Sorry John, this is one of the worst hot takes in the nearly 20-year history of the message board. Well, it is an odd time.... hard to believe this is true. But, yeah, 3 playoffs in a row kinda hard to argue against.... regardless of our record and inability to make contact.... He got us to two in a row. He accomplished very little this year. He built the team for a 162 game schedule and 5 postseason spots. It ended up with a losing record and 4th place in the division. He didn't really earn that postseason spot, we got it on circumstances that were decided well after the team was constructed. Not trying to bag on Stearns excessively here, but our postseason spot wasn't exactly a shining accomplishment. That being said, in the normal world it would be kinda odd if you were promoted after you worst year ever. However, Stearns still has a track record of success in recent years. Much of the young core looked really promising, some additions were nice, but obviously his FA strategy last year bombed. Handing this promotion over to him doesn't really effect the Brewers all that much one way or another. Not like we gave him a 10 year contract and gave him millions after his worst year.