Enough bad moves become devastating, however. If you keep the core of your offense and the core of your rotation intact, and you've selected good players for those positions, you'll be ok. Hendry has done a good job of that the last couple years. His problems have come mostly in the bullpen, the bench, and a couple of the lesser offensive positions. Those mistakes cause frustration but don't hurt the ballclub to a huge degree. He also has issues with overpaying for players. But overpaying for players isn't horrible if you overpay for the right players. And very few of the Cubs high priced players have blown up and been busts. Oh, I forgot to mention Soriano's contract, which will become a tremendous albatross in several years. If you wanted some fuel, you could've mentioned Mike Wuertz.