JS19
Legends Never Die
Yet, you're defining AA based on a couple of years where he inherited the absolute **** team from Ricciardi.
Blue Jays Discussion: No More AA, Everyone is very Sad (and by Sad, I mean Mad)
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Yet, you're defining AA based on a couple of years where he inherited the absolute **** team from Ricciardi.
The fact he got them out of the Wells deal AND somehow brought a quality player back in Napoli (which he flipped, no one expected Napoli to explode the way he did in 2011) was a miracle.
He turned around what was a bad farm system into one of the best until he started to move pieces out to contend. And now he's being shown the door.
Unreal.
He turned around what was a bad farm system into one of the best until he started to move pieces out to contend. And now he's being shown the door.
Unreal.
Muston Atthews
Bunch of Bangerz
What grudge? I loved AA as a GM here. It' just not usual to hear a report come out from the media about this organization that has come true throughout AA's whole tenure. I'm very much leaning toward the report being not as true. If not, who else leaked it?
janesy12
Leafs Nation
So much this.
The only knock to me is the Dickey trade, but hindsight is 20/20. We were trading for the NL Cy Young winner. Albeit a knuckleballer. No one knew what Thor or D'Arnaud were going to be.
However, pulling off Lawrie + prospects for the probable AL MVP makes up for it.
Riccardi left this team with bad contracts and a non existent prospect pool. What AA managed to accomplish has to be considered. We will miss him I'm sure.
However, we still have a great team if some tinkering is done. The window to win does not, nor should it change.
Menzinger
Kessel4LadyByng
AA wasn't the only one in that room. Seems to me that there's more than a few guys in there who would come out in his support once he left.
Also his answer in the conference call pretty much confirmed that it happened (although 'scolded' does appear to be a strong word)
They chose to keep what is basically the same management structure the team has always had (and what lot of teams have) as opposed to hamstringing the president.
Should have seen it coming, since they were also after another 'baseball guy' in Duquette.
Dont think their intentions were for AA to leave, but they definitely did not want him having full power.
Suntouchable13
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This organization has been building for the future for 20 years. Finally "the future" has arrived and people want to dismantle it and wait another 5+ years? Why should I trust Shapiro?
diceman934
Help is on the way.
Because they offered him a job as a puppet.....
He was a real GM and they wanted him to be sideshow Bob.....and he told them to stuff it and I say good on him!
This is not the same structure. AA had full control on the baseball side, outside of term/$$ which was Beeston.
Assuming AA left based on the general thought, Shapiro would have final say on term/$$ and personnel.
Edo
The Mightiest Club
Muston Atthews
Bunch of Bangerz
What people want to dismantle it other than the minority on a hockey forum baseball thread? Why wouldn't you trust Shapiro? Do you automatically not trust everyone you've never met or dealt with before?
AA did a nice job for Toronto. He knew he wouldn't be around next year when he made the Price trade.
He'll find another gm position let's be honest Toronto probably isn't on most potential gm's top 20 wish list.
Shapiro is a good dude.
He'll find another gm position let's be honest Toronto probably isn't on most potential gm's top 20 wish list.
Shapiro is a good dude.
Leafs at Knight
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
JS19
Legends Never Die
Stupider things have happened in baseball. Loria said he wanted to make the Miami Marlins competitive and need public funds to build a new stadium. And then he traded away Buerhle, Reyes, and so on to the Jays in a move that screams "lol we're not competing."
Never assume.
Showing the executive the year the door after he didn't want to give up his control.
You know who else did that? The Denver Nuggets. How's that working out for them?
The Toronto Blue Jays aren't the Denver Nuggets.
Completley different situations.
Daisy Jane
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don't you think that's a touch melodramatic.
again. we don't even know what Shapiro will do, who he'll replace AA with or what they'll do.
AA decided of his own free will not to accept his job. that's on him. that's not a Toronto sports day thing.
Agreed. AA got caught with his pants down going for it with the Dickey trade. Whether that was self inflicted or urged upon by the higher ups to help create a buzz around the team, we may never know. But that was his biggest downfall because it put him on the clock to win now.
However, in the grand scheme of things, he replenished the system that J.P. left bare, rid of Wells' albatross contract, signed the Jays' two best hitters to team friendly contracts, brought in a franchise player in Donaldson, and used the prospect depth he built up a second time for a division championship and was close to an AL pennant. All the while still leaving the system in decent shape going forward while stretching the window of competitiveness for the big league club by a few years with the acquisitions of Tulo and Martin (and Donaldson).
He wasn't perfect, but he was adjusting every day as he was learning on the job and I was really hopeful that he would see this thing through without much meddling.
This stings.
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