Seriously if you’re under the care of a physician? You seem to have some anger issues that should be addressed. Not so much for this post, but just the comments I’ve read from you over the years. I’ve got a few friends in medicine, and would be happy to make a referral, if you like.

blou is in love with the least durable and more 5 and fly prone starter

absolutely fascinating

We overpaid for Dempster too. We rewarded him for a career year that came out of nowhere.

This post is spot on! Rec’d!

do somethign right no one cares, do smething wrong no one forgets. Hendry has made bonehead moves, but he has also made many good moves. Can you complain about losing DeRosa if Hendry doesnt sign him?

I get it BLou, you hate Hendry, let it go. Your hatred for Hendry pars Jessica and Uncle Lou I think

Only direction I see is down. We won 83 games last year and have seemingly not much payroll. We have already lost a starter, the only proven closer we had(Though not great!), the best bench bat we had in Fox, and a great backup OF in Reed. We have ever aging core players and a disgruntled RF holding us hostage. Our bullpen is still in shambles(Again I say a bullpen is like a kicker in Football), its only important if you don’t have one. We need a few bench players. Are we gonna tender Fontenot a contract? So as I see it we have done nothing but heavily downgraded a 83 win team.

I’m disgusted with this whole operation. I would rather have a full scale firesale this offseason and start the entire organizational rebuild from the ground up than go into next season with a false sense of hope!

Are division contenders are getting better!

how everyone would respond to this if the author wasn’t who it is.

I think BLou toes the line of sanity most times, but can you honestly say he is wrong here? I think people who are killing him on this are just rationalizing the situation, trying to feel good about. Cubsluver22 had it right. If you look at what the Cubs have done so far, it is true they have only gotten worse.

I read above that people don’t remember the good moves, but don’t forget the bad ones. That’s the way it is in any walk of life. Look at his good moves, then compare them to level of devastation of his bad ones. There is no doubt which way the scale tips. I mean, he’s getting exactly what everyone thought he was getting with Bradley. Look at the history of spots. It is filled with the “we can fix him” ego. How many times does that actually work? Now, think about how many times that actually works in the environment the Cubs play in, with a hot headed manager. There are times and situations where you can roll the dice. Why the hell would you roll the dice on a 97 win team?

I also find it interesting how they claim there is such a level of interest for Bradley from other teams. You know that Hendry is willing to take in the ass on this deal. If that’s the case, teams must not be offering a garden hose for him because he’d take it.

Yes, I understand it is still “early”, but the Cubs are half way into their offseason plans, and they haven’t gotten any better. The only thing that is sitting better is Rickett’s wallet because they dumped Miles. Let’s face it, the writing is on the wall. This is definitely the Cardinal’s division to win. Everyone says that they haven’t gotten better either. Well if they do resign Holliday that’s a full year with he and Albert. Which means a an even better Cardinals team.

Does no one else get tired of all this?

Let’s say we do make a deal for Burrell and we in turn scrape up enough to sign a Cameron. We then have a a backup/PH in Burrell.

Then what? We can make up for the loss of Lilly until he returns(that’s guessing he’s not ready for opening day). We lost Harden! We don’t know if Marmol can close and Guzman can stay healthy. Grabow is solid but past that are pen is full of questions. Who backs up 3rd? What kinda bench are we gonna have? What happens if Gorzo/Marshall/ Wells faulter? How do we deal with the injuries?

If we have no money to do anything until we unload MB then how are we gonna address a roster full of question marks? I’m not ledge jumping yet but a question keeps popping into my head and that is…. Is it time to go ahead and start the full fledge overhaul of this organization?

…people are freaking out that JH ruined a 97 win team. A team he created. Back to back division champs.

Yeah he had an awful 09. I said that before the season started last year. But at least I waited until spring training concluded before I decided. Give hendry some time. I think he deserves one more chance to redeem himself. What’s so wrong with that?

People say we’re already going to be worse next year? Ha! Addition by subtraction. Marmol is better than Gregg. And the team is simply better of with anyone out there other than Miles/Heilman.

from his replies to me and others…..

1. do not trust the media, coaches, interviews on tv, or agents
2. do not believe what you read on the iternet, newspaper, books or tv (yes u can read your tv)
3. believe BLou he knows better than the two above groups
4. facts that disprove BLou are not valid unless you have a hard copy of the actual evidence, not a link to the evidence
5. BLou knows all, and is to be trusted over anyone else in MLB, the media, etc, even if they are professionals in their profession and he is not

ok, i think i got it

We have to admit Hendry has had back to back bad years. The Milton signing is one of the worst and Dome’s deal is and was bad.
 Hendry barely gets a C in my grading.

I sneezed, fell, and hit my face on the curb. Had my eye patched for a few weeks. Hurt like hell.

His anger towards Hendry is not unfounded.

Hendry broke the cardinal rule of a GM: “Let the Manager worry about this season and I’ll worry about next season.”

Hendry thought he could get the team to the world series quickly and once the Tribune Co needed a winner to jack up the price on the team he thought he could buy it.

But as many GMs have learned you can’t buy a world series.

Jim Hendry failed.

Last off season he was moving the deck chairs on the Titanic. Bloated contracts leaving him no room to make real changes so it was left with signing a crazy nut job in hopes he wouldn’t expoled till next year while trading the teams depth to save money.

In 2010 most of the passager (i.e. fans) are in the water hoping for a lifeboat. This team is going no where fast with most of its best players on the down side of their careers and too many players playing out of position.

The Cubs will be lucky to break .500 this season. DLee will be traded along will Lilly (both with expiring contract). Rami will opt out and be gone next year. Leaving a Team with Dempster, Sori, Fukudome, and Z Easting up 50 million Dollars in Payroll.

Because of the crappy long team contracts in 2011 from now the Z, Dome, Sori, and Dumpster will be the best players on our team. How are the Cubs going to be able to bring in talent when those 4 players will be crushing the teams starting rotions, lineup and payroll?

So back to Blou’s frustration, It is warranted.

His long term back loaded contracts have cost the Cubs the 2009 season because he was forced to sell off the teams depth to bring in other missing pieces. His long term contracts have cost us 2010 season because there is no payroll flexibility and thus the team is stagnate and old. His long term contracts have cost us 2011 because nearly 50% of his payroll will be lock up in over the hill, unproductive players when the cubs are in desperate need to reload and rebuild.

GMs on well managed teams always have an eye on next season. Herdry stopped looking forward and has cost this team at least 4 year.

BLou is a tool
Bleed Cubbie Blue is better
When he doesn’t post