Re: New GM/Cubs Future News Articles

[manbearcub]

According to CSNtv, they've given the teams another week to figure out compensation.

[kujay]

Soooo, going to Vegas next week. Saw an article the other day that odds on the Cubs winning the WS had dropped to between 25-1 and 40-1 since Theo was hired. I'll be putting some (not much, but some) cash down on that.

[glavine93]

Soooo, going to Vegas next week. Saw an article the other day that odds on the Cubs winning the WS had dropped to between 25-1 and 40-1 since Theo was hired. I'll be putting some (not much, but some) cash down on that.

 

i like this idea, will do the same when i get out there next month

[Omar]

http://i.imgur.com/XQxKG.png

[bukie]

http://i.imgur.com/XQxKG.png

Epstein-Quade meeting transcript:

 

TE: Hi, Mike. I'm interested in learning everything you have to offer about the team and how you ran things last year.

 

MQ: Sounds good, Eppy.

 

TE: Actually...I left something out in the hall. I'll be right back.

 

MQ: Sure thing, Eppy. I'll just wait here.

 

*7 hours later*

 

MQ: Huh, I guess he's not coming back. *leaves*

[PrimeTime]

I hope when Theo said it, it kinda looked like vintage Vince

 

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/34286_401927665221_128474550221_4529772_8132109_n.jpg

[Brett]

http://i.imgur.com/XQxKG.png

Epstein-Quade meeting transcript:

 

TE: Hi, Mike. I'm interested in learning everything you have to offer about the team and how you ran things last year.

 

MQ: Sounds good, Eppy.

 

TE: Actually...I left something out in the hall. I'll be right back.

 

MQ: Sure thing, Eppy. I'll just wait here.

 

*7 hours later*

 

MQ: Huh, I guess he's not coming back. *leaves*

 

Both of those items are hilarious. Well done.

[imb]

http://i.imgur.com/XQxKG.png

Epstein-Quade meeting transcript:

 

TE: Hi, Mike. I'm interested in learning everything you have to offer about the team and how you ran things last year.

 

MQ: Sounds good, Eppy.

 

TE: Actually...I left something out in the hall. I'll be right back.

 

MQ: Sure thing, Eppy. I'll just wait here.

 

*7 hours later*

 

MQ: Huh, I guess he's not coming back. *leaves*

 

hahahahahahaha

[Little Slide Rooter]

According to CSNtv, they've given the teams another week to figure out compensation.

 

[expletive] that, put it in Seligs hands. What kind of agreement can they possibly come to that they couldn't over the past 3 weeks or so?

[Banedon]

According to CSNtv, they've given the teams another week to figure out compensation.

 

[expletive] that, put it in Seligs hands. What kind of agreement can they possibly come to that they couldn't over the past 3 weeks or so?

 

What's the problem waiting another week? Or another month? If it's haggling over a low to mid level prospect...what's the hurry? We got Theo. That's the important part.

 

My guess....the Red Sox know they don't have a lot of precedent to use, so they longer they can keep Selig out of it, the better for them.

[C.C.]

According to CSNtv, they've given the teams another week to figure out compensation.

 

[expletive] that, put it in Seligs hands. What kind of agreement can they possibly come to that they couldn't over the past 3 weeks or so?

 

What's the problem waiting another week? Or another month? If it's haggling over a low to mid level prospect...what's the hurry? We got Theo. That's the important part.

 

My guess....the Red Sox know they don't have a lot of precedent to use, so they longer they can keep Selig out of it, the better for them.

 

Exactly. No one is losing sleep over this and they both are trying to re-org their respective teams.

[Banedon]

TLR on the Cubs' title hopes now that Theo Epstein is running the team, from a Boston radio interview:

 

"There's no doubt in my mind at some point they're going to win. Because it's a dream that's there to be had. If you put quality people in the right place, it will happen. What's the next great dream? That's the one right there. I think Theo and the group he's putting together, they have the opportunity and it's quite likely they'll make it happen."

[erik316wttn]

I never hated Hendry, I thought he was a good guy to be the face of the Cubs. I just didn't want him to be the guy building this team for the future. If I'm Hendry, I'm feeling flattered that I'm being replaced by one of the best guys in baseball. Makes me save face a little, atleast I'm not being replaced by some unknown.

 

I didn't hate him as a person, but I hated him as a GM. If he gets a job within the organization that is far away from assembling talent, I'd be ok with it.

[jersey cubs fan]

I never hated Hendry, I thought he was a good guy to be the face of the Cubs. I just didn't want him to be the guy building this team for the future. If I'm Hendry, I'm feeling flattered that I'm being replaced by one of the best guys in baseball. Makes me save face a little, atleast I'm not being replaced by some unknown.

 

I didn't hate him as a person, but I hated him as a GM. If he gets a job within the organization that is far away from assembling talent, I'd be ok with it.

 

Wait, how does somebody think Hendry is a good guy to be the face of the Cubs but not want him building the team? You think he should be some sort of figurehead? You can't be the face if you don't have any power, and if you are a GM type who isn't building the team in the future you have no power and can't be the face. What the heck does that phrase even mean?

 

I thought Jim Hendry as the face of the Cubs epitomized everything that held back this organization during a decade when it could have and should have dominated its division. Hendry is a decent person and executive who wasn't interested in screwing people over and all that. But he couldn't do his job and be competitive against the other more modern executives in the league, let alone the more traditional ones who just got better results than he did.

[erik316wttn]

I never hated Hendry, I thought he was a good guy to be the face of the Cubs. I just didn't want him to be the guy building this team for the future. If I'm Hendry, I'm feeling flattered that I'm being replaced by one of the best guys in baseball. Makes me save face a little, atleast I'm not being replaced by some unknown.

 

I didn't hate him as a person, but I hated him as a GM. If he gets a job within the organization that is far away from assembling talent, I'd be ok with it.

 

Wait, how does somebody think Hendry is a good guy to be the face of the Cubs but not want him building the team? You think he should be some sort of figurehead? You can't be the face if you don't have any power, and if you are a GM type who isn't building the team in the future you have no power and can't be the face. What the heck does that phrase even mean?

 

I thought Jim Hendry as the face of the Cubs epitomized everything that held back this organization during a decade when it could have and should have dominated its division. Hendry is a decent person and executive who wasn't interested in screwing people over and all that. But he couldn't do his job and be competitive against the other more modern executives in the league, let alone the more traditional ones who just got better results than he did.

 

Perhaps some sort of PR capacity or something if he wanted it. Probably not, but if they gave him that sort of position I wouldn't hate it.

[SouthSideRyan]

Dancin' Hendry

[Guest]

I never hated Hendry, I thought he was a good guy to be the face of the Cubs. I just didn't want him to be the guy building this team for the future. If I'm Hendry, I'm feeling flattered that I'm being replaced by one of the best guys in baseball. Makes me save face a little, atleast I'm not being replaced by some unknown.

 

I didn't hate him as a person, but I hated him as a GM. If he gets a job within the organization that is far away from assembling talent, I'd be ok with it.

 

Wait, how does somebody think Hendry is a good guy to be the face of the Cubs but not want him building the team? You think he should be some sort of figurehead? You can't be the face if you don't have any power, and if you are a GM type who isn't building the team in the future you have no power and can't be the face. What the heck does that phrase even mean?

 

I thought Jim Hendry as the face of the Cubs epitomized everything that held back this organization during a decade when it could have and should have dominated its division. Hendry is a decent person and executive who wasn't interested in screwing people over and all that. But he couldn't do his job and be competitive against the other more modern executives in the league, let alone the more traditional ones who just got better results than he did.

I don't read that as him wanting Hendry to be anything close to the face of the organization. I read that as he was ok with Hendry being one of the crosscheckers or something like that.

[jersey cubs fan]

I never hated Hendry, I thought he was a good guy to be the face of the Cubs. I just didn't want him to be the guy building this team for the future. If I'm Hendry, I'm feeling flattered that I'm being replaced by one of the best guys in baseball. Makes me save face a little, atleast I'm not being replaced by some unknown.

 

I didn't hate him as a person, but I hated him as a GM. If he gets a job within the organization that is far away from assembling talent, I'd be ok with it.

 

Wait, how does somebody think Hendry is a good guy to be the face of the Cubs but not want him building the team? You think he should be some sort of figurehead? You can't be the face if you don't have any power, and if you are a GM type who isn't building the team in the future you have no power and can't be the face. What the heck does that phrase even mean?

 

I thought Jim Hendry as the face of the Cubs epitomized everything that held back this organization during a decade when it could have and should have dominated its division. Hendry is a decent person and executive who wasn't interested in screwing people over and all that. But he couldn't do his job and be competitive against the other more modern executives in the league, let alone the more traditional ones who just got better results than he did.

I don't read that as him wanting Hendry to be anything close to the face of the organization. I read that as he was ok with Hendry being one of the crosscheckers or something like that.

 

I was responding to the guy that actually said he was a good guy to have as the face of the organization.

[jersey cubs fan]

Perhaps some sort of PR capacity or something if he wanted it. Probably not, but if they gave him that sort of position I wouldn't hate it.

 

His career has gone from high school gym teacher to college baseball coach to scout/scouting director/gm. Why would you want him to go into PR? He's not a former player with legions of fans who will show up just to see him at a signing or something. He's a scout with a nice resume. Let him scout.

[erik316wttn]

Perhaps some sort of PR capacity or something if he wanted it. Probably not, but if they gave him that sort of position I wouldn't hate it.

 

His career has gone from high school gym teacher to college baseball coach to scout/scouting director/gm. Why would you want him to go into PR? He's not a former player with legions of fans who will show up just to see him at a signing or something. He's a scout with a nice resume. Let him scout.

 

So he can find the next toolsy left-handed leadoff hitter who can catch the ball? No thanks.

[jersey cubs fan]

Perhaps some sort of PR capacity or something if he wanted it. Probably not, but if they gave him that sort of position I wouldn't hate it.

 

His career has gone from high school gym teacher to college baseball coach to scout/scouting director/gm. Why would you want him to go into PR? He's not a former player with legions of fans who will show up just to see him at a signing or something. He's a scout with a nice resume. Let him scout.

 

So he can find the next toolsy left-handed leadoff hitter who can catch the ball? No thanks.

 

You let him scout people, you don't let him determine the #1 target of the team every offseason.

[Little Slide Rooter]

According to CSNtv, they've given the teams another week to figure out compensation.

 

[expletive] that, put it in Seligs hands. What kind of agreement can they possibly come to that they couldn't over the past 3 weeks or so?

 

What's the problem waiting another week? Or another month? If it's haggling over a low to mid level prospect...what's the hurry? We got Theo. That's the important part.

 

My guess....the Red Sox know they don't have a lot of precedent to use, so they longer they can keep Selig out of it, the better for them.

 

Exactly. No one is losing sleep over this and they both are trying to re-org their respective teams.

 

Not wooried or losing sleep. I'm jusy wondering how they're going to suddenly agree over what they've been haggling over for almost a month. It's going come down to either A. The Sox taking what we give them or B. Selig stepping in. There's no more leverage. Without Selig, they'll be lucky to get someone like Logan Watkins.

[erik316wttn]

I never hated Hendry, I thought he was a good guy to be the face of the Cubs. I just didn't want him to be the guy building this team for the future. If I'm Hendry, I'm feeling flattered that I'm being replaced by one of the best guys in baseball. Makes me save face a little, atleast I'm not being replaced by some unknown.

 

I didn't hate him as a person, but I hated him as a GM. If he gets a job within the organization that is far away from assembling talent, I'd be ok with it.

 

Wait, how does somebody think Hendry is a good guy to be the face of the Cubs but not want him building the team? You think he should be some sort of figurehead? You can't be the face if you don't have any power, and if you are a GM type who isn't building the team in the future you have no power and can't be the face. What the heck does that phrase even mean?

 

I thought Jim Hendry as the face of the Cubs epitomized everything that held back this organization during a decade when it could have and should have dominated its division. Hendry is a decent person and executive who wasn't interested in screwing people over and all that. But he couldn't do his job and be competitive against the other more modern executives in the league, let alone the more traditional ones who just got better results than he did.

I don't read that as him wanting Hendry to be anything close to the face of the organization. I read that as he was ok with Hendry being one of the crosscheckers or something like that.

 

And yes, in case there was any confusion, this is exactly how I meant it.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I hope when Theo said it, it kinda looked like vintage Vince

 

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/34286_401927665221_128474550221_4529772_8132109_n.jpg

 

I we talking real vintage or when he suddenly became mega ripped over night?

[Clem Fandango]

Dancin' Hendry

 

He can walk around the stadium doing the truffle shuffle. Or should I say... Rally Shuffle.