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Originally Posted by moon
I know we aren't going to agree on it but it is the GM's fault if he puts together a team of guys in decline and ready to have that slump.
He didn't exactly put together a murderer's row of hitters and as I have pointed out the drop in production from many if not most of the guys are not a surprise to many outsiders.
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You keep saying the Jays hitters are "in decline" when all of them are under 34 with the exception of Stairs. Please explain to me how Rios, Wells, Hill, and Overbay are all in decline. Rolen is only 33 too and shouldn't be seeing massive dips off his OPS just yet. Your decline argument might have some weight if there were small dips in OPS, but most of the team is .075+ points below their career average.
Here's a quote from Mike Wilner (radio broadcast) talking about Ernie Whitt's arrogance:
"I’ll close by saying that I’m really not impressed with some of the commenters taking my saying that I’m not allowed to criticize Ernie Whitt to mean that I’m admitting that I’m a corporate shill. Do you really think that if they were going to tell me not to take shots at someone, that Ernie would be the guy? Again - NO ONE tells me what I can and can’t say on the air. I’m not going to tell the whole story, because I’m going to have to try to deal with Ernie at the World Baseball Festival in March, but last month there was a now-famous edition of The JaysTalk when someone actually suggested in all seriousness that Whitt should take over as the General Manager. There were about a dozen calls saying he should take over as the field manager (at least it felt like it), and I was pretty dismissive, but without getting personal or stating any of my reasons other than Ernie’s lack of experience as a manager. Whitt decided to confront me about it the next day, and based on the manner in which he spoke to me and the language that he used, I decided it wasn’t worth the headache to discuss him on the air anymore. I believe he again revealed himself in today’s Toronto Sun, with his quote that he believes he’s the best manager the Blue Jays have never hired. This is a guy who has never had a full-time gig managing professionals, at any level other than the odd week-long tournament."