Duquette: 'We've got to put a little bit sharper focus on the future'

[Bonecrusher52]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bs-sp-orioles-dan-duquette-assessment-20180603-story.html

[webbrick2010]

DD, you think??

[tntoriole]

hmmmm...do  something.   Anything.  This season has become soooo boring it is like watching paint dry.  Everything Duquette does is sooooooooo slow.

[Moose Milligan]

"We have to look at our club and see where we can upgrade our current club, and not just for this season, for the long-term," Duquette said. "Those aren't necessarily exclusive exercises. They're not necessarily mutually exclusive. Sometimes, they are, when you move a young ballplayer.

"But the way I've always looked at it, there's two ways to look at it. You're trying to improve your team to be competitive and win now, or you're trying to improve your team to be competitive for the long-term. And we've always tried to be very competitive here during my time here in the present. But it doesn't look like this 2018 ballclub is going to have what it takes to be that type of contending club. So, we're faced with the reality of seeing where we can improve it so that we can get back and be that contending club."

[Aglets]

There aren't many times when I read an article and come away with it thinking that I learned absolutely nothing from it.

But this was one of those articles.

Glad to know that Dan continues to want to include the current team and the future team..........as he's said every year for 6 years.

[Can_of_corn]

28 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

hmmmm...do  something.   Anything.  This season has become soooo boring it is like watching paint dry.  Everything Duquette does is sooooooooo slow.

At least with paint drying you have a shot at catching a buzz off the fumes.

[Aglets]

Like for example on Roch's blog this morning I learned that Duquette may have an irrational attachment to Hanley Ramirez.   I am now a more complete person after acquiring that knowledge.

[UpstateNYfan]

It is not an outrageous message. It would seem that DD and BS were given a win now mandate. Angelos aging, some teams in the AL East in a somewhat down cycle, whatever. The budget got pretty high for the O's ($180 million??). They certainly didn't see the necessity of having a true #1 or a 2+ pitcher and thought power hitters could fill the void. It failed, and DD and BS are faced with a situation with no short term solution (less than 4 years). DD, BS, BA whoever are in for a long rebuild. They certainly over estimated the team's competitiveness badly this year. Now they are in a situation delayed by at least one year because of lack of moves since last July. I have been an O's fan (Yankee hater) for over half a century. I have never been so down on this organization and their inactivity or a seemingly lack of a plan. This team is percolating without any beans in the pot.

[Frobby]

16 minutes ago, Aglets said:

There aren't many times when I read an article and come away with it thinking that I learned absolutely nothing from it.

But this was one of those articles.

Glad to know that Dan continues to want to include the current team and the future team..........as he's said every year for 6 years.

To me, Duquette was very clear in recognizing that this team is not competitive and the front office needs to focus on the future.    Honestly, I don’t know how much more clearly he could have said it.

At the end of the day, though, it’s what the team does about it, not what it says.

[JourneyFan]

Dan needs to abandon this approach first:

 

[jabba72]

That was definitely a futile exercise reading that article, Thank you for the insight Dan. 

[Tx Oriole]

59 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

DD, you think??

All of this will depend on Angelos. Must be difficult for DD and Buck. This is their last season. 

[Tx Oriole]

1 hour ago, tntoriole said:

hmmmm...do  something.   Anything.  This season has become soooo boring it is like watching paint dry.  Everything Duquette does is sooooooooo slow.

But what is he going to do or can he do? Just wish Angelos would give him the OK to trading players now. 

[MikeAD]

I was hopeful it was a shot at Angelos or anyone on the team who isn't for a full rebuild (or trading Manny).  Then I read it.  Sigh. 

[TonySoprano]

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Sunday delivered the overdue assessment that many others have made of the club

 Gee, it's a good thing we have such talented beat writers to report what's been Captain Obvious for a while now because without them then the front office is still in denial.  Right? 

If it were up to them, they'd skip all the typical GM speak. Instead if they were Dan, they would have given the public what it really needs, a NY-style soap opera. First, Dan should have gone out publicly weeks ago and trashed the ballplayers

followed by, "we're blowing it up"

C'mon, give the front office a little more credit than that; they are acutely aware of how bad it's been for quite a while.