dappleganger
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Nik the Trik said:Nik the Troll said:I agree Nik.
Then you should probably stop acting like the Blue Jays just fired the second coming of John McGraw.
AA wasn't fired but I digress.
Not at all Nik, but I think AA deserves some credit (and he got some http://www.tsn.ca/anthopoulos-named-mlb-executive-of-year-1.384843) for the moves he made this year.
I think it's more of a Shapiro vs Anthopoulos argument for me. If I had the choice, I'd rather have AA leading this team than Shapiro, based on their track record.
Shapiro signed off on the Nick Swisher contract (which also cost Cleveland their second round pick) and that kinda scares me.
Alex never went after the big name free agents and I respected him for that because I think that's where GM's make their biggest mistakes.
I think he was a smart GM. I honestly don't know how many other GM's would have been able to pull off the Donaldson and Tulo trades. I think the Jays front office is weaker now than it was a week ago because he left.