This forum is for ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS.
Says so on the front.
Adam Dunn, Bonifaco, Hudson, Quentin - they are NOT DIAMONDBACKS.
If you want to follow their seasons, start a thread in the smack forum like the Laker fans do.
Discussing mistakes is one thing. TO obsess, and post daily updates on ex-Diamondbacks is STUPID, POINTLESS and detracts from those of us that are focused on the PRESENT, not a bunch of shoulda coulda wouldas
You move onto the future by learning about the past, and the Dbacks have given up on good young players, which is about to happen again with Upton cause he sits one day, then goes 0-4 another and then sits two days and then is told to hit his way into the lineup the next, if you can't see it your blind.
Young players have been set up to fail under Bob Melvin. If Stephen Drew were elsewhere, he'd be an MVP candidate. If Conor Jackson were elsewhere, he'd be a batting title contender, if Reynolds were somewhere else, he'd hit 40 bombs, and when the organization gives up on Upton, we are going to see him get great too.
Bonafacio, Barden, Drew, Jackson, Upton, Reynolds, Young, Quentin are all in similar boats, and what I've seen from Quentin and what I am seeing in Bonafacio is frustrating, cause the team is trying to play an ancient Tony Clark, a crappy Eric Byrnes, and others that hinders the development of young players.
Drew developed because he was put at SS everyday, even though some days Ojeda may have been better. Quentin, Upton, Young, and Reynolds have all had their strings pulled from different directions not allowing them to settle in and produce.
What kind of message does that send to Reynolds and Upton when they are not in the starting lineup opening day? Give me a ****ign break. Webb got the start dispite his struggles in spring didn't he?
DBacks and Suns are both falling apart because of the lack of Colangelos.
Colangelos allowed for the development of Drew, Webb, and the beginning of Young...
Colangelos also allowed Barbosa to stink up the joint and let Joe Johnson run point for half a season and Amare to practice things in game situations. People who don't understand the athletic and mental side of sports are running the Arizona sports teams, all they understand is the money side....