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Roch says he doesn't expect to hear news today.....it is pretty unbelievable that things are dragging out like this.

If MacPhail does come back, the most important thing is that he and Buck are both comfortable with the arrangement and on the same page about the direction of the franchise. The worst possible thing would be a situation where the two aren't seeing eye-to-eye, there are ambiguities about who has authority to do what, and both are having to go to Angelos to try to get their way.

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What is amazing to me is that you have had plenty of time to have this decision made.

This pathetic organization has seen their season over since July and yet,you have no idea what you are going to do?

Angelos is the worst.

Allow me to interrupt the general hand-wringing festival for this brief announcement -

For years, this is so par for the course with Angelos. It's not going to change! I don't like it. However, at the moment, I'm much more ticked off that the Yankees are still in the playoffs.

I asked this in another thread, so I'll try this again. Does it matter that the announcement, if any, comes this week instead of last week? Really?

"If it makes anyone feel better, the Red Sox need a manager and they might need a general manager. The Angels and Cubs need a GM. " - Roch

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it is pretty unbelievable that things are dragging out like this.

I disagree... It is extremely believable. This is the Orioles...

It seems odd to me that Buck (and pretty much all of the media) hinted that we would know something by last Thursday. AM and PA meet now this is dragging. To me and this is speculation only of course but AM was headed out the door and PA made a convincing case to stay. I can't think that money is what would keep him here so what is it.

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I would like to see AM back and am mildly encouraged by the news - though the process is a bit more complicated than necessary.

I think 2011 was a decent year from the GM's point of view - many solid/strong moves on the trade front, international prospects emerging, etc.

I think when we hired Buck that our FO between AM and BS was the best we've seen in years and I still feel that way.

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Nobody should want to see that because it means the Orioles do not care about winning.

We won't win anything with Andy MacPhail as GM.

This is absolutely ridiculous. No matter whether or not AM is capable of winning, it does not say the Orioles don't care about winning because they obviously think he can.

I wouldn't agree with the decision, but I'm also not comfortable questioning their integrity, which apparently you have no problem doing. :rolleyestf:

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Would certainly seem like par for the course for this organization. In fact, how they are handling this entire situation is exactly why this organization is in the position it's currently in right now. Angelos has never made a definitive decision in his life without taking a long time to make the decisions.

I'm pretty sure all Orioles organization decision are done in Old Entish ( And yes, that's pretty much the geekiest thing I've posted on here) ;)

This is 100% correct and nobody should be surprised in the least if this is how it plays out.

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Roch says he doesn't expect to hear news today.....it is pretty unbelievable that things are dragging out like this.

If MacPhail does come back, the most important thing is that he and Buck are both comfortable with the arrangement and on the same page about the direction of the franchise. The worst possible thing would be a situation where the two aren't seeing eye-to-eye, there are ambiguities about who has authority to do what, and both are having to go to Angelos to try to get their way.

The unbelievable thing would be that you would expect anything different.
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