The Rebuild Strategy

[Ruzious]

3 minutes ago, wildbillhiccup said:

Well...

Well, I have to have some hope to stay a fan.  At least a glimmer. 

[wildbillhiccup]

Just now, Ruzious said:

Well, I have to have some hope to stay a fan.  At least a glimmer. 

I swear as soon as they fire Brady I'm converting to a glass half full guy. I promise. 

[Camden_yardbird]

12 hours ago, wildbillhiccup said:

You're missing my point. The Orioles can BARELY get their act together to trade active players on their roster. And you expect them to be able to buy low and sell and high for a few seasons to stock the farm system? Can you honestly look Brady Anderson in the eye and tell him that believe he can execute that plan? 

Yes.  You do expect that.  You expect anyone who is the GM to be able to make a trade as every GM in the history of the game has done.  You keep setting up strawmen yo prove your point that the Orioles are incapable of hiring someone who can perform the basic functions of a GM, something any GM should be able to do.  Gillick built a winner, McPhail built a core, and Duquette formed a championship caliber team for two years.  Did they all have flaws, sure, that's why they arent here anymore.  Have there been bad hires, sure.  But to assume that the only path forward is drafting and player development, and that any staff put in place will be incapable of anything else, is just foolish.  Especially given the empirical evidence against the Orioles ability to build a player pipeline in recent history.