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As I have said over quite a few posts in the past, it's easy to sit back and critcize Hendry, but the GM's job is much harder than we want to admit. As you stated, people wanted Drew and/or Abreu and they're not doing much. The argument over Giles still amazes me that people don't realize that Giles was not going to leave San Diego. When people complain about the team being good on paper, that's all a GM can do because the players have to perform on the field. The power numbers for Lee and Soriano are totally unexpected, but I'm sure some critics would say that Hendry is to blame for not forseeing this. Hendry has made plenty of mistakes, but non-performance by players that are expected to perform can't be blamed on him. No, I blame him. It's his type of player that he likes so much that is the problem at times. He doesn't look at all the numbers. He just looks at power and speed and then wonders why these guys K every time men are on base. He IS the problem. Any other GM could do MUCH better than Jimbo with this payroll. For his one good move there are 2-3 moves that leave you scratching your head. I'm also sure all GM's were laughing their ass off when they saw him sign Soriano to that RIDICULOUS contract. He's a terrible GM and should have been gone long ago. The fact that he is still here shows you how inept this organization still is. Well, I'm glad you don't exaggerate. It isn't an exaggeration at all.

I hate Mariotti http://www.suntimes.com/sports/mariotti/399793,CST-SPT-jay24.article How is the view up there Jay

Confirming our suspicisions, some random, fat, 50 year old drunk, shut down the Cubs offense. Thats about it. Hendry and Piniella blamed Sean Marshall for the loss following the game and traded him for Chone Figguns who brings alot of tools and "grit" to the Cubs.

on a serious note, I do agree with the poster who said we should have hired Fredi Gonzales. I'm tired of the retread managers. I had high hopes for Piniella, but it is the same crap. Kissing veteran's asses day after day, and throwing young players under the bus. It needs to stop.

That's actually a pretty good idea. It would probably get old quick the way he would ask the other managers to kneel before the game at the lineup swaps, though. He wouldn't have to ask. It would just be done.

A football GM job is difficult. Baseball is not. Hendry chooses to make it difficult by handicapping himself with complete incompetence. How do you support this opinion beyond the basic conclusion? Baseball is a very simple sport. It's very easy to tell who is going to contribute what to a team. Football is complicated, and there is something to getting the right pieces to work together. There's very little in the way of objective analysis in football, at least compared to baseball, where track records tell you a hell of a lot of what guys are going to do in the future. Add in the fact that football has a salary cap while baseball does not, and Hendry has been given a top payroll every year, and the difference is even larger. Hendry targets people that everybody knows are the wrong guys. Hendry has a 1960 mentality while being lapped by GM's who know it's 2007. His failings have been completely predictable. His job has been simple and he sabotaged it. A baseball GM who has to operate at a lower payroll has a more difficult job, but a high payroll baseball GM has tremendous advantages over just about any other sports GM out there. There is no excuse for a top 5 type payroll baseball team to fail to win 90+ games every year. The hardest part about the job of baseball GM is climbing the old boys club ladder and getting the job. The job itself is not particularly hard, for a high pressure management type business. I'm pretty sure that if baseball was stuctured with a salary cap like the NFL, Hendry would assemble the worst team in modern professional sports.

I am hardly a Hendry apologist. I know that, I was just refering to previous posts in this thread. The bottom line is that the Cubs have not been performing. This is Hendry's fault. He is the GM. He should be removed.

good grief, the Hendry apolgists amaze me.... :twisted:

I nominate General Zod for next Cubs manager http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/adc/10101814A~Terence-Stamp-General-Zod-Posters.jpg

yep, get swept Cubs, you worthless trashbags.

good job 'strap.

meh, Jock on deck, I would have sent Derosa home.

that would suck for the Bulls Why? I don't think either one is a good fit for the Bulls and both are likely to get selected after 9 in the draft. It sucks for teams in the teens, though. Less depth in the draft if it happens. While Green isn't a fit, many mocks had him going before the Bulls pick at 9. Hibbert could be a good fit for the Bulls, either way it shrinkens the pool of talented players when their pick is up at #9

that would suck for the Bulls

Aldridge has a bum ticker.

I can't believe I got both tickets for 3.59! Awesome! 8-)

what a piece of crap. No business in MLB.

Don't give the current president credit for this. This has been on the drawing board for years and was supposed to go with the triangle building that was shelved. It was decided this was a good time. What is the bug up your butt with MacPhail? Are you kidding me? He was one of the worst things to ever happen to the Cubs, a real POS. He hamstrung the Cubs during his tenure never allowing them the $$$ to go out and get big name free agents. You must work for the Tribune.

wow, Guzman stuff is nasty. He sure belongs in the mop up role in the Bullpen Hendry. Freakin moron.

He has given up more runs that the Cubs have scored.

probably while drunk too. I thought this was a given, I didn't realize he pitches sober now and then.

WTF has happened to Rich Hill! :twisted:

The key to this offseason is to ensure that Noah is not a Chicago Bull

Yep. Shipping Oden and Durant out west is very nice. I wonder what Portland's asking price for Randolph will now be. Nocioni and a next years 1st.

hahaha yeah right Why not? People act like Portland has been a dormat forever. Well since about 1992 they got out of the 1st round of the playoffs once and haven't been there for the last couple years at all so ya they suck. Not for long. It would take terrible coaching to not win with that young core they will have.