Smith actually acquired players to help the Twins win rather than always trading for the future. Pavano, Cabrera, Fuentes, Rauch were all keys in making the postseason. Signing Hudson, Thome, and acquiring Hardy were good moves. I think he was backed into a corner by Ryan up and quitting on the Hunter and Santana deals. Trading Garza and Bartlett for Young didn't work out but Young was the type of young hitter everyone had been clamoring about forever. It's a shame it didn't work out. In the end the only thing I really blame him for is Ramos for Capps and really that doesn't make that big a difference as Ramos has not exactly been the second coming of Johnny Bench.