tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post6107034889626380453..comments2024-01-06T02:22:33.000-05:00Comments on Camden Depot: The Problem with LaCava's DecisionJon Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-28878700917665079572011-11-02T16:01:53.759-04:002011-11-02T16:01:53.759-04:00Yea, who says the O's need a GM in place for f...Yea, who says the O's need a GM in place for free agency? Nothing but overpaid bums for sale anyway. The O's need a root canal, not a flossing! <br /> I say take your time Peter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-36370284023323753442011-11-02T13:57:32.977-04:002011-11-02T13:57:32.977-04:00Right...basically coming in late means you are goi...Right...basically coming in late means you are going to have to be happy with those carried over. It is not catastrophic but it does leave the transition a bit hamstrung.<br /><br />-JSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-47796569996122174782011-11-02T13:22:06.250-04:002011-11-02T13:22:06.250-04:00Having the new GM/PoBO in place is important for p...Having the new GM/PoBO in place is important for purposes of getting started with appraisal of the system (including determination of which pieces will be shopped and which potential trade targets will be pursued), full review and analysis of processes in place in the front office, and beginning of implementation of new processes. <br /><br />All this not to mention any new F.O. hires and it's that time of year where scouting contracts are sorted out. If the new head honcho wants to make any large changes in the scouting department, this would be the time to start pouching scouts and hiring to fill newly created positions.<br /><br />-NJFNick J Falerishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413352719310759010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-33475674192100755172011-11-02T11:56:01.908-04:002011-11-02T11:56:01.908-04:00That depends on the perspective of the team. If th...That depends on the perspective of the team. If there is reason to them to be competitive this year, then not having a GM is a big issue. If they have a long view then it is not a big issue. I don't think you can discount the former because you think the team should have a long view.<br /><br />-JSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-14391236776077938012011-11-02T11:32:35.036-04:002011-11-02T11:32:35.036-04:00There's no reason to have a "placeholder&...There's no reason to have a "placeholder" in Stockstill or Showalter for a year. Thursday's commencement of free agency is being over-magnified as a trigger for getting this done. Of course there needs to be more urgency to this process, but the Orioles aren't solving anything with free agency—not this year, not for two or three years at least—we are not a marquee free agent away from contending. We are a team that needs substantial restructuring and rebuilding at all levels of the organization, and the number one priority is finding the right person to take that on. Not having that person in place for one FA period is just a blip on the radar.Zacharynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-75251771994752695352011-11-02T10:50:16.828-04:002011-11-02T10:50:16.828-04:00Information I have gotten seems sketchy, but it ha...Information I have gotten seems sketchy, but it has been that if need be Buck will direct with Klentak handling the contracts. Movement on free agents would not be surprising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-59314397715949841242011-11-02T10:33:08.096-04:002011-11-02T10:33:08.096-04:00Do you expect Buck and Matt Klentak to have the au...Do you expect Buck and Matt Klentak to have the authority to make offers to free agents, while the GM position is pending? Or will the front office just be in a holding pattern?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979931406587059376noreply@blogger.com