Sammy Sofa
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Because Hendry isn't even close to being the worst case scenario, because he's still owed a lot of money and he'd have to be paid if fired and because whoever came in would have nothing to work with. Hendry's not going to "destroy" the team with the payroll all but locked up. He'll have as little freedom and leeway to make changes as anyone else. Again, I'm not saying this in that I think Hendry is the ideal GM or that I'd even be opposed to him being fired: I just don't see the benefit of firing him and still having to pay him and then paying someone else who can't do anything and is just going to take the fall if the team does poorly again. -
I understand some people have this irrational fear/hatred of Hendry, but do you honestly belive that given the limited money available and the circumstances that if he did trade Zambrano his only move would be to then overpay for someone as historically bad as Aaron Miles? The odds of some whiz kid being hired who can make magic with the very limited resources the Cubs will likely be facing this offseason and next season aren't pretty slim to nil. I'm not at all opposed to Hendry being replaced, but I'd rather it be when someone new coming in would actually have something to work with. Irrational? He traded DeRosa to save $5 million so he could give Dempster $9 million for 4 YEARS and Miles $2.2 million. He brought in a player that can't handle the pressure to play in RF at Wrigley. Don't get me started on Soriano. That's not the reason why DeRosa was traded. Bradley has been very good at home. Soriano is a major reason the Cubs made the playoffs the last two years (albeit with a terrible contract).
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I understand some people have this irrational fear/hatred of Hendry, but do you honestly belive that given the limited money available and the circumstances that if he did trade Zambrano his only move would be to then overpay for someone as historically bad as Aaron Miles? The odds of some whiz kid being hired who can make magic with the very limited resources the Cubs will likely be facing this offseason and next season aren't pretty slim to nil. I'm not at all opposed to Hendry being replaced, but I'd rather it be when someone new coming in would actually have something to work with.
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I understand some people have this irrational fear/hatred of Hendry, but do you honestly belive that given the limited money available and the circumstances that if he did trade Zambrano his only move would be to then overpay for someone as historically bad as Aaron Miles? The odds of some whiz kid being hired who can make magic with the very limited resources the Cubs will likely be facing this offseason and next season aren't pretty slim to nil. I'm not at all opposed to Hendry being replaced, but I'd rather it be when someone new coming in would actually have something to work with.
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If the means to rebuild aren't there for the time being, why? What's the new guy going to do without any money that Hendry can't? Say we do get a chance to move a contract or two, don't you want the guy making those moves for possible prospects to be the guy that's going to be there building the contending team? Hendry's been reasonably good with the trades, so, no, I don't see the need to be paying someone new and paying Hendry to not have a job. This simply is not the ideal time to bring in a new GM until there's more payroll room.
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That's definitely a good 3-4 duo, but outside of DeRosa and Molina and Ludwick (sometimes) the rest of that lineup is pretty unimpressive.
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If the means to rebuild aren't there for the time being, why? What's the new guy going to do without any money that Hendry can't?
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A great team? They're a decent team in a medicore to bad divison with one of the easiest schedules in baseball. They made a couple of very good moves this year but calling them a "great team" is pretty generous.
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Keep thinking that. Like I brought up in another thread, the new owners are unlikely to fire the GM when there's likely next to no payroll flexibility in the offseason. Why hire someone new if they can't do anything about the mess they inherit? Well, it prevents the current GM for prolonging this mess. He's already tied up a ton of money for the next couple years. Keeping him around gives him the opportunity to mess up the years beyond that. I do agree though that Hendry will most likely be back. Why would Hendry have money to spend? He'd have his hands tied just as much by the all but frozen payroll the same as his replacement would. If the purse strings are tightened, correct, the damage he could do would be minimal. If they aren't, get him the hell out of there. Sure, but my point is that it's redundant to hire someone new for the time being if there's no money to spend. It wasn't an argument in favor of keeping Hendry if that's not the case.
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2 things: That's all it takes? Hendry and Lou don't want to win? Set aside their obvious faults....you're saying they prefer losing?
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Sah-weet.
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Keep thinking that. Like I brought up in another thread, the new owners are unlikely to fire the GM when there's likely next to no payroll flexibility in the offseason. Why hire someone new if they can't do anything about the mess they inherit? Well, it prevents the current GM for prolonging this mess. He's already tied up a ton of money for the next couple years. Keeping him around gives him the opportunity to mess up the years beyond that. I do agree though that Hendry will most likely be back. Why would Hendry have money to spend? He'd have his hands tied just as much by the all but frozen payroll the same as his replacement would.
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Keep thinking that. Like I brought up in another thread, the new owners are unlikely to fire the GM when there's likely next to no payroll flexibility in the offseason. Why hire someone new if they can't do anything about the mess they inherit? One can hope, right? I'm not sure how Hendry keeps getting a pass. He throws money around like it's candy and he almost always throws it at the wrong guys. That scenario is not a matter of him getting a pass: it's redundant to fire him, still have to pay him and hire and pay someone else when the replacement likely won't have the ability to make any significant changes for next season.
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So that's seriously your reasoning for Dempster's success last year? He's definitely overpaid, but he didn't have the year he did last year because of run support and "starting nearly every game at home."
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Man, 4 runs in a single inning. Must be nice.
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Keep thinking that. Like I brought up in another thread, the new owners are unlikely to fire the GM when there's likely next to no payroll flexibility in the offseason. Why hire someone new if they can't do anything about the mess they inherit?
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Well, you gotta let the opposing team get a gigantic, insurmountable lead before the Cubs score a few runs. It's the law.
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Guys on base, no outs and they cross the plate? That's allowed?
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Cubs win 7-4.
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It's amazing how many people want this.
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I'm 110% on board with this. Man that'd be awesome. I would definitely be a fan of that.
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That NTC is a pain in the ass.
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Smoltz to Cardinals?
Sammy Sofa replied to Sammys Boombox's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I hope this does happen because he's looked horrible despite his k/BB ratio. -
I guess Ill have to agree with you on that. Its one thing to fire a guy if its going to help the organization and you have something better lined up, but its not smart to fire him as a punishment when the backup might not be any better and not have any money to work with. I'd ultimately have no problem if Hendry was fired if the Cubs don't make the playoffs (though as I've said I'm not confident at all that his replacement would be any better) but for better or for worse I don't see it happening due to the mess of the sale. Part of me hopes that I'm wrong and that the money is there but if the payroll is effectively frozen or with minimal increase for the time being it would be pretty redundant to bring in someone new since they'd have next to nothing to work with.
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Let's quit screwing around and sign Bump Wills NOW.
