Toronto looking for New President to be Duquette.

[DrungoHazewood]

Hell not only that, I recall he bragged about that too. But yeah I remember kids like him growing up who had no real connection to New York who loved the Yankees. Knew one guy who was a Yankees fan in baseball,

Cowboys in football, and Duke in college B-Ball.

People like that... their brains are broken. Sports are one of the few ways in modern life to really connect with your community, to have a common thing to root for with family and folks in the neighborhood, and people at work. When you pick to not just root for Goliath over David, but the specific Goliath who always beats up the local David, you're sticking up your middle finger at your own hometown. I hate those people.

[PaulFolk]

This thread has run its course. Now that we know Beeston is returning as Jays' CEO for 2015, there doesn't seem to be a story here. At least not for another year.

[fearthenoodle]

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[Roll Tide]

Not surprised.....if DD wants the Jays job I have serious concerns about his willingness to improve the team here between now and when this is finally put to rest one way or another.

[Rene88]

Geesh, so basically he could be gone NEXT year (since the guy resigned). My biggest issue would be losing him in the middle of the offseason when you have nobody to fill the vacancy.

The way DD has addressed the rumors makes me think it does have legs. We will see.

[fastball]

This could explain the winter meetings and lack of participation. Also why would you build a contending team to compete with . If this is true it's how it is today no respect. Very sad. Lets get it done with.

[weams]

LINK

Is this an ESPN insider post? If so, please remove it. We do not want sued.

It was.

[theobird]

Please let him go! If he wants that job, you can not hold onto him. Make them compensate us in some way, and then move on.

[O's_first]

It certainly seems like DD wants to go. He could of killed these rumors right away. He has only spoken about sticking to his contract. I would hate to lose him, but if he wants to be somewhere else, it isn't a very good situation to keep him around. Let's hope we at least get something good in return.

[weams]

This is nothing new, someone in the MLB structure said that Peter should let Dan apply if the job becomes open. We have a thread for this.

[LoyalBirdFan]

If DD wants to leave, let him go.

[fearthenoodle]

Is this an ESPN insider post? If so, please remove it. We do not want sued.

It was.

[fearthenoodle]

We have a thread for this.

I found a locked thread.

[weams]

I found a locked thread.

Ok carry on then. In the future please do not post subscription required content without permission from the owner of the work. Thanks.

[wildcard]

Peter doesn't care what the MLB says. He is not leaving Dan out of his contract.

As far as Dan not dispelling the rumor, why would he? Its leverage to get a better deal with Peter.

The thought that Dan would sabotage the O's by not improving them is laughable IMO. What does that buy Dan? His best leverage is to keep improving the O's and to continue having winning seasons. If he starts losing he has lost leverage.

This is not something that is going to play out in the next few weeks. The Jays President is staying for at least another year. He is a long term executive with the Jays and well respected. Dan needs to keep doing well with the O's over the long term to keep his leverage.