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IdontknowwhyIpostonforums
Oh yeah, lets not forget trading away Milton Bradley for Andre Ethier or the fact that his acquisitions of Blake and Manny went a long way to giving the team a shot in the playoffs.
Furcal and Schmidt suffered injuries, something that is hard to predict. Tell me they weren’t near the top at their position at the time they were signed. Like all the Hendry haters nobody sees that GMs are not the only factor in signing/acquiring players. The Soriano deal was fostered by former cubs Pres? whose name escapes me at the moment. Hendry didn’t find out about it till he was off his plane landed. Not really his fault. And the Zambrano signing was almost universally heralded as a good deal for the Cubs, because he took a discount to stay with the team. But now everybody talks like they knew all along that he would lose 3-5 mph off his FB and turn into a mediocre pitcher.
Same applies to Colletti. Did you stop rooting for the team when Manny went on that massive 60 game tear? You probably would have been there to complain if the Dodgers had not made the trade and missed the playoffs.
God, I hate having to defend the man (Colletti), but ignorant folks like you who hate just to hate make it very hard not to.
IdontknowwhyIpostonforums
Cubs President John McDonough.
OrelHershisersSinker
in all fairness, ethier for bradley is just one move. his other moves certainly haven’t been to that level. trading away santana was not the best move, but was necessary since the team needed a 3b.
he also traded cody ross and josh bell, two players that would have been nice to have right now.
overall though i do agree with you.
IdontknowwhyIpostonforums
Bell has been nothing special and Ross was competing for a spot in an outfield that had Lofton, Ethier, Drew, Kemp, Cruz, Jr, Repko, Anderson all looking for time. He simply did nothing to stand out. Hindsight is always perfect, but our analysis of the past can still be flawed.