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That Was Then... This is Now-- is the real problem the GM??

Somebody had better start noticing that maybe the emperor has no clothes. He was brilliant... and the team prospered, despite the postseason failures, for the better part of a decade. But time has a way of changing things-- people wear out their welcomes-- change is necessary-- even the best leaders/managers are no longer what they once were.

When the brains of an organization trades three players, including a top prospect, for a supposed superstar who in 4 weeks time has shown none of that talent and exhibited very little enthusiasm for being here; when that same leader installs his best man in what is essentially a nepotism move as the field manager (and we once thought it was funny how Howe was ordered to stand up straight in the dugout); when that same chief weakens the fan base with a dizzying array of moves that are billed as making the team better/more market efficient/younger/a winner in the future-- but all that happens on the field is disappointment, injury and more disappointment; when that same manager wins his reputation for eschewing big long term contracts, particularly for veterans but then blows nearly every one he can get his hands on (Dye, loaiza, Kendall, Kotsay, Ellis, Chavez, etc, etc...)

well one must start to wonder if the time has come to really shake up the ship. It's listing..sinking.. sailing off course-- you fill in the right metaphor. And it's all on one man's shoulders right now-- Billy Beane. Of course not every move he's been making has been wrong-- but enough have to make us doubt like we've never doubted before.  But he's an owner of the team-- he has to fire himself. What a mess... what a mess.