Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Oxford
For all of you Baird bashers out there, the reason this team sucks is not Allard, but go back to when this team did not have an owner. The minors were gutted to try to keep a respectable team on the field (by signing 3rd tier FA's) while they tried to find an owner. They only had so much money left to them by EK's trust and they had to try to stretch it.
They consistantly drafted "signable" picks, but not the top tier people. Player development was non-existant, no help from the minors. FWIW, the emphasis on the minors has only been for the last 3 years so it will be another 2 years before that bears fruit.
Has Allard made questionable deals, YES, but when you trade for someone elses player how do you know what you are getting. The Braves have the right idea, draft, sign, and develop you own players and fill in with the occasional FA.
BTW, if a person can get an obscene amount of money working for someone else, can you blame him for leaving?
|
Well said.
I don't know how anyone can say blame Baird for the reason this team sucks, he is doing everything in his power to try and make this team respectable, and doing it the right way. How can anybody fault the guy after he basically stole Justin Huber, Denny Bautista, Leo Nunez, and Andy Sisco in less then a year?