Mariners Name Zduriencik GM -- Latest: Blengino, McNamara Join Him (reply #123)

[thevaccinator27]

/cry

[giffted1]

Jack certainly deserved a promotion, but this hurts.

[sbrylski]

Ugh. Congrats to Jack.

 

Mariner fans looking for Brewer fan reaction are going to like what they hear.

[bklynbrewcrew]

I want to cry. Jack Z is the man responsible for us making the playoffs and I wish we kicked Melvin to the curb and named Jack GM of the Brewers. This is a very dark day in Brewers history.

[Tailgat0r76]

Truly a sad day. It was obviously inevitable with the Melvin extension, but I was hoping at least for another year or two...

 

 

Good luck in Seattle Jack Z, and most importantly: THANK YOU!!

[PrimeTime955]

When I saw the title I only let out one 4 letter word.

[jhart05]

When I saw the title I only let out one 4 letter word.

 

 

Only one??

[PrinceFielder28]

http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

Congrat Jack

[yoyo49]

who fills his position?

[Hammer]

PrimeTime955[/b]]When I saw the title I only let out one 4 letter word.

I had the same reaction...except mine was preceded by "Oh ...."

 

Congrats Jack...though we have a bunch of picks that you could have had fun with this year!!

[Ennder]

I want to cry. Jack Z is the man responsible for us making the playoffs and I wish we kicked Melvin to the curb and named Jack GM of the Brewers. This is a very dark day in Brewers history.

I'd say trading for Sabathia and Torres and signing Cameron and Kendall probably had as much to do with it as drafting did.

 

I'm sad to see him go because he does a good job and you never know what the next guy will be like. Hopefully his replacement will draft pitching better and get some higher OBP players who are good fielders. He gave us a very strong core of young power bats but we need to flesh out the roster with other players now.

[brewmann04]

GOOD for Jack Bad for the Crew,now we have to hope he does not take alot of our scouts with him.

[tristarscoop]

NOOOOOO was my immediate reaction.

 

Black day for us...

[yoshii8]

Big deal, what did he ever do for the franchise?

[jwaltz]

Congrats to Jack. Sad to see him go but he deserves a shot at being a GM.

[trwi7]

Only one??

Yeah, I said four.

 

Maybe if we make every October 22nd brewerfan.net's annual turn off the cuss filter day it will make everyone forget about Jack Z. going to the Mariners. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[bball123h]

Congrats Jack! You certainly deserve this opportunity, and I'm glad it's not with a division rival. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

I wonder who steps in to take his place now.

[homer]

Hopefully he trained someone in the organization well

[Thurston Fluff]

In some ways I see this as a good thing. I thought as much of him as anyone but he deserved to move on. In that respect I'm happy for a worthy man getting his due. I also think the Brewers as an organization takes a leap forward as how they are viewed by others in the business. Young talented evaluators want to work for good organizations and learn from good people. I suspect Jack taught those under him well and some of htem may be ready to take the next step. If we lose a great one it cost us but if we get a lot of interest from other talented people we can more than fill the void long term. Maybe we lose the top man but enhanced reputation makes the overall talent level of our scouts better.

Optimism is needed now. When teams win they lose those who made them win. I hope this is a problem we have for years to come.

[patrickgpe]

the scarier thing is the possibility of scouts moving to the mariners organization.

[And That]

Jack Z. had two of his crosscheckers get hired as scouting directors in the past few years - Bobby Heck for the Astros in '07 and Tom Allison for the Dbacks in '06. He's taught his guys well.

 

I'd be surprised if the new scouting director didn't come from within the organization. The assistant scouting director is Tony Blengino - he's been on the fast track up the scouting world recently, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's him. It might well be Tom Flanagan also - he was assistant scouting director from 2000-2005, and is now in charge of administration of the minor league operations and scouting operations.

[mkesportscom]

Congrats to Jack Z. Thanks for getting us to the playoffs.

 

Hopefully the Brewers can find a lead scout who wouldn't mind having three first rounders and two sandwich picks next year.

[sweepscc]

I'm sure Doug and Gord have been contemplating what they're going to do if Jack Z leaves since at least last year. In house or out of house??

[brewmann04]

ok busy week after the World Series we need to hire a Manager,Then try to Keep CC off the Market,find a new Head of Scouting.

Should be alot of news but hopefully we won't have bad news like jack takes a few scouts with him and CC decides to hit Fa and spurns the Crew Offer.

[joepepsi]

In some ways I see this as a good thing. I thought as much of him as anyone but he deserved to move on. In that respect I'm happy for a worthy man getting his due. I also think the Brewers as an organization takes a leap forward as how they are viewed by others in the business. Young talented evaluators want to work for good organizations and learn from good people. I suspect Jack taught those under him well and some of htem may be ready to take the next step. If we lose a great one it cost us but if we get a lot of interest from other talented people we can more than fill the void long term. Maybe we lose the top man but enhanced reputation makes the overall talent level of our scouts better.

Optimism is needed now. When teams win they lose those who made them win. I hope this is a problem we have for years to come.

Agreed. Well said, no need for me to repeat.

 

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