10-07-2009, 05:09 PM
<!--quoteo(post=65863:date=Oct 7 2009, 03:47 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Oct 7 2009, 03:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->At the risk of putting words in KB's mouth, I'm going to say the basis of his judgement on Ricketts won't be very reliant on the players in Cub uniforms next year.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
However, Butch and Sipes make a strong point, the same point that many of us have made in the "Play GM" thread: this team is locked-in by it's contracts. There's not much you could do even if you really wanted to. There seems to be no choice but to trot out a close variation of the '09 team out there in '10, and hope for the best.
The Ricketts family will likely own the team for decades, so there's no reason for them to feel like massive changes must be made by next April.
So, there probably won't be.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
However, Butch and Sipes make a strong point, the same point that many of us have made in the "Play GM" thread: this team is locked-in by it's contracts. There's not much you could do even if you really wanted to. There seems to be no choice but to trot out a close variation of the '09 team out there in '10, and hope for the best.
The Ricketts family will likely own the team for decades, so there's no reason for them to feel like massive changes must be made by next April.
So, there probably won't be.
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