08-24-2009, 11:06 AM
I've softened a little on Lou after watching this team crumble over the past month or so. At first, when the team was healthier early in the season, I blamed him for being behind the drastic roster transformation, and wanting so many pointless changes made to a 97 win team that I felt didn't need much tinkering. The problem is that we'll never know how good this team could have been because they were simply never healthy. Maybe we relied on too many physically and mentally fragile players, or maybe we were just unlucky. Whatever. I'm done with this season. I'd like to see big changes for next season, but I think this time we'll just see tinkering. Maybe Hendry is the bigger problem and he needs to grow a pair and not let the manager influence so many of his decisions. I have no idea, but I also am not so sure that a) this current team will ever be healthy for an entire season, and if so b ) they would be good enough to beat the Cardinals at full strength? Our bench blows and our pen is a disaster. The only parts of this team I feel good about are 3B, 1B and the rotation. Theriot needs to be playing 2B, and Fuk can be ok as our CF, but the rest of our team is filled with question marks. I can't blame it all on Lou, but he hasn't helped either. He just looks as though he wants out. He's exasperated, and probably not the right guy for this team when the new owner comes in. I can't separate Lou from Hendry either, so I think overall it's time to go in a different direction with new leadership. This team has the feeling of a sinking ship.