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#Post#: 30151--------------------------------------------------
Re: Next GM for the Cubs
By: StrikeZone Date: August 26, 2011, 11:17 pm
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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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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
By: Deeg Date: August 27, 2011, 12:52 am
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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
By: Bluebufoon Date: August 27, 2011, 1:04 am
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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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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
By: Jes Beard Date: August 27, 2011, 8:06 am
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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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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
By: Ron Date: August 27, 2011, 8:46 am
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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
By: Cactus Date: August 27, 2011, 8:53 am
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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
By: JR Date: August 27, 2011, 8:57 am
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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
By: CUBluejays Date: August 27, 2011, 9:20 am
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Theo could be made President/GM and it would be a promotion and
no compensation would be needed.
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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
By: Deeg Date: August 27, 2011, 11:55 am
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I'd let Epstein have whatever title he wants. Grand Pooobah,
Head Janitor, Ayatollah, whatever.
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Re: Next GM for the Cubs
By: StrikeZone Date: August 27, 2011, 12:10 pm
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That would be great except Ricketts doesn't want to displace
Crane Kenney, who is indispensable, for some unknown reason.
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