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More Reactions to Amaro’s dismissal:
Phillies fans – “Yes!”
The rest of the NL East – “Well that was fun while it lasted”
Amaro – “That took a lot longer than I thought it would.”
New Law Era
A lot of peeps out there for the Phillies to consider. Anthopoulos is a darkhorse if the Blue Jays don’t re-sign him. Kevin Towers is another option. This will be an interesting offseason for sure.
ianthomasmalone
As much as I despise Amaro, I do have sympathy for the fact that the man showed up for work every day for over a year knowing that he could be sacked at any given moment. This has been a matter of time for a lot longer than it should have been.
willi
Speaking of Ruben , Smart Man, Good Person but not easy to love personally . That being said he came off as an pompous , arrogant man, with an inability to relate with the average Baseball fan. But in his defense, the players he payed well didn’t produce, If there something to be said about giving Long term contacts to humans who use their bodies in Athletic Competion , that it’s a suscide mission for Teams in any Sport.I can see the Owners trying to negotiate a maximum years in the next collective bargaining agreement !
NickinIthaca
The teams are the ones outbidding each other and giving out those years. No one – player, team or agent wants a maximum years clause in the CBA.
ianthomasmalone
A maximum years clause wouldn’t accomplish anything. Agents would just demand higher AAVs.
The only thing that would fix what you’ve suggested is a problem would be a salary cap and I’m for that. Teams have the money to hand these deals out, knowing that many of them aren’t going to look so hot. If they want to fix the problem, they can stop handing the deals out. Simple as that.
jtt11 2
I’m assuming that when you said amaro was unable to relate with the average baseball fan, you intended to constrain that to the average Philadelphia baseball fan. And if my assumption is correct, is that such a bad thing? Philly fans, are well, philly fans. It’s the only way to describe them. They crave winning, they would sell their children for one sports team that could rival the broad street bullies. Growing up as a Giants Yankees fan I used to hate philly fans, and after a few years of living in philly, I don’t hate them, rather I feel bad for them. They see dynasties in Boston and New York and think that they need one too. And the fans put blinders on and can’t see things for what they are.
Peter G
Well Amaro grew up in Philadelphia and knew the expectations.
tom from st pete florida
Does anyone honestly believe Amaro had any say in those recent trades?
He has been just a spokesperson for the Phillies, since they hired the new guy.
There is no way he had anything to do with those dealings, NONE!!!
New Law Era
How do you know he had nothing to do with those dealings?
Marvin Berry
Because he’s Tom. He just knows.
misterb71
Well, it eventually leaked out that David Montgomery was really the one responsible for the Howard, Rollins and Ruiz extensions. It’s not a stretch to think Amaro did the bidding of whatever somebody above him told him to do. Plus, Amaro’s been bleeding off prospects over the last three or four years and keeping an aging team intact — why would he suddenly flip the switch and start with a rather huge deal with prospects coming in the other direction?
tac3
I do…. Andy Macphail has said so as well.. Not sure if you’ve been keeping up with all the quotes and all, but yeah… Amaro made those trades … Amaro didn’t do anything he didn’t want to do per MacPhail, also the team believes that they will benefit from the fruits of his labor for years to come on these trades. You can read through the quotes they came directly from MacPhail and Middleton. Give credit where credit is due…. He put blocks in place for the rebuild… hopefully its for another Championship team.
mike156
Every GM has hits and misses–the Phillies fell apart a bit faster than might have been predicted, and his misses ended up being serious. He waited too long to adapt institutionally to make changes. And he had a tendency to hold out for the high price. Sometimes that worked–Hamels, and sometimes is was a disaster (Lee). Net net, a mediocre performance.
tac3
Speculating here… But I am wondering if holding off at last years deadline had anything to do with Montgomery’s health?… From what I’ve been reading from the Philly scribes, Amaro did’t have as much autonomy on things as fans once believed. Specifically on the core player resigning. You have to wonder if Monty had a tighter grip on decisions as he saw the ship sinking, and wanted more of the final say … speculation at this point, but for me, my view as of now, until more leaks out, the demise of the Phillies is pinned on the whole FO, consisting of Amaro, Gillick, Monty, and Wolever… and you can add Arbuckle in there for selecting/endorsing Wolever as his successor.
jtt11 2
Name one trade that raj made where he was on the losing end….
james 12
Cliff Lee to Mariners for trash
dylanp5030
Lee and Pence (trading Pence that is).
I liked Ruben and would’ve been fine keeping him actually. Your point is well taken. He made some really nice trades, and made this GM position a very very desirable position.
tac3
ha… gotta be sarcasm … he had some great ones though… As a Phillies fan how pumped where you when he got Lee,Halladay, and Pence? Some big time excitement. Also when Lee came back… that summer was crazy anticipation. There are good times during the reign.. itll take awhile for people to see them though.