I think JH is a decent judge of talent, however like any leader good or bad, he is very much a product of those whom he surrounds himself with. He seems to automaticly give the manger a very large say into how the team is constructed. In a sense he himself is a jellydoughnut. While dusty was in town and the more time he spent there the more "dusty type" players filled the roster and he was more of a prune filled doughnut. In the short time Piniella has been there, the types of players seem to serve more of a purpose either long or short term, thereby giving him more of a fruit or even a possible cream filling. There seems to be a slight shift in the front office on the whole as to which types of player to target in FA, trades, and drafts. So if Hendry is capable of evolving himself depends largely on whether he can select a manger that is resouceful and has an accurate grasp as to what they need on the field, and somebody like Tim Wilken (I believe he over sees the farm system) finding young talent like he did in Toronto and Tampa. Though I dont think anybody has been all that turned on by recent drafts, these player could be Hendry and the Cubs saving grace as they try to navigate thru the backloaded contracts Overall I think JH is a work in progress. He seems to be learning but with 5+ years on the job I would expect a gm to have a consistent plan and enough sack to stand up when he should knows something is a bad idea. He alone is judge by his actions and at this point I'd say about a C+ maybe a B- range which is much kinder than I treat somebody like Cashman.
