08-11-2009, 09:47 AM
And in defense of Hendry, I think he threw the future out the window for a good opportunity in the now. While I agree, it's not a great way of running a team, if he would have won it all one of the last three years none of us would care. He went for the big gamble and it's looking like he may be coming up snake eyes. I was pretty much 100% agreeable with Hendry's moves though, so I can't personally cast stones in retrospect.
I knew when he was signing some of these contracts that we would be tied down to some huge contracts, but I wanted him to do what he needed to do to get a very good opportunity to win. I think there's no doubt he was successful last year, but the players fucked up in the playoffs. I would say he was successful again this year, but it's been an odd season. Players have underperformed big time, injuries are popping up all over the place, and certain shit-on-paper hill billy ball clubs have taken advantage. But that's baseball for you and it's really only an argument for you in the fact that Hendry shouldn't have put all his eggs in one basket for such a strange sport with so many variables.
I knew when he was signing some of these contracts that we would be tied down to some huge contracts, but I wanted him to do what he needed to do to get a very good opportunity to win. I think there's no doubt he was successful last year, but the players fucked up in the playoffs. I would say he was successful again this year, but it's been an odd season. Players have underperformed big time, injuries are popping up all over the place, and certain shit-on-paper hill billy ball clubs have taken advantage. But that's baseball for you and it's really only an argument for you in the fact that Hendry shouldn't have put all his eggs in one basket for such a strange sport with so many variables.