07-23-2010, 10:23 AM
<!--quoteo(post=107460:date=Jul 23 2010, 09:15 AM:name=Coach)-->QUOTE (Coach @ Jul 23 2010, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Probably because the "ace" of the staff shouldnt be regressing during his peak years.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So just give up on the guy altogether after all these years? Do we have that much of a surplus of pitching where we can't allow one guy with an actual track record some time to work his shit out or make sure that he isn't hurting more than he lets on? I'm not defending his behavior at all, but I have a hard time believing that had any of our other SPs been jerked around like he's been the minute their performance suffered, that they'd be happy about it and deal with it professionally. Even Gorzelanny started crying when they moved him in and out of the rotation, and he by all accounts isn't insane.
Again, as much as we complain about him, Z has never had a poor season (and that includes 2009) until now.
So just give up on the guy altogether after all these years? Do we have that much of a surplus of pitching where we can't allow one guy with an actual track record some time to work his shit out or make sure that he isn't hurting more than he lets on? I'm not defending his behavior at all, but I have a hard time believing that had any of our other SPs been jerked around like he's been the minute their performance suffered, that they'd be happy about it and deal with it professionally. Even Gorzelanny started crying when they moved him in and out of the rotation, and he by all accounts isn't insane.
Again, as much as we complain about him, Z has never had a poor season (and that includes 2009) until now.