Front Office Thread

[davell]

1) Count me with David. Most baseball fans I know seem to love our future. Probably more so than hardcore Cub fans who see things negatively from the outset.

 

2) 2016 is up in the air-Depends on offseason, not just ours either, with Cards getting new TV deal.

 

3) I'm assuming this exercise means no playoffs for Cubs this year, right?

[UMFan83]

2) 2016 is up in the air-Depends on offseason, not just ours either, with Cards getting new TV deal.

 

I don't think the Cardinals see any of that money for a couple of years

[davell]

2) 2016 is up in the air-Depends on offseason, not just ours either, with Cards getting new TV deal.

 

I don't think the Cardinals see any of that money for a couple of years

 

I just saw a blurb yesterday, I hope you're right.

[ctcf]

I love that I was tempted to compare he radio free theo tweet to Kyle and held off because I felt it was too much. Oh Kyle.

[ctcf]

Also going by careers, Theo already has a vastly superior and more accomplished one at a much younger age. Come on now with the Hendry talk.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I love that I was tempted to compare he radio free theo tweet to Kyle and held off because I felt it was too much. Oh Kyle.

 

I'm OK with it.

 

Also going by careers, Theo already has a vastly superior and more accomplished one at a much younger age. Come on now with the Hendry talk.

 

That's true. He's more like a MacPhail.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

3) I'm assuming this exercise means no playoffs for Cubs this year, right?

 

If we do make it this year, that helps a lot. My stance in all of this is "actual results matter, enough that he needs to produce some before being put on some pedestal of unquestionableness."

[ctcf]

Also going by careers, Theo already has a vastly superior and more accomplished one at a much younger age. Come on now with the Hendry talk.

 

That's true. He's more like a MacPhail.

 

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oh sweet jesus

[Hairyducked Idiot]

He stole it from me. I've been pushing that one for years.

[Derwood]

Has Kyle ever once laid out his master plan dor how he would have done better than Theo?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Has Kyle ever once laid out his master plan dor how he would have done better than Theo?

 

Theo Epstein's job is not to be better than me. It's his job to be better than the other 29 team runners. We have a series of contests every year where they compete at a game of base to see how he is doing.

Edited August 2, 2015 by Hairyducked Idiot

[Guest]

Has Kyle ever once laid out his master plan dor how he would have done better than Theo?

 

to be fair, he doesn't have to have the answer himself in order to take the position that somebody could have done better

[Derwood]

Has Kyle ever once laid out his master plan dor how he would have done better than Theo?

 

to be fair, he doesn't have to have the answer himself in order to take the position that somebody could have done better

 

Well sure, it's always easier to argue in favor of an undefined "other" over what has actually happened. It's just ironic coming from the guy who constantly argues AGAINST the undefined "other" when considering the team's future

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Well sure, it's always easier to argue in favor of an undefined "other" over what has actually happened. It's just ironic coming from the guy who constantly argues AGAINST the undefined "other" when considering the team's future

 

"What actually happened" is not a direction you want to go when defending Epstein's Cubs tenure. Stick with the vague, unprovable future.

[Derwood]

Well sure, it's always easier to argue in favor of an undefined "other" over what has actually happened. It's just ironic coming from the guy who constantly argues AGAINST the undefined "other" when considering the team's future

 

"What actually happened" is not a direction you want to go when defending Epstein's Cubs tenure. Stick with the vague, unprovable future.

 

But your argument seems to be that any other GM would have done better.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

But your argument seems to be that any other GM would have done better.

 

My argument is that Theo Epstein's results with the Cubs have not been sufficient to warrant praise of any kind.

 

What imaginary alternative GMs would have done only comes up when those who disagree with me bring them up. They think nobody else could have done better, I think they could have. We are on equal ground in that regard.

[Guest]

Well sure, it's always easier to argue in favor of an undefined "other" over what has actually happened. It's just ironic coming from the guy who constantly argues AGAINST the undefined "other" when considering the team's future

 

"What actually happened" is not a direction you want to go when defending Epstein's Cubs tenure. Stick with the vague, unprovable future.

 

But your argument seems to be that any other GM would have done better.

 

have you actually read any of this? because he hasn't said that.

[ctcf]

Derwood you're practically making David defend Kyle, please stop.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Derwood you're practically making David defend Kyle, please stop.

 

Kyle mid-life-spiral, teenage CT and jorts-wearing Derwood walk into a bar. Who gets wedgied first?

[ctcf]

no one's going near those jorts.

[Guest]

Derwood you're practically making David defend Kyle, please stop.

 

lmaooo

[Guest]

no one's going near those jorts.

 

especially since derwood is so bad at wiping his ass that he gets fecal matter on his hands

[Derwood]

no one's going near those jorts.

 

especially since derwood is so bad at wiping his ass that he gets fecal matter on his hands

 

I love this post

[Derwood]

no one's going near those jorts.

 

especially since derwood is so bad at wiping his ass that he gets fecal matter on his hands

 

I love this post

[imb]

The front office chose a plan and within that plan they have done a good job.

 

Maybe another plan would have been better. But we'll never know, so we might as well see how this one goes. Anything else is just pissing in the wind. The end.