Comments on: J.P. Ricciardi Seems to Have Forgotten 2008 http://lastangryfan.com/2009/09/j-p-ricciardi-seems-to-have-forgotten-2008/ Sports humor for the socially awkward Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:26:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JeffG http://lastangryfan.com/2009/09/j-p-ricciardi-seems-to-have-forgotten-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-231 JeffG Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:33:54 +0000 http://lastangryfan.com/?p=1834#comment-231 That's it in a nutshell Bob. I love how his 5 year plan turned into an 8 year fiasco. The latest I heard too is that rumor is that Ricciardi will be back next year (courtesy of Steve Phillips). That would suck for Jays fans...it's time for new blood. That’s it in a nutshell Bob. I love how his 5 year plan turned into an 8 year fiasco. The latest I heard too is that rumor is that Ricciardi will be back next year (courtesy of Steve Phillips). That would suck for Jays fans…it’s time for new blood.

]]> By: Bob http://lastangryfan.com/2009/09/j-p-ricciardi-seems-to-have-forgotten-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Bob Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:25:06 +0000 http://lastangryfan.com/?p=1834#comment-230 The basic problem is that Ricciardi came here with a plan to rebuild the Jays from the bottom up.He deviated from that,made numerous bad trades,contracts and had a cosy deal with the President at the time.His inexperience and immaturity became obvious in PR miscues and he's now generally considered a silly fool by Jay fans. His abilities will be shown by the lack of any team in MLB to jump at the opportunity to hire him. His last example of ineptness was his woeful handling of the Halladay "for sale" fiasco. A true fumble who shall be remembered for his final dismembering of a decent franchise. The basic problem is that Ricciardi came here with a plan to rebuild the Jays from the bottom up.He deviated from that,made numerous bad trades,contracts and had a cosy deal with the President at the time.His inexperience and immaturity became obvious in PR miscues and he’s now generally considered a silly fool by Jay fans.
His abilities will be shown by the lack of any team in MLB to jump at the opportunity to hire him.
His last example of ineptness was his woeful handling of the Halladay “for sale” fiasco.
A true fumble who shall be remembered for his final dismembering of a decent franchise.

]]> By: JeffG http://lastangryfan.com/2009/09/j-p-ricciardi-seems-to-have-forgotten-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-229 JeffG Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:02:18 +0000 http://lastangryfan.com/?p=1834#comment-229 Good points Jeff. I think though that smaller payroll teams like the Rays, Twins,even the Jays, can contend...they just have to be perfect with their personnel moves. The Rays were an example of what happens when a talented group of young, homegrown players come together, and they did contend for a wildcard spot for a good part of the season, until they had that horrible losing streak. The Twins have one of the lowest payrolls in the league, and they seem to contend every year. Payroll inequality does play a part, but also having a GM who knows what he's doing, and a manager who can get the most out of his players helps tremendously. The Jays have neither. Admin Good points Jeff. I think though that smaller payroll teams like the Rays, Twins,even the Jays, can contend…they just have to be perfect with their personnel moves. The Rays were an example of what happens when a talented group of young, homegrown players come together, and they did contend for a wildcard spot for a good part of the season, until they had that horrible losing streak. The Twins have one of the lowest payrolls in the league, and they seem to contend every year. Payroll inequality does play a part, but also having a GM who knows what he’s doing, and a manager who can get the most out of his players helps tremendously. The Jays have neither.

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]]> By: Jeff http://lastangryfan.com/2009/09/j-p-ricciardi-seems-to-have-forgotten-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Jeff Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:08:53 +0000 http://lastangryfan.com/?p=1834#comment-220 The 2008 Rays are an anomoly, an aberration and, though I rooted for them at the time, I'm sorry they ever made it to the World Series last year. All of the apologists of the salary/spending driven MLB will now point to the Rays and their heretofore UNsustained success as a sign of leaguewide success while the reality is that a large portion of franchises are suffering as a result. The Rays probably cost MLB a better, more competitive system and the apologists/big market teams will milk the Rays fleeting success for probably another decade. More Yankees vs Red Sox? Yawn. The 2008 Rays are an anomoly, an aberration and, though I rooted for them at the time, I’m sorry they ever made it to the World Series last year. All of the apologists of the salary/spending driven MLB will now point to the Rays and their heretofore UNsustained success as a sign of leaguewide success while the reality is that a large portion of franchises are suffering as a result. The Rays probably cost MLB a better, more competitive system and the apologists/big market teams will milk the Rays fleeting success for probably another decade. More Yankees vs Red Sox? Yawn.

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