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That's arbitrary and weird. Judge a GM on what he does from Day 1 on. I think by year three it's the GMs org, no excuses, but that doesn't mean a GM gets no credit or fault for what happens in years 1 - 3.

If your point is that the org in its current state is 100% on Duquette, I can see making that argument. But you don't get to pretend he wasn't around for years 1 - 3.

It tends to be a re occurring theme. There must be some local tout proselytizing it.
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Yes, he was a lock. Recent convert but he was very good. Also had many potential fallbacks, as was evidenced by that VaTech game where he played each position over the first eight innings then closed it out on the mound.

I knew he would have no problems finding a position, just wasn't sure about him sticking at catcher.

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I knew he would have no problems finding a position, just wasn't sure about him sticking at catcher.

Maybe holding up over the long haul was a question? Or moving him to keep him healthy and the bat in the lineup. But he was a good backstop for the Noles. Impressive with limited experience.

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And apparently you just don't understand. So here we go again. You can judge a General Manager 3 years after he takes the reigns. Those 3 winning years I credit to Andy MacPhail. This year and going forward, I credit to DD. If Joe Schmoe takes over this offseason and the Orioles win 105 games in 2016, then I will credit DD with that. right. It takes time, several years for a GM to leave his mark on a team. Lets see where we go from here.

A very significant number of the players on the 2012 roster Andy MacPhail didn't have anything to do with. That percentage has decreased over time. I would be hard pressed to say that the 2014 division champs were anything but Duquette's team. You're pushing an agenda if you're not giving Duquette primary credit for each season from 2012-today.

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With DD we may have a season like this where all the retreads blow up in our face. But he has the unique ability of turning retreads into a playoff contender. Let's face it. That's the best we can get. We can't afford to go out and spend on quality. So why not have the guy that his the best at finding the hidden gems.

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That's arbitrary and weird. Judge a GM on what he does from Day 1 on. I think by year three it's the GMs org, no excuses, but that doesn't mean a GM gets no credit or fault for what happens in years 1 - 3.

If your point is that the org in its current state is 100% on Duquette, I can see making that argument. But you don't get to pretend he wasn't around for years 1 - 3.

If Duquette doesn't get credit for 2012-2014, then MacPhail doesn't get the Bedard/Jones/Tillman deal.

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With DD we may have a season like this where all the retreads blow up in our face. But he has the unique ability of turning retreads into a playoff contender. Let's face it. That's the best we can get. We can't afford to go out and spend on quality. So why not have the guy that his the best at finding the hidden gems.

Any day now that dude from Under Armor is coming in to buy the team and he loves Baltimore and winning so he'll totally dig into his bank account to give the O's a $200M payroll. Book it. The last thing we want when that happens is a distracted GM who thinks Travis Snider is better than Nelson Cruz.

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Any day now that dude from Under Armor is coming in to buy the team and he loves Baltimore and winning so he'll totally dig into his bank account to give the O's a $200M payroll. Book it. The last thing we want when that happens is a distracted GM who thinks Travis Snider is better than Nelson Cruz.

What's wrong with this theory? I'm not asking for a 200 million dollar payroll. Just enough to keep Cruz and Miller last year and Davis and Parra this year. Why is that too much to ask for?

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So, Executive of the Year after last season and fired after this one?

Yes, you have to love the view from some fans. This is certainly a "what have you done for me lately" mindset. I think Duquette had a pretty bad year from this past offseason until now, but one losing season is not going to allow me to forget what he was able to do over the last three years.

Now another horrible offseason and 2016 season could have me thinking otherwise, but until then, I'm not going to be make any rash decisions unless there are some behind the scenes things I'm not privy too.

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What's wrong with this theory? I'm not asking for a 200 million dollar payroll. Just enough to keep Cruz and Miller last year and Davis and Parra this year. Why is that too much to ask for?

It is September and you are still pining after Miller?

How can you look at this season and come to the conclusion that retaining Miller was worth the 4/36 the Yankees spent?

I get the Cruz stuff, I really do. But Miller?

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What's wrong with this theory? I'm not asking for a 200 million dollar payroll. Just enough to keep Cruz and Miller last year and Davis and Parra this year. Why is that too much to ask for?

Because what we want and what the owner does aren't always aligned and there's nothing we do about it. We can go on wanting a top-5 (or whatever) payroll, but I think it's kind of boring to make that the focus of every teambuilding thread.

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