Don't panic ...yet.

[CubinNY]

Again, they suck for a multitude of reasons, Jim Hendry being one of them, but not the only one.

 

Hendry is responsible for each and every reason why they suck. He's the GM. He puts together the team. You don't diregard the poor record because a couple of the guys he got are doing well.

 

So I guess whichever team wins the world title, no credit should be given to the players or manager, but just to the GM for "putting the team together."

 

Hendry is not totally to blame. Yes, this is a flawed roster, and for that he incurs blame. Lou incurs blame for a few questionable decisions (none of them last night IMO) and the fact that he told Hendry repeatedly to not bring anyone else in. The players get blame for under performing what people like Hendry or everybody else would expect of them. There's too much blame here to put it on one person.

 

The Cubs started this season with 3 LFers 0 CFers and 1 RFer. They are starting a guy at 2nd who has played exactly 1 full season in 9 big league season. They have two SS who have demonstrated they cannot hit. The starting pitching has been decent for the most part but he gave long contracts to guys that have mediocre track records and failed to sign the staff ace in the offseason. Thank the stars for Hill, whom Hendry and Dusty tried to ruin. He's paid big money to bullpen pitchers whose one common characteristic is that they are inconsistent.

 

There is plenty of blame to go around but the one common denominator since 2003 has been James Hendry.

[weis21]

Again, they suck for a multitude of reasons, Jim Hendry being one of them, but not the only one.

 

Hendry is responsible for each and every reason why they suck. He's the GM. He puts together the team. You don't diregard the poor record because a couple of the guys he got are doing well.

 

So I guess whichever team wins the world title, no credit should be given to the players or manager, but just to the GM for "putting the team together."

 

Hendry is not totally to blame. Yes, this is a flawed roster, and for that he incurs blame. Lou incurs blame for a few questionable decisions (none of them last night IMO) and the fact that he told Hendry repeatedly to not bring anyone else in. The players get blame for under performing what people like Hendry or everybody else would expect of them. There's too much blame here to put it on one person.

 

There's plenty of blame to go around. But Hendry is ultimately the main problem. The GM is the most important person in an organization. And the Cubs have a really bad one.

Soriano's contract is so bad I can see it crippling us in a couple of years.

 

how about we wait to see who the new owner is. as long as their willing to keep spending money, theres no reason it would cripple us.

[C.C.]

Again, they suck for a multitude of reasons, Jim Hendry being one of them, but not the only one.

 

Hendry is responsible for each and every reason why they suck. He's the GM. He puts together the team. You don't diregard the poor record because a couple of the guys he got are doing well.

 

So I guess whichever team wins the world title, no credit should be given to the players or manager, but just to the GM for "putting the team together."

 

Hendry is not totally to blame. Yes, this is a flawed roster, and for that he incurs blame. Lou incurs blame for a few questionable decisions (none of them last night IMO) and the fact that he told Hendry repeatedly to not bring anyone else in. The players get blame for under performing what people like Hendry or everybody else would expect of them. There's too much blame here to put it on one person.

 

There's plenty of blame to go around. But Hendry is ultimately the main problem. The GM is the most important person in an organization. And the Cubs have a really bad one.

Soriano's contract is so bad I can see it crippling us in a couple of years.

 

how about we wait to see who the new owner is. as long as their willing to keep spending money, theres no reason it would cripple us.

 

Agreed! It shouldn't cripple us at all. It's all the Derosa's, Howry, Eyre, Jones, Izzy, type of contacts that cripple us.

[Soul]

Again, they suck for a multitude of reasons, Jim Hendry being one of them, but not the only one.

 

Hendry is responsible for each and every reason why they suck. He's the GM. He puts together the team. You don't diregard the poor record because a couple of the guys he got are doing well.

 

So I guess whichever team wins the world title, no credit should be given to the players or manager, but just to the GM for "putting the team together."

 

Hendry is not totally to blame. Yes, this is a flawed roster, and for that he incurs blame. Lou incurs blame for a few questionable decisions (none of them last night IMO) and the fact that he told Hendry repeatedly to not bring anyone else in. The players get blame for under performing what people like Hendry or everybody else would expect of them. There's too much blame here to put it on one person.

 

There's plenty of blame to go around. But Hendry is ultimately the main problem. The GM is the most important person in an organization. And the Cubs have a really bad one.

Soriano's contract is so bad I can see it crippling us in a couple of years.

 

how about we wait to see who the new owner is. as long as their willing to keep spending money, theres no reason it would cripple us.

 

I'm willing to do that, as long as we recognize the new owner is not likely to have quite the deep pockets of the Trib. It might equal out, because even without the resources, the new owner may be willing to spend more of his cash where the Trib seemed to put the Cubs on a budget that was artifical (which was proven this year, when we found out suddenly exactly how much cash the Trib could bring to bear if it wanted to).

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Agreed! It shouldn't cripple us at all. It's all the Derosa's, Howry, Eyre, Jones, Izzy, type of contacts that cripple us.

 

No, it's all of them, Soriano's included.

[Amazing_Grace]

I agree. It's too early to tell. The weather has been awful and not just in Chicago, and it's hard to tell how much that affects a team that offensively will rely a lot on power and homeruns. If the offense doesn't come around by the end of May, then I'll be worried.

[C.C.]

I agree. It's too early to tell. The weather has been awful and not just in Chicago, and it's hard to tell how much that affects a team that offensively will rely a lot on power and homeruns. If the offense doesn't come around by the end of May, then I'll be worried.

 

The weather has been great since Friday and we are still losing. It's not the weather...

[erik316wttn]

The problem is that when the offense is good, the pitching fails-and when the pitching is good, the offense is terrible.

 

One of the marks of a very, very bad baseball team.

 

True.

 

Very few games this year has the offense, the starting pitching, the defense, and the bullpen all been in sync.

[C.C.]

The problem is that when the offense is good, the pitching fails-and when the pitching is good, the offense is terrible.

 

One of the marks of a very, very bad baseball team.

 

True.

 

Very few games this year has the offense, the starting pitching, the defense, and the bullpen all been in sync.

 

But for any team how many games a year does this actually happen? Good teams find ways to win...

[Soul]

The problem is that when the offense is good, the pitching fails-and when the pitching is good, the offense is terrible.

 

One of the marks of a very, very bad baseball team.

 

True.

 

Very few games this year has the offense, the starting pitching, the defense, and the bullpen all been in sync.

 

But for any team how many games a year does this actually happen? Good teams find ways to win...

 

Good teams overcome it when an area doesn't perform well.

 

Bad teams "need" every area to perform at its best to win.

 

Guess which category the Cubs fall into?

[JeffH]

A third category - "Hopeless".

[RynoRules]

That thing about the offense avging 5.5 runs per game over the last ten is grossly misleading. Who cares what your avg is when your game by game looks like this: 1-12-4-2-8. If they avged 5.5 and actually scored 5 or 6 runs in each game, then they would be winning.

[Soul]

That thing about the offense avging 5.5 runs per game over the last ten is grossly misleading. Who cares what your avg is when your game by game looks like this: 1-12-4-2-8. If they avged 5.5 and actually scored 5 or 6 runs in each game, then they would be winning.

 

Yes, I think we should all agree not to play the "5.5/gm" card. It's meaningless in this case.