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Theo Epstein is already going through looking for new managers. Ryne Sandberg is said to not be on his list.
Official Epstein Thread (Epstein baseball side prez/Hoyer is GM)
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How many times is espn gonna show Epstein's face when we play Boston next season?
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Theo is gonna have full control the main reason he left Boston is because he didn't.
I wanted Friedman and still disappointed we couldn't get him.
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No way Theo brings Quade back. No way.
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Who did the Bears bring in for 2009 that is even comparable to Epstein...........(please don't tell me you mean Cutler)?
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I'm thinking Ryne manages, as Theo wanted him to manage the Sox minor league team. I'd be good with that, for sure.
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Great news that Theo is coming. I hope Quade does not come back nor do I think he will.
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Finally, a nice move by an inexperienced owner.
Now, you develop in-house talent...and sell them to idiots willing to overpay.
Like the Marlins did twice.
Now, you develop in-house talent...and sell them to idiots willing to overpay.
Like the Marlins did twice.
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Or you keep your in-house talent, and we get the next coming of the Youkah, the Laser Show, and Jacoby...just sayin...
Epstein does it all. People act like he's a one trick pony with an bottomless checkbook. He developed the perfect balance of home grown talent and free agents in Boston.
Epstein does it all. People act like he's a one trick pony with an bottomless checkbook. He developed the perfect balance of home grown talent and free agents in Boston.
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if quade is back this offseason was a bust.
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Yeah, people always seem to overlook the homegrown players they brought up or the minor leaguers they traded for that became productive for the Red Sox.
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If Quade is back it means the Cubs plan to rebuild and it doesn't matter who the manager is.
But I highly doubt Theo came in just to full-on rebuild...he's going to retool, but smartly. That probably means he'll also retool the manager position.
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Sorry to disappoint you, yes I do mean Cutler and it couldn't be any more comparable even despite one being a player and the other a front office person...
Cutler was viewed as a savior based off of previous success elsewhere and the fact that the Bears have never had a franchise quarterback. He hasn't been given the tools around him to succeed and next thing you know you have moronic so called Bears fans questioning his toughness and burning his jersey...
Based off the giddyness I've been hearing on the radio all day, I think Epstein will also be viewed as a savior based off of previous success elsewhere and the fact that the Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908. I said it in my last post, Epstein will only go as far as Ricketts will let him so hopefully Epstein will reasonably be allowed to bring in whoever he needs to help the team win.
Also, I already see this happening, if the Cubs don't right the ship immediately next year and/or the following season the meatball Cubs fans will jump all over Epstein. This is gonna be a process with this Cubs team, they are not going to get better overnight (unless they spend 300 million dollars in new contracts this offseason like the did in 2007, which would be stupid). Epstein isn't inheriting a good team like he did in Boston in 2002.
So I'm saying, don't view this man as a savior. It's perfectly fine to say its a great hire because it is. Just don't expect amazing things right away like people did when Cutler came to the Bears.
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This part is important.
Also, Cutler needs an offensive line, a smarter offensive coordinator, and receivers who aren't afraid to catch the ball when it's right in their hands.
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Perhaps, but Quade was a fill-in to begin with. Nobody is going to give him a better position, yet his skills certainly translate into other roles.
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If they fire Quade they ain't bringing him back to the Cubs in any capacity. Would be too weird. They'd probably make him a bench coach somewhere but I doubt any teams hire him as a manager either unless they're desperate.
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They kept Ed Lynch in another capacity when they fired him as GM 10 years ago haha.
Anything is possible with the Cubs, except winning the World Series of course
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