Jerry To Retire?

[NickelBack]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0806dbacks06-ON.html

 

[Djaughe]

Shoulda retired after he got his WS ring.

 

[AZZenny]

Shoulda retired after he got his WS ring.


Only if he took GM JoeBlows with him!!

Hey, I am forever grateful to JC for bringing major league baseball to the Valley, and I think he needed to shepherd things a bit after 2001 - but the timing of this feels OK, change IS needed, and for some unknown reason, Moorad seems like an OK choice to me. Smooth, articulate, supposed to be a fairly decent person (for an agent), a hard negotiator who won't be intimidated, and baseball has always been his true love.

Get us a good GM and don't trade away great prospects for short-term gain, and I am on board until proven otherwise.

 

[az240zz]

I just want to say thank you to Mr Colangelo for all he has done to bring baseball here.

Az240z


I would guess that the new management will get their own GM.

 

[Ryanwb]

They were speculating on the radio that Joe G Jr and Dozier are gone after the season

 

[BC867]

Hey, I am forever grateful to JC for bringing major league baseball to the Valley, and I think he needed to shepherd things a bit after 2001 - but the timing of this feels OK, change IS needed, and for some unknown reason, Moorad seems like an OK choice to me. Smooth, articulate, supposed to be a fairly decent person (for an agent), a hard negotiator who won't be intimidated, and baseball has always been his true love.

Get us a good GM and don't trade away great prospects for short-term gain, and I am on board until proven otherwise.

You all know that I've resented how Jerry surrounded himself with neophytes to keep control.

Here's hoping that Jeff Moorad operates as a true CEO and surrounds himself with experienced, knowledgible baseball pros as the D'backs lift themselves back to being contenders.

I appreciate very much how Jerry turned Phoenix into a Major League city and helped rebuild downtown.

Forcing him to step away from running the team was going to happen sooner or later. It's time for the team to move on.

 

[FanOfTheGame1]

Really would like to see an "org chart" for the team, just to know where all the various presidents, vice-presidents, etc. fit in. Who reports to whom, who really has "control".

It's getting as bad as a corporation with 50,000 employees. Everybody's in charge, and nobody's in charge.

 

[Dan H]

It really sounds like the new ownership is going to cheapen out.

What chances do we have of getting better? Is our minor league system good enough that we can build up that way and not spend a ton of cash?

 

[jmcclain19]

Before everyone jumps on JoeG's stewardship, realize how many home grown guys have played for the Dbacks this season and last, and how many future studs are just waiting to show their skills in the next few years.

That kind of depth doesn't happen by accident.

Yeah, he's made some bonehead trades. Especially the Sox/Schilling deal. But if Richie Sexson is still playing, hitting 50 bombs and 120RBI's, and the Dbacks are around 500, he looks much smarter.

 

[AZZenny]

Mike Rizzo drafts very well. Tommy Jones has run an excellent minor league program. Joe has supported them, presumably. Taking Steven Drew was a questionable move IMO, but did follow the "best player available" model. We do have a good farm system, although it is a bit weak on defense, speed, and OBP. We have 4 or 5 real top prospects in the pipeline, no question about it, who will make most of the guys we have called up here thus far pale by comparison. If we pick as well next year as we did in 2003, with (most likely) #1 slot, it could get a lot deeper fast.

BUT - I still contend that the vast majority of contracts given, trades made, and FA signings from after the 2000 season to present - i.e., when Buck's influence was gone - have been short-sighted, have ignored future budget constraints and market realities, have been influenced by sentimentality, demonstrated no hard-nosed negotiating ability, and have often shown a stunning disregard for which player stats are meaningful and in what context, what kinds of players are easily replaced, and what kinds of players are NOT replaceable.

You can't evaluate the Sexson trade without factoring in they had to dump Schilling fast, at any cost, to clear salary for Sexson, not pick up Miguel Batista for the same reason, and he had to throw in Capuano to get Milwaukee to take the overpriced contracts of Counsell and Spivey - which were unnecessary sugar-plum rewards for having career years, and moderately out of line with their actual FA market value. (See also: Danny Bautista, Elmer Dessens)
He is not a good GM when he has a budget. He was fine when money was no object. So could we all be!