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Jagwar Hangout Grand Counsel

Jagwar

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First of all, things happen fast in negotiations, and can change direction at any time. Maybe Buster Olney was right, and then Girardi or MacPhail threw out something that was a deal breaker.

Secondly, why would anyone be surprised if a prospective manager turns the O's down, thinking that there are better jobs somewhere else? Free Agents have been doing that to the team regularly for the last 10 years

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I don't get it. I thought this was basically a done deal. What made him change his mind at the last minute?

I'll be happy to have Davey back (provided he doesn't turn us down), but this is still a bummer. :(

Might be the Yanks told him he was their next manager starting this off season?

I am not that disappointed, my 1st choice was DJ. I want to see him finish the job he started all those years ago.

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He also turned down the Nats who have a new stadium coming, have new management apparently willing to spend money on player development, but were committed to playing with stopgaps until the young folks arrived. Maybe he saw, or was told, that the Orioles are a few years away/were rebuilding and he's had all of that he wants in Florida. This would not be an insult to the organization, just a personal preference.

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I'd like to have had Girardi, but I gotta admit, I feel a little tingly inside when I think of Davey coming back.

I wouldn't even consider anyone else, if Davey really wants the job (although I am impressed by Trembley so far).

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Are we ("the Orioles") the girl who can't get a date to the Prom?

At this point we'd be lucky not to start hearing stories of Mayflower vans pulling up to take the O's to Indianapolis.

"I would rather not work than be with the Orioles" is what is being spoken right now in a bar where Girardi is laughing about this with his friends.

The Orioles are the biggest joke in professional sports at this point...

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Are we ("the Orioles") the girl who can't get a date to the Prom?

The O's are the boy trying to get a date for the prom.

Joe Girardi is the popular but superficial cheerleader who turns the boy down.

Dave Trembley is the smart, loyal but mousy girl-next-door who has been "just friends" with the boy since childhood, but who is secretly dying for the boy to ask her to the prom.

In the last reel, the girl-next-door gets a new hairstyle and changes her glasses for contacts, and the boy realizes that the right girl was under his nose the whole time.

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At this point we'd be lucky not to start hearing stories of Mayflower vans pulling up to take the O's to Indianapolis.

"I would rather not work than be with the Orioles" is what is being spoken right now in a bar where Girardi is laughing about this with his friends.

The Orioles are the biggest joke in professional sports at this point...

One of two things happen here in my opinion.

1) Girardi never was interested in the first place and just wanted to put some pressure on the FO's of the Yankees and Cubs.

or

2) Girardi was interested and ready to sign when either the Cubs or Yanks assurred him that a better deal could be presenting itself in the near future.

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Oh well...No biggie.

Agreed. Girardi doesn't want the job, oh well. I think Trembley can do an outstanding job if given an opportunity.

I don't want any manager or player who only takes a job here because the job he really wants might open up soon. Good riddance Yankee!!!

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