$117 mil, 100 losses– Where’s our bailout plan?

It comes when Chuck and Howard are voted off the island.

If Chuck tried any harder to pat himself on the back for his team’s past successes (and 2001 is getting pretty far in the rearview mirror at this point …) he’d break his arm.

This team’s in trouble.

WHERE-DO-I-….BEGIN???!?

(The Passion Of Chuck Armstrong. Coming soon to a theatre near you. Gah.)

From virtually everything I read in that interview, I am thinking several things. Number one on that list of thoughts is that this stands a very, very real chance of sucking exponentially.

As I’ve said before, I wouldn’t trust Armstrong with tying my shoes correctly, let alone selecting a GM with something on the ball. That he trusts his instincts? His decisions??

Note to Chuck: you have the baseball acumen of a fiddler crab, your job hangs on one thing and one thing only: that ownership doesn’t involve itself in baseball operations, otherwise you’d've been shitcanned long ago.

What glory days this organization has had (and they get more distant all the time) were NOT the results of your own doing, Chuckie.

And I can’t help but think that all the young bright boys and girls you plan on interviewing are gonna look at THIS mess, and say to themselves “you know, I really WANT you guys helping me every step of the way”…

The Mariners tolerate dissent. That was good for another belly-laugh. This is the most G-rated organization in pro sports. The broadcasters get a reprimand if they so much as utter “gosh darn it all to heck”. The Mariners no more invite dissent than what Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis invites less than omnipotent-worship of himself.

The sad thing is, the Raiders might JUST be run a little better than what the M’s have been lately.

Fingers crossed, trying to think good thoughts. LaCava…LaCava…LaCava….

Academic studies from social psychology, economics and business management show pretty unequivocally that organizations that invite dissent are much better at making decisions that organizations that invite agreement.

Academic studies from social psychology, economics and business management show pretty unequivocally that organizations that are managed by stubborn individuals who cannot recognize their limitations are much worse at making decisions than organizations in which the managers are more adept and aware.

“the self-deception that believes the lie…”