Zambrano

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=107169:date=Jul 21 2010, 10:57 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jul 21 2010, 10:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=107030:date=Jul 21 2010, 04:04 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 21 2010, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=107028:date=Jul 21 2010, 03:59 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Jul 21 2010, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I still think Lou and Hendry fucked Zambrano up. He's done enough over his career where he should've been allowed to work through some early season struggles. They knew he was crazy, why do something that's gonna make him crazier?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I couldn't agree more.

All you need to do is look about 8 miles south of Wrigley. Look how poorly Floyd started out the season -- just as bad as Zambrano. But he wasn't given a ridiculously short leash. Instead, they trusted that because his last two seasons were solid, he would eventually work out the kinks. It took him a while, but he did it and he's been their best starter for a while now. As much as I hate Ozzie, he didn't pull some reactionary bullshit and throw Floyd into the bullpen.

Given Z's resumé with the Cubs, he should have been given a much, much longer leash.
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Just wondering, is the fact that Lee sucks also Hendry and Lou's fault? And which guy should have been yanked from the rotation when Lilly came back, if it wasn't going to be Zambrano?
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Nobody's blaming Lou or Hendry for Zambrano struggling early in the season. I'm blaming them for not giving him time to work through his struggles. Lots of pitchers get off to bad starts. Zambrano has been good enough for long enough to have been given that opportunity. He certainly earned a rotation spot over Gorzelanney, Wells, or Silva, i don't care how well they were pitching at the time.