You're team has basically imploded since 2005.
Did some of his chances not work? Peavy as an example.. Sure as of now..
But now.. you've got guys like Buehrle gone.. Idk why the hell they traded Santos.. Dunn as of now has been a total failure (hopefully he rebounds)
Going into this season.. you have guys like De Aza.. Morel (may be decent) Gordon Beckham (continual downturn offensively.. good defensively)
Danks is a decent pitcher.. but he's no way anything near an Ace. Ya don't know how good Peavy is gonna be..
To be honest.. thats a really sketchy roster that he's set up for this season. Some good spots but some really bad glaring spots that are "hopefully he'll produce"
The other part is having a clear direction.
Honestly the worst thing a franchise can do is be mediocre.. (I know this.. I'm a Cubs fan.) You're never fully improving one way or the other. Right now in my mind that's what KW has done.
In a ton of rankings the Sox are near the total bottom of farm system rankings while having decent placed picks the past few seasons. Unless that gets better.. That's on him too.
That is my honest critique of him. Like I've said. I want him gone too for your guys sake.
Peavy- 70% of his contract is paid by a insurance policy that he Padres obtained.
Dunn- blame kenny? really? lets be real on that.
Jon Danks- Let me guess you are looking at wins and losses
Do you know how we got him? oh we traded brandon mccarthy for him and nick massett.
Their direction is not on the farm, and I am one of those fans that could care less about dice rolls on the farm. i just want a handful of trading chips, thats all I care about. It is very rare that a team that is all about the farm, brings up their roster and wins and wins and wins.
Its a dumb argument, and those who are asking for KWs head are clearly looking at things "after the fact" dunn for example, Rios all who fans were thrilled about.
but that's also my point.. if 2005 didn't happen do you guys really think he would still be here?
Does Jim hendry have a job here still if the cubs wouldnt have choked in 2003, 2007, and especially the machine he had in 2008. Pick a year for them to win the ws, I bet if he won just one he would still have a job. But it didnt happen and he isnt the Cubs GM anymore, the sox won the WS under KW and stating if he didnt win in 05 he probably wouldnt have a job is just stupid what if baseball talk.
We will see what mr popularity does with the cubs with a limited payroll, he cant do what he did in boston with the cubs.
