tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post4663191351594078824..comments2023-10-17T10:45:07.796-04:00Comments on FJB: Poll Results, New PollUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-25049646378233635682008-09-15T16:05:00.000-04:002008-09-15T16:05:00.000-04:00@Thomas--Thanks.If you were going to spend money f...@Thomas--Thanks.<BR/><BR/>If you were going to spend money for a type-A guy last off season, CF clearly was the place to look.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad they didn't do those deals because I wouldn't want Hunter at 18m at age 38 or Rowand at 36. I think both those guys will be real albatrosses for their teams by the end of those deals (maybe sooner than that), and I don't want that when the Nationals' core of youth should be ripe and producing. Obviously Jones is younger and got a shorter deal, but we know how that worked out.<BR/><BR/>But like I said, if you were going to spend, that's the place I would have done it, so I see where you're coming from.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109288910583404941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-24224745137564756522008-09-15T14:48:00.000-04:002008-09-15T14:48:00.000-04:00I voted "something else," because I thought the bi...I voted "something else," because I thought the big mistake was not signing one of last season's free agent to play CF. I was never excited about Andruw Jones, but I think Aaron Rowand would have fit here nicely. Or Torii Hunter.<BR/><BR/>Yes, keep the blog going either way. Firejoemorgan.com is still active, right? <BR/><BR/>Your round ups of the Natmosphere are quite helpful.IPLawguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08681244219906144243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-34019772366484306112008-09-15T13:49:00.000-04:002008-09-15T13:49:00.000-04:00Nate--I could get behind a critique of the ownersh...Nate--I could get behind a critique of the ownership group. <BR/><BR/>First on my list (not yours, I know) would be retaining Bowden, but then after that the whole organization I think is set up dysfunctionally so that no one gets to hire the people who work for them. Manny didn't get to hire his coaches. Bowden didn't pick Manny. Kasten didn't want Bowden. Then Kasten sticks Rizzo in there under Bowden. They all inherited Dana Brown. It's just a total clusterfuck. A well-run operation has to have a clear top-down hierarchy and here it's all a mess.<BR/><BR/>And then the above ground parking garage.<BR/><BR/>And it seems like there are a lot of little customer service things taht get goofed, although since I'm not a season ticket holder I don't really experience most of that.<BR/><BR/>And then I think the payroll <I>could</I> be higher, and that would help some, but I think looking at the actual list of FAs over the last couple years that you and Chris and the other big free agency boosters should acknowledge that there are very few real difference makers there. By definition, older, declining players who some team thought wasn't worth re-signing long term in the first place. That's the reality, and this idea that Bowden could have gone out and bought us a contender if only mean old Stan hadn't stood in his way just isn't true.<BR/><BR/>So fine, add payroll to the list of things to complain about, but FA isn't the solution. I wish it was more promising, but the players just arent' there.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109288910583404941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-29050866118000213892008-09-15T13:38:00.000-04:002008-09-15T13:38:00.000-04:00There's always "www.firetedlerner.blogspot.com".There's always "www.firetedlerner.blogspot.com".Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967066946860270813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-63720443941306300172008-09-15T12:27:00.000-04:002008-09-15T12:27:00.000-04:00Join us at NationalsPride.com is what you should d...Join us at <A HREF="http://www.nationalspride.com" REL="nofollow">NationalsPride.com</A> is what you should do! But naturally I'm biased.<BR/><BR/>Whatever you do, don't go away.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915120760049904431noreply@blogger.com