08-11-2009, 11:14 AM
<!--quoteo(post=56987:date=Aug 11 2009, 10:04 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Aug 11 2009, 10:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56968:date=Aug 11 2009, 08:39 AM:name=Coldneck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coldneck @ Aug 11 2009, 08:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I hope the Rickett's approach to baseball is vastly different that the current Cubs brass.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So, just to be clear, fans bitched and moaned about the Trib being too cheap up until 2006 (despite much evidence to the contrary), and now we can't wait to get rid of them because they spend too much?
Talk about no win situations.
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I don't think he was complaining about spending lots of money. Spending a lot of money is great, if you're spending it wisely.
And for the record, I don't have a problem with Hendry backloading all of those contracts. He recognized that we had an opportunity to win with our core of talent -- an opportunity that wasn't going to last forever. By all accounts, last year should have been our year. We had the best record in the National League, we were getting great seasons from almost all of our players, and we had home field advantage through the NLCS. It wasn't Hendry's fault that we dropped a colossal shit in the bed during the playoffs.
Yeah, it's going to suck paying Soriano the GDP of Scandinavia for the next howevermanyyears, but Hendry felt he needed to add an impact bat in 2007 and Soriano was the second-best available (Carlos Lee was probably the better choice, but that's a different discussion). Hendry paid to "win now." That window is starting to close and we're going to suffer for a few years, but that's life I guess. I've been suffering with this team my whole life. Why should the next few years be any different?
So, just to be clear, fans bitched and moaned about the Trib being too cheap up until 2006 (despite much evidence to the contrary), and now we can't wait to get rid of them because they spend too much?
Talk about no win situations.
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I don't think he was complaining about spending lots of money. Spending a lot of money is great, if you're spending it wisely.
And for the record, I don't have a problem with Hendry backloading all of those contracts. He recognized that we had an opportunity to win with our core of talent -- an opportunity that wasn't going to last forever. By all accounts, last year should have been our year. We had the best record in the National League, we were getting great seasons from almost all of our players, and we had home field advantage through the NLCS. It wasn't Hendry's fault that we dropped a colossal shit in the bed during the playoffs.
Yeah, it's going to suck paying Soriano the GDP of Scandinavia for the next howevermanyyears, but Hendry felt he needed to add an impact bat in 2007 and Soriano was the second-best available (Carlos Lee was probably the better choice, but that's a different discussion). Hendry paid to "win now." That window is starting to close and we're going to suffer for a few years, but that's life I guess. I've been suffering with this team my whole life. Why should the next few years be any different?