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[Pickles]

39 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think that's accurate.

I think you are presenting something as fact that is actually simply your personal belief.  Pulling a Wildcard.

Astros didn't fall apart when he left.

 

 

 

I can't prove a hypothetical but I just gave two very strong parallel cases as anecdotal evidence.  Unless I do something that is literally impossible you'll smirk and and smugly act as if you've proven something.

Everybody here knows if Elias has somehow on the open market he'd be highly sought after by any team with an opening, and many teams would make an opening for him if they could get him.  

We know this as surely as we know that Burnes is going to be highly sought after this off-season and will receive a contract at the upper end of the pitching market.  And even if it is merely a hypothetical, we still all know it.

The Astros not falling apart is hardly a condemnation of Elias' work there.  In fact, quite the opposite.

[Pickles]

31 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

Because he built the organization doesn’t mean he’s capable of finishing the job. I agree He’s fixed the front office that was broken all the way back to 1983. But, I don’t think he’s particularly good at trading. He’s had the Burnes and Eflin trades but the rest of his trading since we’ve been competitive has been pretty bad. So we allegedly have money to spend according to statements by Rubbenstein. So we can see what happens this season. I think it’s foolish to believe he deserves a blank check and a free pass. So to each his own ….

So to be clear, we're not reducing success to simply winning the world series, but until we win a world series the Orioles arren't successful?

Just want to be clear here.

Or is success just spending money?

The bad trades like the trades for Burnes, Eflin, Bradish, Cano?

What bad trade?  The complete overreaction to one trade, the Rodgers trade?

Who do you want to replace Elias with?  Surely you've this thought this out?

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Pickles said:

I can't prove a hypothetical but I just gave two very strong parallel cases as anecdotal evidence.  Unless I do something that is literally impossible you'll smirk and and smugly act as if you've proven something.

Everybody here knows if Elias has somehow on the open market he'd be highly sought after by any team with an opening, and many teams would make an opening for him if they could get him.  

We know this as surely as we know that Burnes is going to be highly sought after this off-season and will receive a contract at the upper end of the pitching market.  And even if it is merely a hypothetical, we still all know it.

The Astros not falling apart is hardly a condemnation of Elias' work there.  In fact, quite the opposite.

But you didn't state it as a hypothesis, you stated it as a fact.

And for the record I'm sure Elias could get a job in a heartbeat.

I'm sure he could get a lateral move job inside of a season.  (I'm not convinced someone would get fired just because Elias hit the market).

I don't think he'd suddenly be the highest paid executive in the league.

 

[Pickles]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

But you didn't state it as a hypothesis, you stated it as a fact.

And for the record I'm sure Elias could get a job in a heartbeat.

I'm sure he could get a lateral move job inside of a season.  (I'm not convinced someone would get fired just because Elias hit the market).

I don't think he'd suddenly be the highest paid executive in the league.

 

It is a fact.

He'd be highly sought after and would be among the highest paid executives in the leage.

Fact.