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I found out relatively early in life that the ability to admit when one is wrong will mitigate many potential issues/conflicts down the road.
The ole wait till next year ................. while we're still in April .................. not a great sign.thetank2 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2025 08:22 amSee you next year!!Monsieur De Treville wrote: ↑28 Apr 2025 21:00 pm Look, I'm guilty as charged! I throw myself on the mercy of the court. Go easy on me. Take pity on me!
Yes, I predicted the Cards would win 78 games this season. I'm such an idiot! This is not even close to being a 78 win team. And what's worse...this team is doomed for the next several seasons.
1. The organization is terrible. They no longer develop star players. Hell, even in the 70's they developed talent like Hernandez, Templeton, Simmons, Forsch. Now who do we have? Noot...okay. Hurdy Gurdy...sure. But no real star power, is there?
2. The Manager is horrific. Sure, this is his last season. But hey...had to fire Shildt because he wasn't a yes man!
3. The DeWitt's didn't like spending money when we drew three million fans. We sure as heck won't be signing any elite free agents now.
4. No sense of urgency. Reminds me of the early 90's when August III ran the team. He didn't care. He didn't spend. No sense or urgency to turn things around and win.
I'm frustrated. How did this once proud franchise fall so fast? Horrible drafting and horrible player development.
I've seen this movie before. It could easily be years before we're competitive again. Sad.
He said he was taking a break.JDW wrote: ↑29 Apr 2025 08:42 amThe ole wait till next year ................. while we're still in April .................. not a great sign.thetank2 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2025 08:22 amSee you next year!!Monsieur De Treville wrote: ↑28 Apr 2025 21:00 pm Look, I'm guilty as charged! I throw myself on the mercy of the court. Go easy on me. Take pity on me!
Yes, I predicted the Cards would win 78 games this season. I'm such an idiot! This is not even close to being a 78 win team. And what's worse...this team is doomed for the next several seasons.
1. The organization is terrible. They no longer develop star players. Hell, even in the 70's they developed talent like Hernandez, Templeton, Simmons, Forsch. Now who do we have? Noot...okay. Hurdy Gurdy...sure. But no real star power, is there?
2. The Manager is horrific. Sure, this is his last season. But hey...had to fire Shildt because he wasn't a yes man!
3. The DeWitt's didn't like spending money when we drew three million fans. We sure as heck won't be signing any elite free agents now.
4. No sense of urgency. Reminds me of the early 90's when August III ran the team. He didn't care. He didn't spend. No sense or urgency to turn things around and win.
I'm frustrated. How did this once proud franchise fall so fast? Horrible drafting and horrible player development.
I've seen this movie before. It could easily be years before we're competitive again. Sad.
That's not a problem unique to StL. It's a bad division for a reason. Other divisional teams have big talent shortages too. Maybe not the Cubs. The Cubs could win going away.Time, yes. Games, yes.
Talent, probably not.
I didn’t make a w/l prediction, but I did pick them to finish 4th in the division.11WSChamps wrote: ↑28 Apr 2025 21:41 pm Said they were trending to the bottom of the division.
Not happy about it just looking at the reality of the situation.
Thank God for the Pirates.
For now.
No he didn’t.thetank2 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2025 09:01 amHe said he was taking a break.JDW wrote: ↑29 Apr 2025 08:42 amThe ole wait till next year ................. while we're still in April .................. not a great sign.thetank2 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2025 08:22 amSee you next year!!Monsieur De Treville wrote: ↑28 Apr 2025 21:00 pm Look, I'm guilty as charged! I throw myself on the mercy of the court. Go easy on me. Take pity on me!
Yes, I predicted the Cards would win 78 games this season. I'm such an idiot! This is not even close to being a 78 win team. And what's worse...this team is doomed for the next several seasons.
1. The organization is terrible. They no longer develop star players. Hell, even in the 70's they developed talent like Hernandez, Templeton, Simmons, Forsch. Now who do we have? Noot...okay. Hurdy Gurdy...sure. But no real star power, is there?
2. The Manager is horrific. Sure, this is his last season. But hey...had to fire Shildt because he wasn't a yes man!
3. The DeWitt's didn't like spending money when we drew three million fans. We sure as heck won't be signing any elite free agents now.
4. No sense of urgency. Reminds me of the early 90's when August III ran the team. He didn't care. He didn't spend. No sense or urgency to turn things around and win.
I'm frustrated. How did this once proud franchise fall so fast? Horrible drafting and horrible player development.
I've seen this movie before. It could easily be years before we're competitive again. Sad.
This is EXACTLY what needs to happen. A new manager can shake up a team. Of course said new manager cannot walk on water and this is still a .500 team at best (with the wind behind them). The starting pitching is at least half decent. The BP has cost them 5 or 6 games at least. The hitting approach is much better, but there are still the Walker/Gorman not developing problems, along with others of course. But a new manager can often reboot a team. Of course many of us have called for Oli's dismissal for several seasons and no matter how poorly he and the team do.... he is still here. I suspect if Bloom had actual power, Oli would be gone tomorrow. Geez, you could at least have gotten Skippy. He couldn't do worse.Monsieur De Treville wrote: ↑29 Apr 2025 07:48 amMo won't do it unless forced by ownership, but it'll most likely be one of the first things Bloom does when he assumes full control.Rojo Johnson wrote: ↑28 Apr 2025 23:27 pm Moe won’t fire Oli. He thinks Oli hung the moon. He and Oli, two real baseball men. The architects of this and the last two seasons. They are proud of what they have accomplished. After all, it takes some big brass balls to take a 3.3 million attendance team and turn it into a 2.0 million team. Hats off to you boys!