Neal and Company

by letsgobuccos79 on Jan 23, 2009 11:54 PM EST Comment 12 comments

Dejean reports that the first question asked at tonight's Q & A was the following:

"Why is it that, anytime you get somebody decent like Jason Bay, you have to get rid of him?"

Can anyone tell me when Neal and Company traded away "somebody decent" before the Bay and Nady trades? I'm sick of people talking about the current "regime" as if they had a hand in the past 16 losing seasons. Unfortunately for Neal and Co. they didn't have a hand in it, but rather it was what was handed to them.

What has Neal Huntington done that has hurt this organization? For once we have options for starting pitchers (No more VanBenny starting every time someone goes down) and we have legitimate prospects with names other than McCutchen and Walker. Neal is doing everything right.

Neal Huntington is not Dave Littlefield, nor is he Cam Bonifay. Despite the fact that he may do similar things to what they did, the difference is, Neal is doing those things right.

I'm frustrated with the years of losing too, but I'm smart enough to realize that for once we have front office personel who are doing things right. These guys have been here for less than two years. Give them a chance. Where have they done us wrong?

Mark my words: "Years from now people will be praising Neal and this front office staff for how they turned a perenial loser into World Champions."

Keep doing your thing Neal.

Poll

Do you approve of the job Neal Huntington and the front office staff have done thus far?

Yes

56 votes

No

1 votes

50-50 (I like some things they've done, but others not so much)

7 votes

Too early to tell

8 votes

Other

0 votes

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I don’t have all the context, but it seems an appropriate question to ask the guys who showed up as team representatives. If they’re going to embrace the legacy of Barney Dreyfuss and Joe L. Brown, then they’re stuck with DL, too.

Neal is following a reasonable plan, but it remains uncertain as to whether he is executing well within that plan. The perceived success of the 2008 draft depends largely on players who, at most, made token appearances last year. In the Nady/Bay trades, we acquired at least two players who were damaged goods. The draft and Latin America together will either make or break NH, but it’s not real clear yet that the organization has the evaluation skills necessary to execute the plan.

by Arnold Rothstein on Jan 24, 2009 1:46 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think that's a really good point

Mainly what I am frustrated with is how people criticize them as if they have already done something wrong. This season is key because his acquisitions will finally get a chance to play. But to say the staff is doing a bad job right now when the players and staff they’ve acquired haven’t even had time to showcase their stuff? I don’t understand it.

But I think you have a really good point.

by letsgobuccos79 on Jan 24, 2009 2:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Arnold

Be careful! Do not questions the front offices’ “evaluation skills”.

You might be in danger of being labeled a wacko and a heretic.

by thegunner on Jan 24, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Arnold has noted

that there is still uncertainty surrounding the regime, and that the Bucs acquired a couple of players in those trades who where were nursing injuries—things that most posters here would agree with. None of what he said comes close to the lunacy you’ve posted over the last couple months.

by DITO on Jan 25, 2009 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey Dito - Quote From Albert Einstein

“Great spirits have always faced violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

by thegunner on Jan 25, 2009 4:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

What you don't understand is, you're the mediocre mind

And the open-minds with great spirit embrace the possibilities of science. Like, say , sabermetrics. I’m really not sure if you have a mediocre mind, but it appears small and closed.

by azibuck on Jan 25, 2009 5:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't believe

you just compared yourself to Einstein.

by DITO on Jan 25, 2009 8:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey Dito!

I quoted Einstein.

I did not compare myself to him.

But if you would like a comparison, I will say that Einstein knows more about the theory of relativity than I do.

But I know more about baseball than he did!

by thegunner on Jan 26, 2009 12:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

hey gunner

maybe you didn’t explicitly compare yourself to einstein. but otherwise, what was the point of what you said? did you add anything to the conversation? azibuck was right, it’s been proven repeatably that you are the smaller mind. i actually feel sorry for you.

by richmondpirate on Jan 26, 2009 3:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs