course the GM is going to lead the search. Until and unless he is NOT the GM, Hendry is going to be in charge of this.
Saying that Hendry will lead the search is completely unremarkable. The sentence you keep quoting is almost completely unremarkable. The only telling thing in that statement is that he very specifically did NOT say Hendry will be the GM next year, and even more to the point, he had to go out of his way to not say it.
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I suppose it's possible that Hendry is gone at the end of the season (or on January 2, 2011). It just seems odd to me that Hendry will be leading the search for a new manager, will head up whatever mid-season moves that occur, and then get shown the door. If you're going to bring in a new GM, let that person lead the search for a new manager.
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The manager isn't gone yet, and won't be gone for another 3 months. Plenty of teams fire a manager the day after the season starts without having a new one in place. If they fire Hendry, they can take his recommendations into account, and then let the new GM decide what to do.
Again, I am not saying Hendry is definitely going to be fired. Maybe Ricketts hasn't made up his mind. But he has left himself wiggle room either way.
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