12-16-2009, 01:58 PM
<!--quoteo(post=71898:date=Dec 16 2009, 11:52 AM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Dec 16 2009, 11:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=71869:date=Dec 16 2009, 11:55 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Dec 16 2009, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=71868:date=Dec 16 2009, 10:33 AM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ Dec 16 2009, 10:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=71867:date=Dec 16 2009, 12:30 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Dec 16 2009, 12:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I honestly don't know why Ricketts didn't have security escort Hendry to his car right after the press conference.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Because a year ago, he built a team that won 97 games?
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Yeah. That was a good season. Of course, he followed that season with one of the most fucked-up offseasons ever by basing all of his moves on handedness. Now he's in the process of fucking up another offseason.
Hendry has made some nice deals, but the amount of fuckups are quickly outnumbering his good moves.
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That's fine. But to act like Ricketts should have without a doubt kicked Hendry to the curb after acquiring the Cubs isn't really fair. I wouldn't have blamed him if he got rid of Hendry, but on the same token you can't just crucify a guy that only a year ago was running a team that won almost 100 games.
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I was sort of hoping that the Ricketts family had some idea of how the team is going to be constructed, going forward. That they'd clean house and bring in their own guys -- modeled after what they're doing in Boston. If I'm spending $600M, I'm going to run it my way -- not the way the previous owner ran it.
That said, I'm not going to make any sort of conclusion on the Rickettses yet. But I'd like to see some serious changes over the next few years.
Because a year ago, he built a team that won 97 games?
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Yeah. That was a good season. Of course, he followed that season with one of the most fucked-up offseasons ever by basing all of his moves on handedness. Now he's in the process of fucking up another offseason.
Hendry has made some nice deals, but the amount of fuckups are quickly outnumbering his good moves.
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That's fine. But to act like Ricketts should have without a doubt kicked Hendry to the curb after acquiring the Cubs isn't really fair. I wouldn't have blamed him if he got rid of Hendry, but on the same token you can't just crucify a guy that only a year ago was running a team that won almost 100 games.
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I was sort of hoping that the Ricketts family had some idea of how the team is going to be constructed, going forward. That they'd clean house and bring in their own guys -- modeled after what they're doing in Boston. If I'm spending $600M, I'm going to run it my way -- not the way the previous owner ran it.
That said, I'm not going to make any sort of conclusion on the Rickettses yet. But I'd like to see some serious changes over the next few years.