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StrikeZone

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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #60 on: August 26, 2011, 11:17:50 pm »
After hearing all these "name" GMs "interested" in the job, I hope we're not going to be disappointed with the final hire.
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Deeg

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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #61 on: August 27, 2011, 12:52:48 am »
If Theo Epstein is really interested - and that's a huge if - he blows all the other candidates out of the water.
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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #62 on: August 27, 2011, 01:04:09 am »
My favorite would be Epstein but I wouldn't want to have to pay any compensation to the Red Sox-- for me that would be a deal breaker.
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Jes Beard

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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #63 on: August 27, 2011, 08:06:35 am »
Have the A's built a large stockpile of young talent or do they have a wealth of riches in their farm system as the result of Beane's incredibly astute drafts or of handling arbitration and draft picks?

Or is he really just sort of a middling GM who acquired the reputation for genius as a result of a book which focused on the application of a SABR approach to the old market advice of buying straw hats in winter?

Buying assets which are undervalued is not really an incredibly brilliant approach, and it is one which the discipline imposed by small budgets lends itself to.

At this point virtually any GM interested in combining traditional scouting with a statistical or SABR based analysis to roster, draft or player development decisions, would seemingly make roughly the same decisions Beane made.

I wouldn't be upset if the Cubs had Beane.  The fact that he has long embraced adding a statistical component to such decisions would be a major improvement over Hendry.... but doesn't Beane also have a history of essentially imposing rigid controls over his field managers... controls which have not really had a great record of success?
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Ron

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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #64 on: August 27, 2011, 08:46:07 am »
Well, if Billy Beane came to the Cubs it would be interesting.  Either they would become the greatest baseball franchise ever (given the Cubs' resources and Beane's brilliance) or ...

Seriously, I'm not entirely sure how I'd feel about that.  I have a lot of respect for Beane, but I'm not at all convinced that the reality matches the hype.

Still, it's good that there are signs that Ricketts could end up just about having his pick of potential GMs.
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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #65 on: August 27, 2011, 08:53:44 am »
Any time "genius" is used in front of Beane's name, it should be preceded by "self-described".
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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #66 on: August 27, 2011, 08:57:22 am »
Billy Beane hasn't had a winning record since 2006. 

I think he's probably past his sell by date.  He started the stats based trend, but there are GM's out there now who are younger, more driven, and do it better than he does.  We need to focus on one of those guys.
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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #67 on: August 27, 2011, 09:20:08 am »
Theo could be made President/GM and it would be a promotion and no compensation would be needed. 
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Deeg

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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #68 on: August 27, 2011, 11:55:18 am »
I'd let Epstein have whatever title he wants.  Grand Pooobah, Head Janitor, Ayatollah, whatever.
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StrikeZone

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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #69 on: August 27, 2011, 12:10:50 pm »
That would be great except Ricketts doesn't want to displace Crane Kenney, who is indispensable, for some unknown reason.
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Ron

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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #70 on: August 27, 2011, 02:08:23 pm »
Ricketts seemed to make clear that Kennedy's role would be limited to the business (non-baseball) side of things.  So I'm not sure if his role will have any effect on hiring a GM (and whatever other titles come with the role).
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Eastcoastfan

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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #71 on: August 27, 2011, 09:48:20 pm »
It's been proven on WC site many times that Hendry did more with his resources than Theo did with his.  Why on earth would we want to take a step backwards? 
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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #72 on: August 28, 2011, 09:36:43 am »
No wonder P2 didn't respond to my Ng man pun.  It's pronounced "ang."  Most people that have the Ng name that I know pronounce it "new."  Sorry about that.
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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #73 on: August 28, 2011, 09:44:46 am »
Quote from: CurtOne on August 28, 2011, 09:36:43 am
No wonder P2 didn't respond to my Ng man pun.  It's pronounced "ang."  Most people that have the Ng name that I know pronounce it "new."  Sorry about that.
Don't worry, Curt.  You'll get the Ng of it.
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JeffH

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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
« Reply #74 on: August 28, 2011, 09:46:26 am »
That's a pun with a British twist.
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