Chevy706
07-03-2001, 10:21 AM
Ok, so McClatchy is asking our next GM to meet these guidelines:
1) have Ass. GM or scouting dir. experience
2) have that experience on a good club
3) turn the Pirates around
4) do so without making any personnel changes at all.
Items 1-3 are great ideas. But what in God's name is he doing protecting everybody already in place? If you're not going to let the GM manage, why hire one at all? Protecting McClendon, Clark, Williams, and co. ties the hand of any GM.
We already know that we won't be able to trade Meares, Young, or Bell, and they eat up a good portion of money. Giles, Kendall, A Ram, and Benson are considered untouchables.
What is anybody supposed to get in return for the remaining players that will make a lick of difference?
"The Mac and Mac Show" is downright unbearable. They both want to win, but neither realize that this team is not a 90 game winner, even if Schmidt, Cordova, Benson, Adrian Brown et al are all healthy.
McClatchy, if you're going to be this ridiculous, just end the search now, and save the city some embarrasment.
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1) have Ass. GM or scouting dir. experience
2) have that experience on a good club
3) turn the Pirates around
4) do so without making any personnel changes at all.
Items 1-3 are great ideas. But what in God's name is he doing protecting everybody already in place? If you're not going to let the GM manage, why hire one at all? Protecting McClendon, Clark, Williams, and co. ties the hand of any GM.
We already know that we won't be able to trade Meares, Young, or Bell, and they eat up a good portion of money. Giles, Kendall, A Ram, and Benson are considered untouchables.
What is anybody supposed to get in return for the remaining players that will make a lick of difference?
"The Mac and Mac Show" is downright unbearable. They both want to win, but neither realize that this team is not a 90 game winner, even if Schmidt, Cordova, Benson, Adrian Brown et al are all healthy.
McClatchy, if you're going to be this ridiculous, just end the search now, and save the city some embarrasment.
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