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I thought it was obvious I was talking about the organization in general. We don't need someone bringing "swag" we need someone who can gets these clowns to work hard and earn that swagger. I love Willie, but he's not the guy and that's not that attitude we need. If anything we need some humility.

Yeah no.....hard pass. Save the swag until you win something. Until then put your head down and run.

This is all great but I'm already terrified about what comes next. How worried should we be about Willie Harris?

What they should do is say goodbye to Abreu and trade Anderson with a throw in salary dump. What they will do is trade Vaughn and re-sign Abreu because White Sox.

Absolutely, he definitely was around in the Schueler era and a part of the talent that was brought in. But that doesn't change the fact that the cupboard was bare when Hahn took over after 12 years of KW. Williams always stuck me as someone who favored "athletics" over baseball acumen. Jared Mitchell immediately jumps to mind along with Keenyn walker. Both Hahn and Williams have skills in areas that can contribute to success but I agree with the assessment somebody made about KW as a grade C gm and Hahn as an F. Regardless they've both been around faaaar too long.

Nay. Told them why. Will go to the opener per usual but any additional will be condional on the effort. And by effort I mean players, staff and front office becausee I saw none this year.

Something to remember is Kenny Williams inherited a wonderful farm system constructed by Ron Schueler. Kenny utilized that to its fullest and while I appreciated him putting competitive teams on the field constantly, his neglect of the farm system (or mismanagement) led to a lot of the problems after he moved upward.

Everybody here knows what should happen. Everybody here knows it won't. And Everybody here will have to sit and watch and hope Hahn magically changes his approach after 10 years of being the worst GM in baseball.

Problem is with the current front office I'd have no hope in a rebuild. It'd just be more bad baseball but cheaper.

Eloy needs to be full time DH and Vaughn full time 1b. Give Jose a heartfelt thank you but it's time to transition. Sign a real right fielder as well and let Pollock fill in as needed for depth. Benintendi by himself not difference maker but a good piece if you're making a few moves.

Any chance in hell they go after Benintendi? Seems to make a lot of sense but we all know how much that means.

In a word......No

Perhaps the most frustrating part of this season was the fans calling out this team very early, and the front office, broadcast booth, and a good portion of the media told us to "calm down, they'll be fine."

They can NOT rebuild yet again. There is no way in blue hell that talent evaluation would change enough, even with a front office overhaul, that another rebuild would work out better. And even the casual fans of this organization are beginning to tire of all this. Change the attitude and approach by reworking this roster. I'm all for trading TA, maybe throwing in a salary dump with him for a solid 2nd baseman. Let Elvis play short for a season, sign a Nimmo type and tinker here and there. Yes, I'm well aware they'll be their usual dumpster diving selves, but the thought of blowing it up again and waiting another 2 or 3 years to compete again is too much even for a lifer like myself.

Being there tonight, even as they tied it in the tenth I wasn't happy. I still knew what was coming. I keep coming back to that double header against Cleveland week 2. Where TA had a few awful errors and Dallas got lit up and they got swept.....that's who they are. A cocky team who thinks they can throw their glove on the field and the Win will be handed to them. Normally a conscious manager can identify this and work to correct it. But from the poor roster construction, to the awful manager, to the entitled players it was a perfect storm which lead to the least enjoyable season I can remember.

Copy that. Looked like a few to Seby were pretty enticing

At the game so not always easy to tell, but sure seems like Civale is hanging a lot of pitches.

Only me and Travis Hafner know the answer to that question...

I've played on teams where bad managers are making bad decisions and yes, everyone knows it and it brings everyone down. That being said you're right, it seemingly effecting them this much is quite alarming.

The approach with runners in scoring position is just horrid. It's like they turn off their brains at the worst moments.

Was there for the bar crawl tonight and watched BP. Some notes of interest: Romy was crushing bombs in BP, looked great. Nice to see him follow through in the game. Kopech looked healthy running down fly balls. Hope they're right and he pitches in Seattle. Moncada took BP, did not look great. Not hitting the ball with any authority. It was nice to see Cairo in the outfield with the boys running around with a fungo having a good time. It's very refreshing. Crowd was electric and I'm starting to invest again after giving up after the Kopech/KC disaster.

No. I'll be emailing Brooks shortly. Will only renew if there is a new manager. It won't be hard this is the first time we've had them since 09. We have tickets for Friday we don't even want. I have no desire to watch this team in person sans Cease, Abreu, Cueto and Vaughn.

How bad is it that I don't even really care? Watch this team get hot as hell now that the Tim Anderson show is on hiatus.

3 hitters in they look absolutely awful.

This team will never win if they have to simultaneously defeat the opposing team and their own manager.