Why in Keith Lockhart's name did John Boland Schuerholz Jr trade Jermaine Dye away?

[CyYoung31]

Waino for 1 season of Drew was also a bit painful to look back on.

JS mostly succeeded off the arms of Glavine/Maddux/Smoltz and the Jones brothers. Sure, he deserves credit for getting/keeping that core, but he wasn’t exactly making masterful moves. He was a good GM, but by no means at the level of AA who is quite possibly the best GM in the sport.

JS isn’t even responsible for Glavine/Smoltz/Chipper. That was Bobby.

[Enscheff]

JS isn’t even responsible for Glavine/Smoltz/Chipper. That was Bobby.

But he did keep the core together, so credit must be given where due.

Again, he was a good GM who was blessed with a HoF core. Any competent professional sports management mind could have won with that, just like any competent middle manager could win with the current Braves roster.

AA is truly special. He constructed this extremely talented roster that someone like Snit can simply let run on autopilot. The roster is so talented Snit's mistakes are largely mitigated because it doesn't matter which star hits 2nd or 6th, or which high leverage BP arm pitches in the 5th or 8th.

[zitothebrave]

But he did keep the core together, so credit must be given where due.

Again, he was a good GM who was blessed with a HoF core. Any competent professional sports management mind could have won with that, just like any competent middle manager could win with the current Braves roster.

AA is truly special. He constructed this extremely talented roster that someone like Snit can simply let run on autopilot. The roster is so talented Snit's mistakes are largely mitigated because it doesn't matter which star hits 2nd or 6th, or which high leverage BP arm pitches in the 5th or 8th.

AA has a tiny bit of that Scheurholz thing, he came into the organization at a point of strength with many quality pieces there (Freeman, Swanson, Albies, Fried, Folty, Minor leaguers Acuna, SOroka, Wright, ANderson, and Riley) they only current big leaguers he accumulated as Amateurs are Harris, Strider and Vines, but where he has massively succeeded and JS failed was making the right acquisitions.

Our moves have all been basically perfect. Right guys traded out right guys coming in. Olsen basically we only lost Langeliers as a major contribution, Estes basically had a cup of coffee, Pache hasn't been able to stick around as more than a bench guy, Arcia trade was freaking brilliant, we gave up absolutely nothing, On the Murphy trade we gave up more. But it still wasn't that much as Murphy is much better than the best piece we gave up (Contreras)