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Oakland A's Fan Confidence Poll

 

This poll will encompass several area's of the team. They include but are not limited too, team ownership, current management (includes GM, manager,coaches), general playing ability of the talent on the field , minor league system (including depth, drafts, Int. FA signings, progress and ratings of prospects), trades, news positive or negative towards the organization and how the team is playing week to week.

First of all I want to say that I stole this idea from Talking Chop, The Atlanta Braves Blog of Record. They have a nice blog with a lot of links to different info than AN. They stole the idea from Matt Cerrone's Mets Blog, so I don't think I'm going to feel too guilty about it. They  do a weekly poll that keeps a running tally with graph's on how confident there fans are of there team. FYI, the Braves Fan's Confidence is  70% right now, and the Mets fan's confidence is 30% .  Now the Met's are only 1.5 back of the Braves so either Braves fans are really optimistic about the future or New York fans are a lot harder to please or both.  

I figured I would start the ball rolling and see if anyone is interested. Maybe I could have picked a better time for a higher confidence rating but hey lets give it a roll.

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Poll- On a scale of one to ten, with a ten being "100% confident" and a one being "no confidence at all" how confident are you in the Oakland A's organization?
10
0 votes
9
9 votes
8
12 votes
7
20 votes
6
15 votes
5
11 votes
4
16 votes
3
12 votes
2
2 votes
1
8 votes

105 votes | Poll has closed

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in regards to the mets-braves difference

it has a lot to do with expectation. remember, when the mets picked up k-rod and putz, that was supposed to fix their “one weakness” from last year, which was their bullpen. that was obviously not true, and even though injuries have a lot to do with it, the mets were expected to be the clear favorite for the division, and they arent.

 the braves, however, were expected to be right where they are about now, if not even a little worse. they have a lot of great young talent in both the majors and minors. braves fans have reason to be happy.

current record in relation to the fan’s expectations is why there is a huge difference in fan confidence levels

holdin' it down for the bay from upper westside manhattan

by SamYam on Jul 19, 2009 8:28 AM PDT reply actions  

the Mets have a lot of injuries in key positions though

Losing your SS (Jose Reyes), CF (Carlos Beltran), and 1B (Carlos Delgado) AND your leadoff and 3-4 hitters is tough to overcome. I think they have a few other injuries as well. Yep, looks like they have a few pitchers out as well.

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by micdog2001 on Jul 20, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I voted 9

We own the future, baby! :-)

Is this the real life-
Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-

by Daniel777 on Jul 19, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions  

4

In my opinion if we get loads better that brings us up to mediocre. Yeah!
Remotely competitive I don’t see happening for a very long time.

by fansince1980 on Jul 19, 2009 9:36 PM PDT reply actions  

Im confident in everything other than

spending $$ on actual good players.

"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com

by Syphon on Jul 19, 2009 10:40 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm confident in everything other than

manager firing.

More manager firing, please!

"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard

by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 20, 2009 1:07 AM PDT reply actions  

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