Olney: O's GM Candidates and Search Committee

[OrioleWay27]

Uggh. Potentially bad news reported by the Boston Herald:

Two baseball sources have confirmed that Theo Epstein is on the cusp of leaving his job as general manager of the Red Sox [team stats] to accept a position with the Chicago Cubs that is believed to include powers greater than he has in Boston, with an announcement expected to be made “within the next 24 to 48 hours.”

Epstein leaving would likely be a terrible development for the Orioles, as the Red Sox could easily hire a candidate who otherwise could be a great hire by the Orioles as GM. I hope the Sox aren't still high on LaCava, but I would think they still are. If the stupid Orioles FO and Angelos hadn't been so incredibly incompetent and slow with all of their decisions, they could and should have already been in the interviewing process by now. Instead, the decision on MacPhail dragged on for weeks when it should have been decided before the end of the season.

[clapdiddy]

Uggh. Potentially bad news reported by the Boston Herald:

Epstein leaving would likely be a terrible development for the Orioles, as the Red Sox could easily hire a candidate who otherwise could be a great hire by the Orioles as GM. I hope the Sox aren't still high on LaCava, but I would think they still are. If the stupid Orioles FO and Angelos hadn't been so incredibly incompetent and slow with all of their decisions, they could and should have already been in the interviewing process by now. Instead, the decision on MacPhail dragged on for weeks when it should have been decided before the end of the season.

The new "Oriole Way"!

[allstar1579]

Uggh. Potentially bad news reported by the Boston Herald:

Epstein leaving would likely be a terrible development for the Orioles, as the Red Sox could easily hire a candidate who otherwise could be a great hire by the Orioles as GM. I hope the Sox aren't still high on LaCava, but I would think they still are. If the stupid Orioles FO and Angelos hadn't been so incredibly incompetent and slow with all of their decisions, they could and should have already been in the interviewing process by now. Instead, the decision on MacPhail dragged on for weeks when it should have been decided before the end of the season.

I think Cherrington is the guy there.

[OrioleWay27]

I think Cherrington is the guy there.

I really hope so.

[Brando]

I wonder if the Sux promote him? If not I would look at him. He was completely hamstrung by David Glass in his tenure with the Royals. Has a great eye for talent and should be able to upgrade our scouting.

[VeveJones007]

Uggh. Potentially bad news reported by the Boston Herald:

Epstein leaving would likely be a terrible development for the Orioles, as the Red Sox could easily hire a candidate who otherwise could be a great hire by the Orioles as GM. I hope the Sox aren't still high on LaCava, but I would think they still are. If the stupid Orioles FO and Angelos hadn't been so incredibly incompetent and slow with all of their decisions, they could and should have already been in the interviewing process by now. Instead, the decision on MacPhail dragged on for weeks when it should have been decided before the end of the season.

It's also bad news if you really want the O's to sign Pujols or Fielder. Getting Epstein almost ensures that the Cubs will get public funding for Wrigley, meaning that the team is relieved of $300-$500 million to pay off debt and spend on the team.

[weams]

It's a good list, with the glaring exception of Ricciardi. He's by far the worst candidate, and I have a really bad feeling he'll wind up with the job because he has GM experience, and experience in the AL East at that. This is the same feeling I got when I heard the Orioles were looking into Kevin Gregg last offseason.

I think one of the people on our list gets the Boston Job. Unless Cherrington takes it.

[TonySoprano]

Without a formed group of interviewers, and no requests made, I'll chalk this up to Olney's speculation.

Wake me when the interviews begin.

ETA Dollars to donuts, John Angelos is involved. Then, the committee brings its recommendation to Big Pete for him to cross-examine at length, maybe at Sabatino's.

[Moose Milligan]

I've said it before, I'll say it again...this process will take entirely too long. I agree with SG that we'll get Ricciardi...we'll make an awful choice here. This has disaster written all over it.

[Rene88]

I think the speed of the process will indicate how little or how much Angelos is truly involved. A quick turnaround would be a big positive, but I don't expect to see that.

Without a formed group of interviewers, and no requests made, I'll chalk this up to Olney's speculation.

Wake me when the interviews begin.

ETA Dollars to donuts, John Angelos is involved. Then, the committee brings its recommendation to Big Pete for him to cross-examine at length, maybe at Sabatino's.

[J.D.]

I've said it before, I'll say it again...this process will take entirely too long. I agree with SG that we'll get Ricciardi...we'll make an awful choice here. This has disaster written all over it.

This. I want to be optimistic, but I've seen this movie before. We sink with the Titanic at the end.

[OregonBird]

What's the deal with Brynes, why so high on him? I did a quick Wikipedia search and it didnt reveal anything spectacular in terms of deals made. What am I missing?

[24fps]

So who's the search comittee? PA Buck and Smouse?

I wouldn't be surprised if that's a pretty good guess.

[Remember The Alomar]

Personally...I think Clancy the beer vendor should make all decisions in the FO. Hell...he should be the GM.

Enh, I don't know. I think he'd overvalue players who make ROUTINE PLAYS <flex>

[Sports Guy]

I like the Olney tweet but the Connolly tweet sucks.

They should interview a lot of candidates.