Presser thread

[Remember The Alomar]

It does sound like he's going to be aloud to bring in his own guys, though.

[O's Fan From PA]

Did anyone else watch it. Seems to me when they asked him about the fa siginings Wilson or Fielder he said that the best way is to get FA that help long term and to grow from the farm. Sounds like to me he wont be makeing a hard push for them

[canonfaz]

Loving what I'm hearing. Blow it up!!! (besides Weiters)

[Rene88]

This relieves me.

I disagree. It sounds like status quo to me. No focused effort on either big signings or a complete rebuild. Toeing the line......I don't like that. I just have my reservations this guy has real authority.

[TonySoprano]

That's twice Stan Charles has pressed him on how long he was away.

[wildbill1978]

Not bad so far. Don't like how he keeps referencing us as a "small market"

Laughed at this:

Q: "How will you convince players to sign a contract with the team?"

A: "We won't have a problem with players taking our money"

He hasn't been around the O's very long

[TiredofLosing20]

Watching now... Um.. I don't think this guy takes the Treaian approach to team building.. He has made the reference to "small market" about 20 times.

[Rene88]

That's twice Stan Charles has pressed him on how long he was away.

Maybe he should answer the question:) He also didn't answer about a budget for the offseason.

[Austin]

I disagree. It sounds like status quo to me. No focused effort on either big signings or a complete rebuild. Toeing the line......I don't like that. I just have my reservations this guy has real authority.

Maybe he, like many of us, doesn't think that huge free agent signings will do much for the club. I am very happy with what I hear about international scouting and player development, though how he implements that remains to be seen.

[Rene88]

Not bad so far. Don't like how he keeps referencing us as a "small market"

Laughed at this:

Q: "How will you convince players to sign a contract with the team?"

A: "We won't have a problem with players taking our money"

He hasn't been around the O's very long

Yeah-lol. That was funny. He doesn't know the confederate money problem.

[Remember The Alomar]

I disagree. It sounds like status quo to me. No focused effort on either big signings or a complete rebuild. Toeing the line......I don't like that. I just have my reservations this guy has real authority.

Everything he's saying points to building an international presence and acquiring talent. I have my doubts due to the Angelos factor, but I'm happy they're not going to give A-Ram a big, dumb deal and push to win 85 games next year.

[JTrea81]

He's sent some mixed messages here.

First he says we have a good core of players to build around, mentioning Hardy, Wieters and Jones and that as soon as we can sign the players we need we can be competitive.

Then he says we need to have a good core in place before going into FA...

So which is it?

[NewMarketSean]

I can't wait until Duquette rips off his mask and reveals he's Andy MacPhail in disguise.

[ChaosLex]

Anybody follow Nestor on Twitter? He's clearly NOT a fan. :rofl:

[MikeAD]

He's sent some mixed messages here.

First he says we have a good core of players to build around, mentioning Hardy, Wieters and Jones and that as soon as we can sign the players we need we can be competitive.

Then he says we need to have a good core in place before going into FA...

Think you are misunderstanding. He said we have to develop our own talent and build a team the right way. No reason to sign players just to make a splash. When he mentions bringing in good players he is CLEARLY talking about trades and young players, since he is referring to development. When they develop and you get a pipeline of talent, then you look to FAs as complimentary.