Official Dodgers Off-Season Thread...

**pb2k** · October 20th, 2009, 02:21 PM

Terrible.

**keyTOarson** · October 20th, 2009, 02:30 PM

Things are looking great the Dodgers...

-McCourt divorce
-Imploding against the Phillies two years in a row
-Ng and White possibly getting GM jobs elsewhere
-Mattingly possibly getting a managing job elsewhere

I'm not feeling too comfortable about the future or the present.

**hypersonic19** · October 20th, 2009, 02:59 PM

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

**roenick** · October 20th, 2009, 03:02 PM

This is all on Flanders. He should have dealt for Holliday, giving up Bills, and signed Pedro to keep him from the Phillies. I would love to see him fired and move Ng/White into that spot. Was hoping Mattingly would wait one more year and take Joe's spot.

I am so PO'ed about how this is going to end. I have hated the Phillies all my life! Almost as much as the Yankees!

**roenick** · October 20th, 2009, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Hoya

Dodgers, Ned Colletti agree to long-term contract | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times

The future of the Dodgers with or without Kim Ng | Dodger Thoughts | Los Angeles Times

Aw snap! I guess I should read the latest threads before posting. This is the last slap by the parking lot attendant to Dodger fans. This makes me so mad!

**Hoya** · October 20th, 2009, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by roenick

This is all on Flanders. He should have dealt for Holliday, giving up Bills, and signed Pedro to keep him from the Phillies. I would love to see him fired and move Ng/White into that spot. Was hoping Mattingly would wait one more year and take Joe's spot.

I assume you mean Roy Halladay and not Matt Holliday, because you'd have to be nuts to deal Billingsley for a two-month rental of an outfielder we don't need. And the price for Halladay was much higher than just Billingsley.

I actually don't mind Colletti getting an extension, and I've been pretty consistently critical of him since he was hired. The long-term deals he signed before the '06 and '07 seasons have been utterly terrible--but in the past year and a half, he's done a very good job. I pretty much agree with Weisman's assessment I linked above.

Also, I really don't know how you can fire a guy who has delivered two division titles and two LCS appearances in the last two years.

**MaxwellSmart** · October 20th, 2009, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Hoya

I actually don't mind Colletti getting an extension, and I've been pretty consistently critical of him since he was hired. The long-term deals he signed before the '06 and '07 seasons have been utterly terrible--but in the past year and a half, he's done a very good job. I pretty much agree with Weisman's assessment I linked above.

Also, I really don't know how you can fire a guy who has delivered two division titles and two LCS appearances in the last two years.

I don't like Colletti either, but you have to give him credit. I never would have thought the Dodgers would have the best record in the National League with their starting pitching and inconsistent hitting. Joe Torre and Colletti have done a fine job, despite all the criticism.