There is NO excuse for this train wreck.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Did I expect loosing Aramis Ramirez for 8 weeks to hurt? Absolutely. However, the fact is, we still have 3 supposedly elite hitters in Lee, Soriano, and Bradley,and coupled with Fukudome, Soto, Fontenot, and Theriot, this team should be more than capable to score 4-6 runs a game, which would have been enough to back up many of the pitching performances that ended up as losses.

 

Did Hendry offer up some bad contracts? Yes, but just because guys like Soriano, Fukudome, and Bradley didnt deserve the kinds of contracts that they got doesnt mean that they arent top of the line hitters capable of doing a hell of a lot more than they have.

 

IMHO, Lou is the one who needs to go. Even without Ramirez, this is too talented of a bunch to produce the garbage that it has been. If they want to fire Hendry, fine, but it wont do anything to help. Whats done is done on his part, and firing him would be more of a punishment than something to help, at least this season anyway.

[UMFan83]

No offense, but pretty much all of this is obvious. Ramirez gone was supposed to hurt but at this point its pretty clear that there is a lot more going on with this offense than ARam being gone.

[Bote McBoteface]

It was kinda rude of us to loosen Aramis Ramirez.

[Bote McBoteface]

I don't know what that means, but lose is spelled with one o, for future reference.

[dew1679666265]

Did I expect loosing Aramis Ramirez for 8 weeks to hurt? Absolutely. However, the fact is, we still have 3 supposedly elite hitters in Lee, Soriano, and Bradley,and coupled with Fukudome, Soto, Fontenot, and Theriot, this team should be more than capable to score 4-6 runs a game, which would have been enough to back up many of the pitching performances that ended up as losses.

 

Did Hendry offer up some bad contracts? Yes, but just because guys like Soriano, Fukudome, and Bradley didnt deserve the kinds of contracts that they got doesnt mean that they arent top of the line hitters capable of doing a hell of a lot more than they have.

 

IMHO, Lou is the one who needs to go. Even without Ramirez, this is too talented of a bunch to produce the garbage that it has been. If they want to fire Hendry, fine, but it wont do anything to help. Whats done is done on his part, and firing him would be more of a punishment than something to help, at least this season anyway.

 

Lou is the reason those players are underperforming?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Did I expect loosing Aramis Ramirez for 8 weeks to hurt? Absolutely. However, the fact is, we still have 3 supposedly elite hitters in Lee, Soriano, and Bradley,and coupled with Fukudome, Soto, Fontenot, and Theriot, this team should be more than capable to score 4-6 runs a game, which would have been enough to back up many of the pitching performances that ended up as losses.

 

Did Hendry offer up some bad contracts? Yes, but just because guys like Soriano, Fukudome, and Bradley didnt deserve the kinds of contracts that they got doesnt mean that they arent top of the line hitters capable of doing a hell of a lot more than they have.

 

IMHO, Lou is the one who needs to go. Even without Ramirez, this is too talented of a bunch to produce the garbage that it has been. If they want to fire Hendry, fine, but it wont do anything to help. Whats done is done on his part, and firing him would be more of a punishment than something to help, at least this season anyway.

 

Lou is the reason those players are underperforming?

 

Theres something going on. This is not a 0-3 run/game team. Someones doing something wrong, and someone needs to figure it out. So far, it hasnt been Lou.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Time to fire the hitting coa... oh wait.

[JeffH]

It's time for completely new leadership.

[dew1679666265]

Did I expect loosing Aramis Ramirez for 8 weeks to hurt? Absolutely. However, the fact is, we still have 3 supposedly elite hitters in Lee, Soriano, and Bradley,and coupled with Fukudome, Soto, Fontenot, and Theriot, this team should be more than capable to score 4-6 runs a game, which would have been enough to back up many of the pitching performances that ended up as losses.

 

Did Hendry offer up some bad contracts? Yes, but just because guys like Soriano, Fukudome, and Bradley didnt deserve the kinds of contracts that they got doesnt mean that they arent top of the line hitters capable of doing a hell of a lot more than they have.

 

IMHO, Lou is the one who needs to go. Even without Ramirez, this is too talented of a bunch to produce the garbage that it has been. If they want to fire Hendry, fine, but it wont do anything to help. Whats done is done on his part, and firing him would be more of a punishment than something to help, at least this season anyway.

 

Lou is the reason those players are underperforming?

 

Theres something going on. This is not a 0-3 run/game team. Someones doing something wrong, and someone needs to figure it out. So far, it hasnt been Lou.

 

The team is scoring 0-3 runs a game because the batters are not performing up to the level they should be. I strongly doubt firing Lou would correct that problem - especially since the replacement would likely be Alan Trammel.

[ChiCubsfan0502]

http://www.chicagonow.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-static/support/assets_c/2009/05/IMG_1090-thumb-220x220-570.jpg"I'm available".

[jiml60]

It's time for completely new leadership.

 

It's been time for that since 2005 or 06.

[Hawk4Hall]

Gotta hand it to Jim Hendry for putting together such a thin team.

 

Hendry needs to be out of town ASAP. He's terrible.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Gotta hand it to Jim Hendry for putting together such a thin team.

 

Hendry needs to be out of town ASAP. He's terrible.

 

The thing is, on paper, Hendry didnt put together a bad team, not this bad anyway. Granted, he over paid for these players, but they're still good players that should be scoring runs. Theres no point firing Hendry now, not until the off season anyway. Its not like firing him will undo the moves he made.

[dew1679666265]

Gotta hand it to Jim Hendry for putting together such a thin team.

 

Hendry needs to be out of town ASAP. He's terrible.

 

The thing is, on paper, Hendry didnt put together a bad team, not this bad anyway. Granted, he over paid for these players, but they're still good players that should be scoring runs. Theres no point firing Hendry now, not until the off season anyway. Its not like firing him will undo the moves he made.

 

I agree with this completely.

[DiamondMind]

Obvious thread is obvious.

[Sammy Sofa]

Gotta hand it to Jim Hendry for putting together such a thin team.

 

Hendry needs to be out of town ASAP. He's terrible.

 

The thing is, on paper, Hendry didnt put together a bad team, not this bad anyway. Granted, he over paid for these players, but they're still good players that should be scoring runs. Theres no point firing Hendry now, not until the off season anyway. Its not like firing him will undo the moves he made.

 

I agree with this completely.

 

Definitely. If Hendry is to be fired the time to do it is in the offseason.

 

And I really hope to God that anyone who wants Lou fired seriously does not want Brenly to replace him.

[DiamondMind]

 

And I really hope to God that anyone who wants Lou fired seriously does not want Brenly to replace him.

 

Why not?

[ChiCubsfan0502]

Gotta hand it to Jim Hendry for putting together such a thin team.

 

Hendry needs to be out of town ASAP. He's terrible.

 

The thing is, on paper, Hendry didnt put together a bad team, not this bad anyway. Granted, he over paid for these players, but they're still good players that should be scoring runs. Theres no point firing Hendry now, not until the off season anyway. Its not like firing him will undo the moves he made.

 

I agree with this completely.

 

Definitely. If Hendry is to be fired the time to do it is in the offseason.

 

And I really hope to God that anyone who wants Lou fired seriously does not want Brenly to replace him.

 

Mojo:

 

Why not Brenly?

[Hawk4Hall]

Gotta hand it to Jim Hendry for putting together such a thin team.

 

Hendry needs to be out of town ASAP. He's terrible.

 

The thing is, on paper, Hendry didnt put together a bad team, not this bad anyway. Granted, he over paid for these players, but they're still good players that should be scoring runs. Theres no point firing Hendry now, not until the off season anyway. Its not like firing him will undo the moves he made.

There was a lot of risk in his moves an none have paid off. I just want the piece of mind that he's gone out of the way.

 

I hated the Miles signing from day one and was leery of Bradley as well. Hendry has a lot to answer for considering the nosedive this team has taken based off a lot of those moves.

 

Then there is the Soriano thing..... ](*,)

[Sammy Sofa]

 

And I really hope to God that anyone who wants Lou fired seriously does not want Brenly to replace him.

 

Why not?

 

Because Brenly was a pretty bad manager who rode an amazing starting rotation to a WS. I'm not saying this as a fan of Lou because I was not a big fan of hiring him in the first place, but I definitely do not want Brenly. Bob seems like good people and I really like him as the color guy but I do not want him managing the Cubs.

 

I'm very curious if people wanting Brenly managing now wanted him for the job back after 2006. Wanting Brenly just screams of change for the sake of change. Plus, let's be clear: if Lou quits or is fired before the end of the season Trammel will finish the job.

Edited July 1, 2009 by Sammy Sofa

[Little Slide Rooter]

Gotta hand it to Jim Hendry for putting together such a thin team.

 

Hendry needs to be out of town ASAP. He's terrible.

 

The thing is, on paper, Hendry didnt put together a bad team, not this bad anyway. Granted, he over paid for these players, but they're still good players that should be scoring runs. Theres no point firing Hendry now, not until the off season anyway. Its not like firing him will undo the moves he made.

 

I agree with this completely.

 

Definitely. If Hendry is to be fired the time to do it is in the offseason.

 

And I really hope to God that anyone who wants Lou fired seriously does not want Brenly to replace him.

 

Why Brenley? If be all for giving Trammel a chance though. His one chance as a manager was with an awful Tigers team, and it wasnt until Leyland took over that they decided they wanted to put a real team together. Trammel got shafted.

 

As for Hendry, while I dont agree with many of his moves, theres no way that he or anyone would have predicted the kind of production, or rather lack there of from Bradley, Soriano, Fukudome, Soto, and even Fontenot. Remember, when Font was putting up huge spring training numbers, people werent missing DeRosa. It wasnt until Ramirez went down and Font turned to crap that the DeRosa trade became the worst trade in baseball history since Babe Ruth.

[Hawk4Hall]

I don't mind Lou but who would be a viable replacement if came to it? I'm sure Trammel would become the guy for the time being, but who would be considered for 2010? Sandberg?

 

I'm just as pissed as everyone else but firing Lou isn't going to do much. I think he's done after the season anyway because he just doesn't seem like the passion is there anymore.

[Hawk4Hall]

Gotta hand it to Jim Hendry for putting together such a thin team.

 

Hendry needs to be out of town ASAP. He's terrible.

 

The thing is, on paper, Hendry didnt put together a bad team, not this bad anyway. Granted, he over paid for these players, but they're still good players that should be scoring runs. Theres no point firing Hendry now, not until the off season anyway. Its not like firing him will undo the moves he made.

 

I agree with this completely.

 

Definitely. If Hendry is to be fired the time to do it is in the offseason.

 

And I really hope to God that anyone who wants Lou fired seriously does not want Brenly to replace him.

 

Why Brenley? If be all for giving Trammel a chance though. His one chance as a manager was with an awful Tigers team, and it wasnt until Leyland took over that they decided they wanted to put a real team together. Trammel got shafted.

 

As for Hendry, while I dont agree with many of his moves, theres no way that he or anyone would have predicted the kind of production, or rather lack there of from Bradley, Soriano, Fukudome, Soto, and even Fontenot. Remember, when Font was putting up huge spring training numbers, people werent missing DeRosa. It wasnt until Ramirez went down and Font turned to crap that the DeRosa trade became the worst trade in baseball history since Babe Ruth.

Did you think Fontenot was really capable of being a starter in the majors?

 

Adam Dunn was my first choice and I still don't understand why he wasn't signed. Bradley isn't the best on defense either.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Gotta hand it to Jim Hendry for putting together such a thin team.

 

Hendry needs to be out of town ASAP. He's terrible.

 

The thing is, on paper, Hendry didnt put together a bad team, not this bad anyway. Granted, he over paid for these players, but they're still good players that should be scoring runs. Theres no point firing Hendry now, not until the off season anyway. Its not like firing him will undo the moves he made.

There was a lot of risk in his moves an none have paid off. I just want the piece of mind that he's gone out of the way.

 

I hated the Miles signing from day one and was leery of Bradley as well. Hendry has a lot to answer for considering the nosedive this team has taken based off a lot of those moves.

 

Then there is the Soriano thing..... ](*,)

 

I dont think you'll ever find anyone to disagree that the Miles signing was idiotic.

 

As for Bradley, there were a lot of critics about that deal, but even the critics were more worried about his attitude and health, not so much his production when healthy.

[Sammy Sofa]

Did you think Fontenot was really capable of being a starter in the majors?

 

Fontenot was by no means a lock and wasn't going to repeat his numbers from last year over a full season but it was a good gamble to think he'd put up at least serviceable numbers in a 2B platoon.