I still don't buy that Dick Williams transformed from do-nothing owner/GM to Trader Dick midway through his tenure. They said Krall was the one laying a lot of the groundwork on those deals (which is why they gave him the GM title) and I don't see any reason not to take that at face value.Originally Posted by RedTeamGo!
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Last year when things went good Krall was credited and Dick was blamed.
Now when things go bad Dick is credited and Krall is blamed.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Some people just don't like Dick.
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Things went good last year?
What would you say.....ya do here?
Yes, and I hope the next GM of the Reds is an experienced guy that has built winning teams before.
I am sick of these guys that started off as a hotdog wrapper or batboy rising up in the ranks to the point where they can't do their job. Reds have churned through too many of these guys.. They GM for the Reds, do a bad job and then are never heard from again.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
bm1475 (07-22-2021)
The only good thing Krall did was invite Naquin to Spring Training and keep him.
I'm trying to be fair, I honestly can not think of a single other good move he did.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
Never.
REDREAD (07-23-2021),RedTeamGo! (07-22-2021)
Yeah. I was trying to find the thread I recall where there were some mea culpas and praise for Williams but instead I found your thread about how he needs to resign, and when i clicked on a random page I found this:
in baseball you don't know nothin, as Yogi once said.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
NebraskaRed (07-22-2021),RedTeamGo! (07-22-2021)
We'll never know for sure because it was a super short season, but that was a quality team and if had gotten four more months of playing time, I suspect we'd have been pretty happy. They'd have won the division in a walk.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
If Krall didn't sign Moustakas and Shogo, then those are positives.
castellanos and miley were signed in the same timeframe, so they must be counted too.
Story in CF, Barrero at SSThe Colorado Rockies are the only organization that Trevor Story has ever known as a pro. That might change prior to the July 30 Trade Deadline, and that might not be the only change in Story's baseball future if he is dealt. According to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand, at least one team is interested in Story "with the idea of playing him in center field" instead of at shortstop.
https://www.mlb.com/news/trevor-story-rumors
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
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What in the hell lolStory in CF, Barrero at SS
Yeah, that can’t not be the Reds lol
But what I propose is...what if it was??
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
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