I don't doubt that Hughes is a fantastic scout. I'm sure that he has a near unparalleled eye for talent. But that's not what a GM does. I don't really care if people have qualms about statistical evaluations, it's not perfect, etc. etc. My problem is when people dismiss things out of hand without exploring their value. From both the quotes in the roundtable and that Bruce provided, I don't think there's any reason to expect that if Hughes were the GM he'd put very much stock into true statistical analysis(not just "hey this guy has an OBP higher than that guy, he must be better"). I guess you could say that since he's always been on the scouting end that he's never needed to explore that, but since as a GM you need a balance of the two and Hughes doesn't really show a respect for that balance, he'd be a very poor choice for GM.