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Like I said earlier. The padres have not improved. Rick made the white sox verybgood and Jeff made the red sox improve drastically. The padres have stayed the same. Hard to get a promotion when you havent succeeded at your current role. Rick and jeff have not had any behavioral issues or warnings given for behavior on ProFSL. 2 main reasons would be performance and behavior
2011: 3rd in AL East (87-75)Boston continued to regress heading into 2011 failing to win 90 games and once again missing the playoffs for the second straight year. The franchise went into a different direction headed into the trade deadline by trading their best player, CI Miguel Cabrera and signing young players such as Daniel Murphy, Dexter Fowler, Felipe Paulino as well as acquiring MI Dustin Ackley. The team heads into 2012 with plenty of cap room and looks to retake the top of the AL East.
Lmao. You mean 7000 points.
San Diego Padres History 2012: 5th in NL West (60-102)Despite the GM's comments in the newspaper that San Diego is turning itself around, the team actually played worse in 2012. The Padres finished with the worst record in the National League. The bright spot was their pitching led by Mat Latos and Dillon Gee. The team's offensive woes are a major issue that needs to be addressed in the off-season.2011: 4th in NL West (65-97)The Padres continued to be an NL West bottom feeder, but luckily beat out the Giants in H2H competition for the 4th place tiebreaker. San Diego had very few assets to utilize. One of Chris' accomplishments in 2011 was getting rid of the horrible Heath Bell contract. Other than that, the team actually performed above expectations and picked up some cheap wins in the second half.2010: 5th in NL West (54-108)Greg Lake cleaned the house a bit as he took over but only made a few moves in his short tenure as Padres GM. Chris Calcia was hired as his replacement and had a tough task at hand with a barren MLB roster and a team at the bottom of the standings, a couple big, painful contracts, and little wiggle room under a $60m cap. Chris put the Padres through a rebuilding stage by trading away star slugger Adrian Gonalzez to the Cardinals in return for many of the top prospects they received in the Pujols deal. The team was by far the worst in the first half and picked up the pace slightly in the 2nd half to finish with the 2nd worst record in the majors in 2010.2009: 5th in NL West (73-89)The Padres performed poorly in 2009 due to a lack of talent and injuries to the once solid starting rotation.ManagementChristopher Calcia (joeshmoe) [5/25/10 - ]Greg Lake (glake) [12/31/09 - 5/10/10]Sam Valenti (tfence) [7/1/09 - 12/29/09]
1) Jeff took the Sox over in 2011 correct, but you left out 2012 where he went 106-54. A 19 game improvement and got in the playoffs. This was done by multiple excellent trades. When Jeff took the Sox over he had 0.4m in cap room and 21 players on his roster. Excellent job Jeff. 2) There is no baiting. You said you were 100 points behind me. That is incorrect its merely 7000 instead. How am I baiting you? You asked why is Rick or Jeff more qualified, I am simply answering your questions and correcting you when you are wrong. 3) Im sorry you think its personal, its not. I have stated already if it was personal, I would be all in for Mr.Tradeking. But thats not the case. Not one thing I have said is snide. I will say LOL and I will put the laughing logo when 100 = 7000
In my opinion this shouldn't be a popularity contest or about righting a wrong. This also isn't a negotiation for a team to get more cap space because they didn't get a position they wanted. The best person for the job should get it period. So far each candidate has thrown their name in the pot by making a short one or two line post saying they are interested but I feel this is not enough information to make a decision. Neither is all of back and forth arguing between different members.There has been alot of arguing about who is better and who deserves the job, or who got wronged in the past. Personally I would like each GM to post a longer response on why they should get the job. What Strengths and Weaknesses they see in the Current Dodgers Roster, what they plan on doing to improve the roster, Long Term strategy for sustainability, Etc.In my opinion each GM should make one post (an interview of sorts) to express why they are the best person for this job and then the RC can vote. This post should not be focused on how they got wronged in the past but why they are the best candidate to lead the Dodgers into the future.