12-30-2009, 11:52 AM
That was beautiful.
Not to beat the hendry thing to death, but here's the way I feel about him so far: He's done a lot of good things. He's done some bad things as well. I suppose that can be said about every GM in baseball. But given the resources he's had at his disposal, the results haven't been good enough. Is that all his fault? Of course not. The players have to perform. You can't fire a team though and someone has to pay for the lack of playoff success. I know I know I know, 3 straight winning seasons, back to back playoff appearances, 97 wins, it's all wonderful, but only in Chicago would anyone be satisfied with that.
In the end, Hendry doesn't suck. He was infinitely better than KB will ever admit but not nearly as good as BT or scarey think he is. He had a nice run, he ddid some nice things, he brought a modicum of respectability to the organization, but ultimately he failed to do the one thing he had to do, and that's bring a championship to Wrigley. He was given the money and the time to do it and he failed. He has to go. It's time for a new direction..
Maybe I'm in the minority, but another winning season doesn't mean shit to me without at the very least, a pennant. The time has come. Let's see what a different GM can do. That's my opinion.
Not to beat the hendry thing to death, but here's the way I feel about him so far: He's done a lot of good things. He's done some bad things as well. I suppose that can be said about every GM in baseball. But given the resources he's had at his disposal, the results haven't been good enough. Is that all his fault? Of course not. The players have to perform. You can't fire a team though and someone has to pay for the lack of playoff success. I know I know I know, 3 straight winning seasons, back to back playoff appearances, 97 wins, it's all wonderful, but only in Chicago would anyone be satisfied with that.
In the end, Hendry doesn't suck. He was infinitely better than KB will ever admit but not nearly as good as BT or scarey think he is. He had a nice run, he ddid some nice things, he brought a modicum of respectability to the organization, but ultimately he failed to do the one thing he had to do, and that's bring a championship to Wrigley. He was given the money and the time to do it and he failed. He has to go. It's time for a new direction..
Maybe I'm in the minority, but another winning season doesn't mean shit to me without at the very least, a pennant. The time has come. Let's see what a different GM can do. That's my opinion.
Wang.