Top 60 Reasons to Fire JP
by Tom Dakers on Aug 1, 2008 3:30 PM EDT
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PrintToday's fun is to list the top 60 reasons to fire JP. I'll get us started but everyone is to leave a handful of their own favorites.
1. Vernon's Contract.
2. Thomas' Contract.
3. Dumping Thomas without having a plan oh who will fill his role on the team.
4. Sending Lind down after a handful of at bats.
5. Signing Wilkerson, after he was already released by the Marlins.
6. Not bringing Lind back up when Wilkerson proved that he wasn't a major league batter, till Cito insisted.
7. Not making any moves at the trading deadline.
8. Hiring Gibby.
9. Hiring Gary Denbo.
10. Thinking Stairs could have another season like last year's.
11. Signing Stewart.
Ok that's enough for me.....everyone please leave your handful of favorites.
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12. Drafting Ricky Romero over Troy Tulowitzki
I could go on forever, but have to leave work now.
I forgot about the Adam Dunn Comments....leads to....
19. Lying about talking to Adam Dunn on the phone afterwards. That should have been reason to instantly fire him
Because it's only a lie if you know the truth.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
22. Pretending to be a “Moneyball” guy, but blowing huge money on washed-up “brand name” free agents
23. Never having a long term plan
24. Always thinking that the Jays are one reclamation project away from competing
25. Thinking Royce Clayton is a major league shortstop
26. Thinking Royce Clayton is a major league anything
27. Signing Royce Clayton
28. Signing Tomo Ohka
29. Signing Victor Zambrano
30. Not shutting Vernon down until September last year
31. Concealing Vernon’s injured shoulder until that time
32. Attempting to conceal the nature of BJ’s injury last spring
33. Waiting this long to fire Gibby
34. Consistently acquiring nothing by backup middle infielders in the offseason
The Yankees pretty much doubled their salary over the course of a couple of years after JP was signed.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Yeah but his line was we didn't have to compete on salary.....
And he did get rid of some bloated salaries…..then he started adding his own bloated ones.
35. Hinske 5 year contract
36. Koskie 3 year contract
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
37. B.J. Ryan 5 year contract
Remember the part in Moneyball about ‘selling the closer’? J.P. apparently didn’t.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Yeah over paying for closers is not a great move....buy low, sell high. I thought he would do that with Frasor when he racked up the saves the one year.
Course could have done that with Accardo after last year.
38. Not trading Jose Cruz jr. for David Wright
http://torontosun.com/Sports/Columnists/Elliott_Bob/2006/07/16/1686900.html
wow
I didn’t even know about that.
Ever since Wright came up with the Mets, after seeing him on highlight reels and in a few games, I’ve kept saying “why can’t the Jays ever get guys like Wright?” Now I guess I know why.
On a related note can you think of recent players that the Jays have acquired as prospects (not including players drafted by the Jays), who have ended up playing in the majors? I can think of Tallet and Hinske, that’s it. Maybe with the resources the Jays have, continually acquiring prospects is not as necessary as some smaller-market teams, but it seems to me that keeping a well-stocked farm system is an important key to building a successful ballclub. It seems that rather than acquire and develop young talent, the Jays (at least in recent years) trade the young talent they do have (usually obtained via the draft) for older players.
39. Eck playing SS....
If you put together a team that has a manager even considering using Eck as a DH, you should be fired.
I'm a little late to the party but I gotta weigh in...
It’s difficult to know where to start! First and foremost he is not the assessor of talent he believes himself to be- that’s a given but he’s an even worse money manager! Why the hell do you sign exten$ion$ (Reed and Johnnie) and give hefty rai$e$ only to get other (Shannon and Eck) players for those positions? Why the hell do you commit what amounts to Prince Edward Island’s GNP to Frank Double Play Thomas?
seethe
Getting rid of Hudson was a horrible mistake that they’ve never fully recovered from. We’re on the fourth or fifth 3rd Baseman in four or five years. Letting Chris Carpenter go was a boneheaded decision. Lying about Ryan, blathering about Dunn, giving up on Lind after a dozen ABs while hurt…
Make. It. Stop.
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