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Absolut wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 07:14 am Lance defends the guy who paid him $11m to be fat after horrid years. Shocking. Lance also fails to address the bad trades, signings, and stupid statements, and fixates on not being provided enough money.

Absolut wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 07:14 am Lance defends the guy who paid him $11m to be fat after horrid years. Shocking. Lance also fails to address the bad trades, signings, and stupid statements, and fixates on not being provided enough money.

2ninr wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 07:19 am I think players probably have a completely different point of view than fans. Lynn demonstrates that.

Ron Gant's Bicep wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 08:50 am He’s not wrong. Mo has made his share of bad moves but every GM/POBO does. For every Ozuna trade, there’s an Arenado or Goldy trade. And up until 2023, his teams have been consistently competitive. My main criticism of Mo has been unwillingness to part with prospects at the deadline in years where we are competitive, but it would not surprise me if ownership had a say in that too. At the end of the day, Mo is an employee and like any other employee works at the direction of his boss. I really doubt Mo was on board with gutting the minor league development system to maintain resources for the big league club, but that’s the choice his boss gave him.

Ownership has provided just enough resources for this team to be competitive but has been unwilling to go all in and disrupt the profit stream with a higher payroll. Now they’re eating the meal they cooked with poor attendance and low fan interest. Most of the issues we blame Mo for won’t go away once he leaves.

Dicktar2023 wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 09:30 am

Ron Gant's Bicep wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 08:50 am He’s not wrong. Mo has made his share of bad moves but every GM/POBO does. For every Ozuna trade, there’s an Arenado or Goldy trade. And up until 2023, his teams have been consistently competitive. My main criticism of Mo has been unwillingness to part with prospects at the deadline in years where we are competitive, but it would not surprise me if ownership had a say in that too. At the end of the day, Mo is an employee and like any other employee works at the direction of his boss. I really doubt Mo was on board with gutting the minor league development system to maintain resources for the big league club, but that’s the choice his boss gave him.

Ownership has provided just enough resources for this team to be competitive but has been unwilling to go all in and disrupt the profit stream with a higher payroll. Now they’re eating the meal they cooked with poor attendance and low fan interest. Most of the issues we blame Mo for won’t go away once he leaves.

So in your mind, Mo has been begging BDW to update the farm system, but his boss refused? I doubt that very much. It seems more likely that Mo has assumed Memphis was just fine because it's always fine and ignored any flashing signs. I bet he found out that he had 15 fewer developmental coaches than the Brewers the same way you and I did: from Katie Woo.

While we're talking about the Brewers, they have a lower payroll than the Cardinals and they're the best team in baseball. That didn't happen overnight, of course, but it happened. It could have happened here. It could have started years ago. Instead we had a POBO whose only goal year in and year out was finishing above .500 and maybe scrapping for a WC spot.

Honestly, I don't blame BDW one bit for not wanting to hand Mo a bigger payroll, just so he can blow it on extensions for MM and over-the-hill players like Lynn and a boatload of catchers who can't catch. The only thing that doesn't make sense is why BDW didn't just fire him last year and let Bloom start rebuilding in winter 2024.

HorseTrader wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 07:07 am I kinda see what he's saying. It's not Mo, it's Dewitt or at least that's what I get from lynn's remarks.

greyhawk wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 10:11 am

Dicktar2023 wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 09:30 am

Ron Gant's Bicep wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 08:50 am He’s not wrong. Mo has made his share of bad moves but every GM/POBO does. For every Ozuna trade, there’s an Arenado or Goldy trade. And up until 2023, his teams have been consistently competitive. My main criticism of Mo has been unwillingness to part with prospects at the deadline in years where we are competitive, but it would not surprise me if ownership had a say in that too. At the end of the day, Mo is an employee and like any other employee works at the direction of his boss. I really doubt Mo was on board with gutting the minor league development system to maintain resources for the big league club, but that’s the choice his boss gave him.

Ownership has provided just enough resources for this team to be competitive but has been unwilling to go all in and disrupt the profit stream with a higher payroll. Now they’re eating the meal they cooked with poor attendance and low fan interest. Most of the issues we blame Mo for won’t go away once he leaves.

So in your mind, Mo has been begging BDW to update the farm system, but his boss refused? I doubt that very much. It seems more likely that Mo has assumed Memphis was just fine because it's always fine and ignored any flashing signs. I bet he found out that he had 15 fewer developmental coaches than the Brewers the same way you and I did: from Katie Woo.

While we're talking about the Brewers, they have a lower payroll than the Cardinals and they're the best team in baseball. That didn't happen overnight, of course, but it happened. It could have happened here. It could have started years ago. Instead we had a POBO whose only goal year in and year out was finishing above .500 and maybe scrapping for a WC spot.

Honestly, I don't blame BDW one bit for not wanting to hand Mo a bigger payroll, just so he can blow it on extensions for MM and over-the-hill players like Lynn and a boatload of catchers who can't catch. The only thing that doesn't make sense is why BDW didn't just fire him last year and let Bloom start rebuilding in winter 2024.

Didn't MO still have a year on his contract? Kind of like the marmot does for next season --- one thing we all should know by now is that contracts play under DeWitt.

Bully4you wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 04:30 am Stand by your man.
Hello
Calling out ungrateful fans.
That would be you by the way.

https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles ... 5_42765760

Dicktar2023 wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 10:20 am

greyhawk wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 10:11 am

Dicktar2023 wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 09:30 am

Ron Gant's Bicep wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 08:50 am He’s not wrong. Mo has made his share of bad moves but every GM/POBO does. For every Ozuna trade, there’s an Arenado or Goldy trade. And up until 2023, his teams have been consistently competitive. My main criticism of Mo has been unwillingness to part with prospects at the deadline in years where we are competitive, but it would not surprise me if ownership had a say in that too. At the end of the day, Mo is an employee and like any other employee works at the direction of his boss. I really doubt Mo was on board with gutting the minor league development system to maintain resources for the big league club, but that’s the choice his boss gave him.

Ownership has provided just enough resources for this team to be competitive but has been unwilling to go all in and disrupt the profit stream with a higher payroll. Now they’re eating the meal they cooked with poor attendance and low fan interest. Most of the issues we blame Mo for won’t go away once he leaves.

So in your mind, Mo has been begging BDW to update the farm system, but his boss refused? I doubt that very much. It seems more likely that Mo has assumed Memphis was just fine because it's always fine and ignored any flashing signs. I bet he found out that he had 15 fewer developmental coaches than the Brewers the same way you and I did: from Katie Woo.

While we're talking about the Brewers, they have a lower payroll than the Cardinals and they're the best team in baseball. That didn't happen overnight, of course, but it happened. It could have happened here. It could have started years ago. Instead we had a POBO whose only goal year in and year out was finishing above .500 and maybe scrapping for a WC spot.

Honestly, I don't blame BDW one bit for not wanting to hand Mo a bigger payroll, just so he can blow it on extensions for MM and over-the-hill players like Lynn and a boatload of catchers who can't catch. The only thing that doesn't make sense is why BDW didn't just fire him last year and let Bloom start rebuilding in winter 2024.

Didn't MO still have a year on his contract? Kind of like the marmot does for next season --- one thing we all should know by now is that contracts play under DeWitt.

Matheny and Schildt might disagree. So might Walt Jocketty.