tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post6231740587680779200..comments2023-12-15T07:22:02.492-05:00Comments on The Tao of Stieb: Offerings to the angry mobTao of Stiebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12459135109404905466noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-56959195168698738002009-07-18T11:22:24.359-04:002009-07-18T11:22:24.359-04:00@DP, on OMar, I'm in the NYC area and I can...@DP, on OMar, I'm in the NYC area and I can't stand him BUT they made the playoffs once in his duration and missed it by two games two years in a row. JP has never even sniffed the playoffs with the Jays!<br /><br />DP, I see where you stand on Wells BUT the Jays need to have to have a grand haul to justify the Halladay trade. To get relative garbage AND riding the Wells contract is not enough. They need to get something for Doc, not b prospects<br /><br />@ Kevin ,great call. Enough of the dicision powerhouses excuse etc so on. He built this team and had 8 years to do it and not even one playoffs appearance? OUT!Bruno VOn Rottweilernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-48423021438073779242009-07-17T23:19:22.036-04:002009-07-17T23:19:22.036-04:00Who knows what Joanna means?Who knows what Joanna means?Capt. Obviousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-36957137033424412252009-07-17T19:14:59.455-04:002009-07-17T19:14:59.455-04:00Let's not beat around the bush.... the Riccar...Let's not beat around the bush.... the Riccardi era has been an abject failure.<br /><br />8 years and not even a faint sniff of the post season? If that doesn't say failure to me, I don't know what does.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250447657042533362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-39776691908469074912009-07-17T17:08:14.861-04:002009-07-17T17:08:14.861-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01046759279815077216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-58030581072380506692009-07-17T17:04:45.119-04:002009-07-17T17:04:45.119-04:00See, that's enough for me. You have the best p...See, that's enough for me. You have the best pitcher in baseball under a reasonable contract for eight years, and you never come close to the playoffs, that's that. Sure, he was unlucky in some things, but everybody is. And so while I agree with you that JP Ricciardi isn't the worst GM of all time or anything, the much ballyhooed trading of Doc is about as good a time as any to draw a line under his tenure as you're going to find.<br /><br />As many people have pointed out, what's frustrating here is that after clinging to faint hopes when they should have cut bait in years past, NOW, with this guy of all guys they're being flinty-eyed and looking at the long term. It's backwards, I think, but it also feels like we've been sold a bill of goods. JP already had a reputation as a used-car salesman-presiding over the most spectacular firesale in team history a year before he said the team was due to compete puts the seal on that reputation, for better or for worse.<br /><br />So while I realize and accept that part of me is being emotional, I really think there's not much of a case rationally for not making JP walk the plank after he officially gives up on this incarnation of the Blue Jays by trading Doc, Rolen et al. What reason is there to think that this rebuild is going to go any better than the last one he did? He had his shot, he did some things right but ultimately he failed. And as a result, he has to go. I don't see the argument to the contrary.Ian Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05526575460247486128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-61130775585999356142009-07-17T16:14:52.558-04:002009-07-17T16:14:52.558-04:00Oh and another thing, wouldn't it be more prud...Oh and another thing, wouldn't it be more prudent for the Jays to try to package Wells with Halladay for fewer prospects? The Jays would need the receiving team to take on all of Wells' contract, of course. That might be worth more than a passel of prospects right there.Darren Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577092117174508443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-25399466239891677822009-07-17T16:12:49.619-04:002009-07-17T16:12:49.619-04:00Not as well as Omar Minaya! Hallowed be his name.Not as well as Omar Minaya! Hallowed be his name.Darren Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577092117174508443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-87841131529465402802009-07-17T15:38:41.261-04:002009-07-17T15:38:41.261-04:00But he sure knows how to find ways to make money d...But he sure knows how to find ways to make money disappearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-26837823897277287032009-07-17T15:13:54.964-04:002009-07-17T15:13:54.964-04:00Might as well blame the GM. He neither turned wate...Might as well blame the GM. He neither turned water into wine, nor did he feed a multitude with five loaves and two fishes.<br /><br />Crucify him and develop a taste for the CFL!Darren Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577092117174508443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-91850906456273396122009-07-17T13:43:45.471-04:002009-07-17T13:43:45.471-04:00What's next, a diversion from drinking ?What's next, a diversion from drinking ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-54179181344571502132009-07-17T12:49:56.737-04:002009-07-17T12:49:56.737-04:00TL, dr, (OK I read it but forget all that anyway.)...TL, dr, (OK I read it but forget all that anyway.)<br /><br />Marcum's rehab start in NH yesterday: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 0 R!<br /><br />One N, one A, one I, one L, one S!Voodoo Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06009347613219659685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-60629443786923325622009-07-17T12:46:56.957-04:002009-07-17T12:46:56.957-04:00Hey Tao, so if the Ricciardi years will be the Era...Hey Tao, so if the Ricciardi years will be the Era of Vague Optimism, how will you titling your book on the mid-late 90s Jays? The "What the hell are the ghosts of Frank Viola and Danny Darwin doing on the Jays?" era?<br />According to Griffin, all the Jays need to do is hire a Canadian GM and then we'll instantly win.Sven the Swedenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-91877993776354337942009-07-17T12:44:15.726-04:002009-07-17T12:44:15.726-04:00I wouldn't limit the criticism of management t...I wouldn't limit the criticism of management to JP, but he probably deserves most of it:<br /><br />reactionary signings = failureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com