Hendry Fired (p. 2)

[XZero771679666304]

#MLB Reverse the curse. Jim Hendry will stay on as #Cubs GM, barring Ricketts change of thinking

 

The Cubs will hold onto general manager Jim Hendry, barring a change of thinking among the the team's owners, the Ricketts family, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today (via Twitter).

 

There has been plenty of speculation over the course of this season, another disappointing one for the North Siders, that this could be Hendry's last year at the helm, although it has been reported previously on several occasions that the Ricketts and Hendry have a strong relationship. Tom Ricketts, chairman and one of the owners of the Cubs, gave Hendry a vote of confidence last season.

 

This offseason and next will be big ones for the Cubs. Aramis Ramirez (club option), Carlos Pena, John Grabow and Kerry Wood will be free agents after this season. Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster and Sean Marshall are slated to be free agents the following offseason.

 

Hendry became the GM of the Cubs in 2002, succeeding Andy MacPhail. The Cubs have reached the postseason three times under his guidance.

[Hawk4Hall]

If this happens I will be convinced the Rickett's are clueless.

[Tryptamine]

If this happens I will be convinced the Rickett's are clueless.

 

Really? I think they've been excellent so far.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If true, not *that* surprised, but why would some national guy be the first to know?

[XZero771679666304]

If true, not *that* surprised, but why would some national guy be the first to know?

 

That's what I was thinking. Thus the question mark.

[Backtobanks]

Obviously we won't know for sure for awhile, but I've been saying all along that it wouldn't surprise me if Ricketts hired someone like Gillick to be president while retaining Hendry as GM. Basically having Hendry go through Gillick on all baseball decisions. With Quade gone after this year, Gillick can hand pick a long-time manager and pick his own GM for 2013 while making the important personnel decisions on the roster immediately.

[Illini Iceman]

So pretty much Hendry will be retained unless they Ricketts decide to fire him.

 

With this kind of brilliant analysis the inside source must be Tim McGarver.

[XZero771679666304]

So pretty much Hendry will be retained unless they Ricketts decide to fire him.

 

With this kind of brilliant analysis the inside source must be Tim McGarver.

 

No, what he's saying is that the Ricketts intend to keep him on. Whether he's right or not is the question.

[Illini Iceman]

So pretty much Hendry will be retained unless they Ricketts decide to fire him.

 

With this kind of brilliant analysis the inside source must be Tim McGarver.

 

No, what he's saying is that the Ricketts intend to keep him on. Whether he's right or not is the question.

 

They have already said this publicly to anyone that asks. That they are content with the front office for now and aren't making any changes but at the end of the season they will sit down and review the situation and make determinations about what changes, if any, need to be made.

[danonwaveland]

Obviously we won't know for sure for awhile, but I've been saying all along that it wouldn't surprise me if Ricketts hired someone like Gillick to be president while retaining Hendry as GM. Basically having Hendry go through Gillick on all baseball decisions. With Quade gone after this year, Gillick can hand pick a long-time manager and pick his own GM for 2013 while making the important personnel decisions on the roster immediately.

 

If Hendry is retained, I guess this is the best possible alternative. However, if Hendry stays, I'm not so sure that Quade will be dismissed.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Not at all shocked it if plays out that Hendry is back next year. Disappointed, yes, but not shocked.

[idakepps]

Obviously we won't know for sure for awhile, but I've been saying all along that it wouldn't surprise me if Ricketts hired someone like Gillick to be president while retaining Hendry as GM. Basically having Hendry go through Gillick on all baseball decisions. With Quade gone after this year, Gillick can hand pick a long-time manager and pick his own GM for 2013 while making the important personnel decisions on the roster immediately.

 

If Hendry is retained, I guess this is the best possible alternative. However, if Hendry stays, I'm not so sure that Quade will be dismissed.

 

No way Quade will be dismissed if Hendry is back. They'll let it ride one more year with both.

[MrCub14]

How is this even possible? It's becoming really hard to be a fan of this abomination of a franchise. Hendry should have been gone 2 years ago. The Ricketts have no idea how to run a baseball team. I hate this so much.

[Little Slide Rooter]

While I don't love Hendry by any means, whatever the offseason holds for us is more on how much ownership is willing to spend than who happens to be GM at the time, so if we have to pay Hendry anyway, may as well let him do what needs to be done.

[Soul]

Why do something today that you can put off until tomorrow.

[Iceblink]

There are 52 games we've won this year, and we're determined to figure out how we could've lost those, too. Keeping Hendry on is a big first step towards climbing that mountain.

 

I just changed the air conditioner filter in my house. I'm quite certain that the dirty filter I just threw away could be a better GM than he.

[Andy]

There is absolutely no reason to even be floating the possibility that Hendry might be retained for next year. If true that's pretty much the only data point I need to form an opinion on the current ownership team.

[UMFan83]

There is absolutely no reason to even be floating the possibility that Hendry might be retained for next year. If true that's pretty much the only data point I need to form an opinion on the current ownership team.

 

Same

 

When you have a top 5 payroll and play in one of the biggest markets in baseball it is simply unacceptable to make 2 playoff appearances in an 8 year span. It is definitely unacceptable to lose 90+ games 3+ times in a decade as well.

 

If those were Jim Hendrys results as GM of the Royals, he gets an extension. But he is the GM of a team that has all the resources in the world to build a contender and he can only occasionally do it.

 

I honestly have no idea what kind of spell Hendry holds on the Cubs organization. He probably should have been fired after 2006, but instead got an extension after building an 85 win playoff team the next season. I know Hendry is a people person but geez. I've been defending Ricketts from people here saying that it's too soon to judge them etc. But if they keep Hendry, it says all I need to know about Tom Ricketts.

[erik316wttn]

Of course he will. Why wouldn't he stay on?

[Four and Twenty]

In this thread: over-reaction to a non-story.

[Sammy Sofa]

In this thread: over-reaction to a non-story.

 

Shhhhhh. Let them dance for us.

[haubrich91]

Great, just great. Now the season is over!

[Backtobanks]

Obviously we won't know for sure for awhile, but I've been saying all along that it wouldn't surprise me if Ricketts hired someone like Gillick to be president while retaining Hendry as GM. Basically having Hendry go through Gillick on all baseball decisions. With Quade gone after this year, Gillick can hand pick a long-time manager and pick his own GM for 2013 while making the important personnel decisions on the roster immediately.

 

If Hendry is retained, I guess this is the best possible alternative. However, if Hendry stays, I'm not so sure that Quade will be dismissed.

 

No way Quade will be dismissed if Hendry is back. They'll let it ride one more year with both.

 

Somebody needs to be the scapegoat for this season, so Quade will be fired. Quade was great as a coach/ml manager, but he has been bad as a ML manager. As I posted originally, hiring Gillick right after the season would give him the opportunity to build a team that could contend annually by 2013. Giving Gillick the chance to hire a long-term manager this year, put in place his own GM next year, and having the money and power to acquire players through two off-seasons and one trade deadline should build the Cubs into the organization it should be by 2013.

[Soul]

Behold the power of twitter.

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

Obviously we won't know for sure for awhile, but I've been saying all along that it wouldn't surprise me if Ricketts hired someone like Gillick to be president while retaining Hendry as GM. Basically having Hendry go through Gillick on all baseball decisions. With Quade gone after this year, Gillick can hand pick a long-time manager and pick his own GM for 2013 while making the important personnel decisions on the roster immediately.

 

This is exactly what I see happening. I think Hendry can pull off signing one of the 1B, and that's a very obvious must do for the Cubs. Its a move that's much easer to make with a FO not in complete flux.