Dombrowski canned by Tigers

[tennischmp]

Seriously? I find it hard to believe teams would line up to hire someone who up and quits a few weeks before the trade deadline because they weren't getting their way.

Well I guess the Tigers will have a hard time finding a GM since they just did the same thing Dipoto did back to their GM.

[red321]

Well I guess the Tigers will have a hard time finding a GM since they just did the same thing Dipoto did back to their GM.

 

Yes....exact same thing...except for the fact that it isn't remotely close

[Homebrewer]

Just hire him long enough to copy his rolodex. (I'll bet he actually has one) 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Dombrowski / Leyland 2016

[gurn67]

Arte will hire an experienced GM with a succesful track record, and give him complete authority, the same day Jerry Jones does. Or, when hell freezes over. Whichever comes first.

[tomsred]

Dombrowski / Leyland 2016

 

Fossil Brothers.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

He'd be a good hire. Old school GM and old school manager.

[Chris]

apparently Buddy Black is the only one that can stand Arte and Scioscia so he'll be coming our way as new GM

[Guest]

One of the worst organizations in baseball.

They traded away their starting rotation for rentals or peanuts.

1. Doug Fister

2. Rick Porcello

3. David Price

4. Max Scherzer (FA)

None of their trades make sense especially in hindsight

[floplag]

Bud black is not qualified as far as i can see to be a GM...  going to a rookie in that regard it had better be more  of a Theo type move or were sunk.
Id love to have him as manager, but GM?  no

[Angel Oracle]

I think Dombrowski may have been dealing with some meddling of his own... Their owner has one foot in the grave and he's been pretty desperate to win. The Verlander and Cabrera deals were ugly, but fan favorites and legacy type players, those situations can end up ugly. That Verlander deal -- just yuck..

Mike Ilitch (Little Caeser's guy) has owned that team forever.

[Tyler]

One of the worst organizations in baseball.

They traded away their starting rotation for rentals or peanuts.

1. Doug Fister

2. Rick Porcello

3. David Price

4. Max Scherzer (FA)

None of their trades make sense especially in hindsight

 

Getting out from having to pay Porcello 20 million a season is brilliant. 

[Inside Pitch]

Mike Ilitch (Little Caeser's guy) has owned that team forever.

 

Yeah -- he's in his 80s...   Dude looks like the love child of Leonard Nimoy and Phil Spector

[Pujols4MVP]

Getting out from having to pay Porcello 20 million a season is brilliant. 

 and getting Cabrera for almost nothing. Almost none of the prospects they gave the Marlins worked out for them.

Maybin became a glove only/can't hit CFer & Andrew Miller became a good RP after many years failing as a SP with several teams.

[NJHalo]

One of the worst organizations in baseball.

They traded away their starting rotation for rentals or peanuts.

1. Doug Fister

2. Rick Porcello

3. David Price

4. Max Scherzer (FA)

None of their trades make sense especially in hindsight

Yes, but he was able to lock up Verlander with a long term extension.

Money well spent

[sneaky_flute]

He's done a good job of maximizing the farm system's trade value, but he can't put together a bullpen for the life of him. 

[DMVol]

Yes, but he was able to lock up Verlander with a long term extension.

Money well spent

We all thought Weaver's deal was a sweetheart hometown discount.....

[Guest]

Getting out from having to pay Porcello 20 million a season is brilliant. 

Porcello is definitely not worth that kind of money, but the Red Sux are the ones who agreed to pay him that kind of money. 

[Pujols4MVP]

Porcello is definitely not worth that kind of money, but the Red Sux are the ones who agreed to pay him that kind of money. 

 

Porcello has always kinda sucked, 2014 was his only good season. For a innings eater 4.50 ERA type he's being paid 5x what he's worth.

[red321]

i disagree

 

the fact that ownership/the president would allow an environment where players and the skipper feel free to shit all over a GM openly and sometimes publicly isn't a black eye on dipoto, but rather the angels.  it's not like it's a secret in the baseball world, either. 

 

dipoto will get hired pretty quickly if that's what he wants.  i'd bet that maybe he'll be looking for a higher position for a team or for mlb, though. 

 

I can see him getting another job in baseball...but I think clubs would be pretty wary to bring him in as GM, at least right now.

 

We don't know all the ins and outs of what occurred, but what we do know is this...Jerry took his ball and went home a few weeks before the trading deadline for a team that was (and still is) in contention for the playoffs. He didn't stick it out until the end of the year, he didn't bit the bullet and say "screw it, I'm going to do my job until the end of the season and then let there be an orderly transition at the end of the year". He bailed. He quit.

 

Maybe he did it for personal reasons and his sanity...maybe he just finally said I can't deal with it anymore...totally his choice, but when it comes down to it he just up and walked away from the team in the middle of the season....and I don't think something like that will go unnoticed.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

apparently Buddy Black is the only one that can stand Arte and Scioscia so he'll be coming our way as new GM

 

No GM with any intention of doing things his own way will take this turd in a blender.

[Second Base]

Whatever GM we get, it us my hope that he is every bit as aggressive as Dipoto was. Absolutely refreshing.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Whatever GM we get, it us my hope that he is every bit as aggressive as Dipoto was. Absolutely refreshing.

 

It will be a lap dog. Scioscia can't have a GM overriding his decisions.

[tennischmp]

Yes....exact same thing...except for the fact that it isn't remotely close

Right, not close at all, they both weren't fired/ resigned mid season

[red321]

Right, not close at all, they both weren't fired/ resigned mid season

 

There are 30 GM jobs in all of baseball

 

Finding a candidate to take one of 30 jobs is a tad bit different than trying to find one of those 30 jobs.