tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post537121708668477048..comments2024-03-12T03:10:18.207-04:00Comments on Shey Hey: The More Things Change...Coachiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11974339017277461426noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-66278192751372305012009-08-11T14:11:21.935-04:002009-08-11T14:11:21.935-04:00No, I don't necessarily think Ricco with full ...No, I don't necessarily think Ricco with full autonomy would be a bad thing, but I'll be immediately skeptical of any new GM that doesn't shake up the organization early on.cannatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075050556853049394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-10443510199487181572009-08-11T14:00:59.890-04:002009-08-11T14:00:59.890-04:00I'm not as sold on the Orioles turnaround, but...I'm not as sold on the Orioles turnaround, but sure. <br /><br />More comments than Frowns today. SUCK IT, FRIZZIES!Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195900491166051592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-90451990611164961642009-08-11T13:59:00.928-04:002009-08-11T13:59:00.928-04:00The Orioles were in a similar boat when Angelos fa...The Orioles were in a similar boat when Angelos fancied himself a baseball guy and handed out stupid contracts. He finally got the message and let MacPhail run the team, and you can see a bright future ahead. The Mets are in a position where they can speed up the process because of the resources they have.Fred Couponhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02739498524254929759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-11657247158935412532009-08-11T13:54:51.446-04:002009-08-11T13:54:51.446-04:00I guess my question then is whether or not you thi...I guess my question then is whether or not you think John Ricco, with full autonomy, would necessarily be a bad thing. And I'm guessing there's no way to prove it one way or the other. But he won't have full autonomy either way.<br /><br />I would say it's moot, but I don't have to root for the team. Uh, go Mets?Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195900491166051592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-12966878148573264842009-08-11T13:51:47.371-04:002009-08-11T13:51:47.371-04:00Stole this from someone else, but the Met situatio...Stole this from someone else, but the Met situation is like the one the country faced in November 2008: it didn't need another Washington 'insider.'Fred Couponhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02739498524254929759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-87244063580781986282009-08-11T13:50:59.365-04:002009-08-11T13:50:59.365-04:00Bryan -
I guess my ultimate hope is that Jeff Wi...Bryan - <br /><br />I guess my ultimate hope is that Jeff Wilpon wakes up one day and suddenly realizes that his family does a terrible job of running a baseball team. Some owners are more hands-on and some are more hands-off. I'm hoping that Jeff Wilpon becomes a bit more self-aware and decides to become a very hands-off owner.<br /><br />A smaller hope is that the Wilpons at least realize that the way they've been doing things hasn't been working and are willing to make some serious changes to the way the organization is run. <br /><br />If they hire someone from the outside and give them full autonomy, I'll take that as sign that the Wilpons have realized that things aren't working and are willing to be somewhat more hands-off to help change things.cannatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075050556853049394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-62387649313620688472009-08-11T13:41:15.719-04:002009-08-11T13:41:15.719-04:00That is, I don't know how you reconcile your v...That is, I don't know how you reconcile your views on this whole thing with anything other than, yes, remove the Wilpons. It seems all the rest is guesswork. I'm guessing anyone Wilpon hired, even from outside the organization, would be someone he thought ran the team to his liking. So I don't see the distinction then between outside of or inside the organization.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195900491166051592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-76937444821016646512009-08-11T13:37:21.358-04:002009-08-11T13:37:21.358-04:00It's not another "industry" if you h...It's not another "industry" if you hire a different baseball guy. They're all baseball guys.<br /><br />Sounds like the owner is ultimately the problem and any "best practices" solution to this is just wasted air because of that.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195900491166051592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-61104334672127294392009-08-11T13:20:39.690-04:002009-08-11T13:20:39.690-04:00MZA hit the nail on the head - the only solution i...MZA hit the nail on the head - the only solution is to kill the Wilpons (or buy them out).cannatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075050556853049394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-27828420789559970092009-08-11T13:20:26.828-04:002009-08-11T13:20:26.828-04:00If you're the Chairman of the Board of a compa...If you're the Chairman of the Board of a company that has been consistently underperforming its competitors for the last 18 years, do you (a) fire the CEO and replace him with the CFO, who has never worked for any company in the industry other than yours, and keep all of your other senior decision makers in place; or (b) interview a variety of candidates who have held senior positions at competitors who have performed much better than your company, and ask them what changes need to be made to your company in order get the results that these superior companies are achieving?cannatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075050556853049394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-71915878593320659782009-08-11T13:13:37.811-04:002009-08-11T13:13:37.811-04:00like a new owner?like a new owner?Mattingly's Mustachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023406117003916090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-15939989903216135792009-08-11T13:06:07.354-04:002009-08-11T13:06:07.354-04:00I can reconcile it thusly:
I can tell from the ou...I can reconcile it thusly:<br /><br />I can tell from the outside how the Mets organization as a whole is functioning - I can see what transactions they've made over the years, I can see how the players they've developed have turned out in the major leagues, etc. <br /><br />I can also look at the last 18 years and see the common pattern of promoting GMs from within (I realize that Omar was the exception, but he hadn't been gone from the organization long).<br /><br />I'm not arguing that John Ricco himself is not intelligent, not knowledgeable, not capable of being a baseball GM. I'm arguing that based on their publicly available track record, the Mets organization has not been run well. Therefore, I believe that the organization needs to be completely revamped, which can be much more easily accomplished by someone from outside the organization who has complete autonomy.cannatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075050556853049394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-78999337956648813682009-08-11T13:02:16.797-04:002009-08-11T13:02:16.797-04:00I think that's silly. Any organization has goo...I think that's silly. Any organization has good people and bad people, institutional people and smart people merely working within an institution under someone else's control. Case-by-case basis.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195900491166051592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-51971814136709135172009-08-11T12:56:37.213-04:002009-08-11T12:56:37.213-04:00As I've said before, every scout, doctor, and ...As I've said before, every scout, doctor, and instructor has to go. Get started by firing people now because it's gonna be a long turnover process.Fred Couponhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02739498524254929759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25417895.post-73977947922399658372009-08-11T12:09:49.001-04:002009-08-11T12:09:49.001-04:00I don't know how you reconcile this argument w...I don't know how you reconcile this argument with the "I don't know anything about Tony Bernazard" one.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195900491166051592noreply@blogger.com