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[Horsehide Harry]

You talkin' to me?

(While talking to Coppy) You sure do have a purty skull...

 

[Enscheff]

This makes the margin of error much smaller with attempting to compete...it makes it really just 2019-2022, maybe even just 2021. Everything would have to come together perfectly for it to work and it really may not be worth it.

I might just blow it up to smithereens to stick it to MLB if I was in the Braves shoes. It might not be worth it to deal with a small margin of error for a few playoff appearances. Trade everyone outside of the youngest side of the team, fill in with filler, and tank hard for 2018 and 2019. Prepare for when Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuna are really going to be in their prime.

This makes it more important than ever to properly manage the remaining valuable assets.

That extra year they gave up on Swanson, Albies and possibly Acuna will hurt even more now that the pipeline of new talent has taken such a huge hit.

But yeah, they were an above average FO that understood the cost of these early promotions. Riiiiiight.

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

How have AA's drafts been? If they're good maybe this won't be so bad...then again if the Braves try to compete he'd be dealing with a lesser talent level.

This is hard to try to figure out a way around...

 

[thewupk]

It sucks that it took MLB stepping in but hopefully "the Braves way" is officially dead. And if that's what it took to get the John's out then so be it.

 

[zitothebrave]

It sucks that it took MLB stepping in but hopefully "the Braves way" is officially dead. And if that's what it took to get the John's out then so be it.

Schuerholz is going nowhere.

From what I've read, I'm genuinely concerned about his mental health. If everything I read is true he handpicked Wren and Hart to run the team only to get into internal power struggles and force them out.

 

[Chico]

It sucks that it took MLB stepping in but hopefully "the Braves way" is officially dead. And if that's what it took to get the John's out then so be it.

This is one way to take it.

All BS aside if Coppy had truly alienated his staff and his fellow GM's there was no way he was ever going to be able to take us any further. If you do not have people skills you cannot be sucessful in any business long term, much less big business.

if I'm AA I'm thanking Coppy for doing the dirty work the last 3 years, as well as making everyone hate you. I have a stacked farm system and everyone thinks I'm the "good guy" here to save the franchise.