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Frozen rope
The only name on the list that has done something at that level, all GM’s have skeletons as far as signings, but let’s not forget that 2/3 years they didn’t go to the post season were during the McCourt debacle.
ExtremelyRedsGuy
Contract the Diamondbacks.
josc2
Lol
vtadave
Dodgers fans endorse this move.
socalblake
And all the washed up ex-Giants will go to AZ instead of LA, woo-hoo!
fred-3
No way Ned gets another job after The Beat Team Money Can Buy. Putting it mildly, the book painted him poorly.
gamemusic3 2
Please oh please let this happen.
ib6ub9
Barry Bonds he use to play and was a hitting coach and should be able to get the players hooked up if they need something
Dbacker
Man, we need this guy. He is a winner. I’m sick of losing. The only GM in our history with a winning record was the first one, Joe Garagiola Jr., and he was barely above break-even.
Dave Sterwart 2015-16 148-176 .457
Kevin Towers 2011-14 320-328 .494
Jerry Dipoto Interim 7/10-9/10 31-43 .419
Josh Byrnes 2006-2010 318-330 .490
Bob Gebhard Interim 8/4/05 25-28 .472
Joe Jr. 1998-2005 627-616 .504
Compare that to Colletti who was 783-674 .537 with five playoff in nine seasons and only one losing season (under McCourt) when the Dodgers were a 80-82 — a better record than our Dbacks have had in 8 of their 19 seasons so far. Let’s hire a winner and turn this around.
myplane150
Can you imagine the cackling that Dbags owner Ken Kendricks must have been enjoying when he swooped in to get Greinke? Man probably needs to jump in his pool to cool off now that his team has sucked so bad after that ‘game-changing’ deal. Greinke sure made a bad greedy ass choice. Dodgers winning the WS would be such sweet karma.
radioball123
Colletti is a good guy. Take the Mcfarts out of the equation and you probably have a really competitive team. He did really well considering his hands were tied many times. I think this would be a good move for a smaller market team like the D’backs.
BlueSkyLA
It’s fashionable to bash Colletti by dwelling on his mistakes (as if some GMs never make any) but his work as GM was at least passible, especially considering he was working in the McBankrupt straight jacket.
Frozen rope
Good thread, pleasure to have educated people on it, Colletti is a no-brainer, especially if you consider the list of interns mentioned. D-backs will go from last to 2nd in a year under his guidance, Mark it!
hammystyle
Colleti is underrated and Friedman is probably the most overrated exec in the game. Colletti also was in charge of drafting Kershaw, Seager, Joc Pederson and Dee Gordon amongst others. He got Justin Turner off the scrap heap.
fuchholz
Seems like they should figure out La Russa’s status with the team first, then it would become more clear what they would be hiring for. This situation in the AZ is still a bit too murky to attract quality front office personnel.
Frozen rope
Of all the possible candidates, he is undoubtedly the best one
Thronson5
Dodgers fan here. I actually really like Ned. I think he did a good job and if you consider the McCourts owning the Dodgers at the time he actually did a great job for the circumstances. Did he make some bad moves? You name me a GM who hasn’t! Pretty sure they all make bad trades and signings. Overall this guy did a really good job and I was one of the Dodgers fans who actually wanted to see him stick around and see what he could actually do with that money. If the Diamondbacks get him they’ll be lucky.
Dbacker
Seriously. We need this guy. Come on Kendrick and Hall..