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  1. wsnydes
    I mean, that worked so well this season.
  2. wsnydes
    No worries, I don't feel like you're picking on me. I agree with you completely actually. I didn't want them to hold a fire sale, still don't now. I think it would have been a mistake to go all in, yet I think more could have been done without mortgaging the farm (even though I would have disagreed with the intent). I think it was the frustration of the prior offseason and continuation of more of the same - half-assing things in hopes that something good happens. Neither rebuilding nor trying to contend. In essence, they were just treading water - neither drowning nor swimming to shore. That mentality carried into this past offseason and into the early part of the season when it was obvious that the fork had been stuck in them. I think it largely still exists today. I just want this team to decide on where they are and work to move in that direction. Quit treading water. It's time to commit to the future by allowing the youth to take over and to build from that.
  3. wsnydes
    I'd classify myself as exceedingly patient with things of this nature, probably to a fault at times. I was in the group that didn't really want them to do much at the deadline as well. I didn't think they were good enough either. If they did anything at all, it should be to improve for the future. I was far more irritated that they didn't commit one way or the other though. They neither sold, nor completely went for it. The lack of commitment to a direction is what was slowly eroding my support anyway. Last season just brought me to that tipping point faster.
  4. wsnydes
    Yup, I was one of the ultra patient ones. I maintained that I was okay with the approach as long as their was a noticeable plan. That started to go away at the start of last season, declined sharply at the trade deadline when they neither stayed out of the race or went all in, and then evaporated completely when they did nothing during this past offseason. The start of this season infuriated me beyond explanation.
  5. wsnydes
    I expect Molitor to continue to try to win games. However, I expect him to try to win games using players that could be the future of this franchise. I expect him to manage the game and make decisions based on winning the game so that those players learn how to win at this level. Could that approach be detrimental in the near term? Yes. I don't care about the near term however, I care about the future.
  6. wsnydes
    I agree completely. But of the names you named and the names I named, which ones have back to back World Series appearances and a ring? Lady luck is always on the side of winners, whether it be remaining healthy with key players or getting somebody playing out their minds, or getting the calls, or simply having the schedule end up playing in their favor.
  7. wsnydes
    I agree with this completely. I'm out of patience, but I see overreacting to this season as bad as underreacting to last season. I really don't want this team to turn into the next Pittsburgh where they're completely irrelevant for two decades. At some point, now IMHO, you have to let things work naturally a little bit.
  8. wsnydes
    Pffft. Crazy talk. It's not as though children are the country's future or anything...
  9. wsnydes
    Oh, that's what he meant? I thought that he meant that the kids were underpaid. I never knew that the US sweatshop workers were so underpaid. I wondered why wasn't this a bigger story?!
  10. wsnydes
    I imagine that they'd want to succeed from that as well. Those Texans are rather rebellious that way. Geologic facts be damned!
  11. wsnydes
    As long as Vanimal keeps recommending BBQ joints, I think we've got to continue to include Texas.
  12. wsnydes
    FTFY.
  13. wsnydes
    True. But the Royals built a winner without a superstar type. As good as Gordon, Hosmer, and Moustakas are, none are Bryant.
  14. wsnydes
    I think it's too early to really know what we have. That's why it was important for them to play as much as possible this season. When Bryant came up, the Cubs didn't know for sure that they had a core group coming up around him. Like Pinch said, patience is needed right now, like it or not. That's why in one of our other discussions, I was advocating to wheel and deal next offseason, not this coming one. This team needs to figure out what it has first so that it doesn't try to build around a potentially great core instead of one that has planted it's roots.
  15. wsnydes
    I've listed several times examples of fundamental plays that keep getting messed up. If these ills aren't as bad as they seem, they wouldn't be on pace for 100+ losses. How many of these do I want fixed at once? All of them, that's what a coaching staff is for. Sloppy play is the same thing as a lack of fundamentals, at least in my view. Beyond that, we're obviously at the point where we'll have to agree to disagree. I'm sure we can both agree on that.
  16. wsnydes
    I keep score at the games I attend which will be about 25 this season. Beyond that I am not tracking this. However, sloppy play is still a constant with this team. Sloppy play is a sign of poor fundamentals. These are things that should be virtually nonexistent at this point of the season. Improvement or not, their play is still far too sloppy for September. That's a problem. That's on the coaches to fix.
  17. wsnydes
    I never said they weren't addressing them. I'm saying that what they're doing isn't working. It's not getting through to them. That's all. I don't expect things to be corrected overnight, but they should be improving by mid September.
  18. wsnydes
    It's not perception, it's observation. The same mistakes are made over and over again. I should not see Polanco and Dozier line up for a cutoff to third when the play is at 2B and no play will be at 3B in mid September. I never said that I believe the players or coaches are ignoring fundamentals. I'm saying that whatever they are doing isn't working. I can say that because these mistakes are still taking place. There are countless examples of missed cutoff.men, throwing to the wrong base, poor situational awareness, etc. The big leagues is a horrible place to learn fundamentals. Unfortunately, that's exactly what has to occur here.
  19. wsnydes
    Nobody is saying that someone should be pulled everytime a fundamental mistake is made. They should be addressed as they occur. If the same mistakes are made over and over again by the same player, that's a habitual problem that needs to be handled differently. That's on the player too, but it's also on the manager.
  20. wsnydes
    I kindly ask you to reread my entire post instead of taking the last paragraph out of context. I answer all of your questions, which I felt we are in agreement on mostly. I'll add that if your minor league system fails you, that means that the big league manager needs to pick up the slack. Should it happen? Again, no. Fact of the matter is that it must on this team. Considering the same mistakes made in April are still made in September, that tells me that those fundamentals aren't being addressed by the big league staff. That is solely on the big league staff. We're talking fundamentals, not things like Buxton's BA.
  21. wsnydes
    Exactly. It's been said in other threads that fundamentals are not reliant on talent level. Even a poor talent team can use good fundamentals as a crutch to keep them in games consistently.
  22. wsnydes
    I too expected this season to be a train wreck. Like you, not to this extent however. The development that I'm speaking about mostly is fundamental things. These guys are making the same mistakes that they were making in April. That's a lack of improvement. I expect ups and downs, especially from the youth. But I also expect to see the ups getting higher and the lows not getting as deep. I'm not really talking about Buxton's inability to hit earlier and the like. Like you, those are things I expect from youth and will apply patience too. These guys need time to learn at the MLB level. I'm fine with that. Poor baserunning, not hitting cut off men, not throwing to the correct base, not lining a cut off to the correct base, poor situational awareness, etc are the things that the organization hasn't instilled in these guys. That is on the organization as a whole. That being said, these guys don't get any better at those same things while here. That's a Molitor issue. He shouldn't have to be teaching those things, that I'll agree with to the bitter end. Fact of the matter is that he does have to, and those things aren't improving. I don't really care about the record of this team, especially at this point. I agree with your 65th win out of 64 comment completely. What I've expected and wanted all season long is to see improvement from the youth of this organization. That isn't happening. That's what bothers me. That's why I have issues with Molitor as manager.
  23. wsnydes
    No doubt. I'm far more worried about the lack of development for players that have spent significant time in the majors under Molitor. I definitely understand, and even agree with to a large extent, your original point. I just put a bit more stock in the value of a quality manager, even on a poor talent team. I also feel that the big league manager can help set the tone for the minor league clubs. Losing it and of itself isn't the issue to me. I'm not saying that I like the losing, I definitely do not. I'm always far more bothered by how my favorite teams lose. Playing well and getting beat by a superior team on the day is fine with me. It happens. It's the kicking the ball around, playing poor fundamentals and beating themselves that will always bother me far more.
  24. wsnydes
    That's good, cause if I'm buying that's all you're getting!
  25. wsnydes
    Molson Ice, right?
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