That's bad news for the Cubs. Hopefully they won't hire a competent person. Meh, Melvin was fine as a GM. He never had much in the way of a payroll to work with. So he took his time, put together a very competitive team for a few years, and is eating dust now that they've left their competitive window. He's not the guy I'd have heading up my list of candidates if I was an owner looking for a new GM. But he'd be a great GM for a team with a strong/involved team president. Right. He couldn't afford to keep Fielder, they gambled on trading for Sabathia and Greinke and couldn't afford to keep either of them. He turned out Fielder, Braun, Lucroy, Weeks, Hart, Hardy, traded for Sabathia, Greinke, Gomez, Lind, K-Rod. I'm sure I'm forgetting guys. He made some good moves. They just never had enough home grown pitching and couldn't afford to keep most guys, Braun got busted, etc...