At least, I hope so

It’s Tom Ricketts. Let’s hope the new GM takes this recommendation. Wilken has done an excellent job.

First, the idea that Wilken and others would lave if Hendry were fired is predicated on Hendry actually getting another GM position. He might eventually, but with the long line of young prospective GMs getting a lot of publicity, the odds aren’t in Hendry’s favor. Rumors abound that Hendry will likely end up working for one of a handful of teams as a special assistant to a GM. Point being while Wilken may have been rumored to leave if Hendry were to leave, its not like Hendry is going to be given the opportunity to run another organization any time soon and while Wilken likely will land somewhere if he were to leave the Cubs, the idea that Wilken, Fleita, Maddux, et all will “follow Hendry” just isn’t realistic.

As for Wilken and others, it certainly seems as though he has done a good job recently and he has a great track record. That being said, if you’re bringing in soneone like Friedman, Hahn, Cashman or Epstein, you need to give them the opportunity to shape the organization. Its been said for quite some time now that one of the problems with the organization is that it lacks a real cohesive vision, mentality and way of doing things. I honestly question whether, if Andrew Friedman is reeled in, whether Tim Wilken fits into the vision. Its beyond letting a new GM bring in “his guys”, its that new GM putting together the organization, from development to drafting to acquisition based on a philosophy and having people head up those areas that have the same vision, using the same metrics.

that Wilken compared Hendry getting fired to a Neil Young song about the death of a heroin addict?