Extending Dipoto

[Revad]

Would you?

I get putting someone in charge for the long-term. If you do it for the manager why not for the leader of the organization?

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Not during the season. There's no rush. Let's wait and season how things go during the second half of the season.

[ABC]

s/b a priority after the trade deadline if RP is addr.

[tennischmp]

He hasn't shown enough to be extended yet

[ten ocho recon scout]

He hasn't shown enough to be extended yet

...... theres a perverted feel to this post

[Revad]

We are on AW, so given our group  bondage, the question is whether he is pushing us in the right direction.  I miss Stoneman but we'll never get that back.  I see balance and guts.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Hes made some mistakes, but I think hes steered the ship on the right new heading. Hate to be an apologist, but he did get handcuffed by arte and inherited a very broken aytem, both on the big club and in the minors.

Our pitching has been shakey since the tail end of reagins. But he did turn around the offense in a pretty short amount of time. Obviously trout helps that. But dipoto seems to have completely remade what our offense tries to do vs previous teams.

[nate]

I would.  Need to give time to rebuild the farm system and the depth in the org.

[bloodbrother]

See if the team makes the playoffs

 

The additions he made to the offense were disasters this year, but he did well in the Trumbo trade to help improve the overall SP depth and Joe Smith has been an excellent addition to the pen(though the pen still blows chunks)

[Second Base]

I think that it's impossible to fix the Angels in the 3 years he's had. He 's made some critical errors (Blanton, Pujols, Hamilton, Hanson) and has had some bad luck (Burnett, Madson). But he's also

made some key decisions that are looking good, like the Skaggs trade, the Grant Green trade, before this year the Frieri trade, extending Trout and overseeing three consecutive drafts that have been pretty solid. Not only that, he's rebuilt the entire minor league infrastructure.

I'm not sure if he should or shouldn't be extended, but I think if they part ways you have to go with Servais to see things through, having an entire organization flip over every 3 years creates inconsistency and miscommunication. So it has to be either Dipoto or Servais.

[tdawg87]

We are on AW, so given our group  bondage

 

am I on the right forum

[YouthofToday]

He has done quite well considering he inherited a EPA SuperFund site farm system courtesy of Tony Reagins and the owner forced a $250,000,000.00 contract.

[ukyah]

i think it's pretty clear he'll be extended. i'd imagine, all things considered, that arte is happy with this years results, so far.

[Revad]

Organizational culture is hard to shift, I think Dipoto is fluid enough to do it, given time.

[Hollyw00d]

Hes made some mistakes, but I think hes steered the ship on the right new heading. Hate to be an apologist, but he did get handcuffed by arte and inherited a very broken aytem, both on the big club and in the minors.

Our pitching has been shakey since the tail end of reagins. But he did turn around the offense in a pretty short amount of time. Obviously trout helps that. But dipoto seems to have completely remade what our offense tries to do vs previous teams.

 

 

he's also turned around the starting pitching pretty quickly as well.  they've been top 3 in the AL thus far

[T.G.]

Isn't Mike Scioscia the GM anyway?

 

Sarcasm button on.

[Ohtaniland]

I would wait until we are mathematically in or out of the playoffs before deciding whether or not to extend his contract. There is no rush.

[nmh]

Angels already have have the option on Dipoto for 2 more years. Scioscia is signed for four more years after this one, but has an opt out after next year.

[WallyWorld]

good god, no! Just because the team is playing well right now doesn't mean Dipoto has the golden touch.  He's still made way more moves that have backfired than he has good moves.  Have people already forgotten the Failure Four from 2 winters ago? 

[tomsred]

How he fixes the current bullpen crisis may have a lot to do with how this question gets answered.

[Hollyw00d]

GMs are like drafts.  You cant really properly grade them until a few years have passed under their administration.  Dipoto hasn't had enough time yet.   He's made some good decisions, and some bad ones.  He's also had his fair share of bad luck, as well.  I like what he's doing with the farm system.  Some of his trades and FAs signings have been definite head scratchers.

 

He needs more time.

[Revad]

I want instant gratification, that is real. Long term success is what the GM has to do.

[ettin]

I believe in what Dipoto has done and tried to do and would support an extension to allow him to continue to develop the organization. Five total years sounds right and can be renewed as needed.

[Guest]

I approve of Dipoto and the direction he's taking the team, but I think big contract extensions make people complacent. 

[NachoPop]

Some people seem to focus on some of the bigger name player failures without taking into account the many, smaller moves that have helped the team both now and in the long run. Id like to see him stay on and see what happens.