I think we all have to be prepared to “wait out” the passing of Howard Lincoln, et al. It should have been made after last season. He is the curse.
M’s are SO screwed up. The kid is told it’s good for him, and it pleases the folks, so he nibbles a half-portion, never quite sure why. But Castillo turned out that way only for Arizona. Bremerton native Tim Wilson has been appointed the Director of Grounds at T-Mobile Park, the Seattle Mariners announced this week.
Beers are $9.00 and they have a very big screen TV. New GM, okay. Kevin Mather, Bob … Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, While the US is focused on the election, the Covid-19 pandemic keeps growing, Romaine lettuce recall 2020: Tanimura & Antle recalls single heads of romaine for possible E. coli contamination. Wow. But he is going to be the decider on the successor to Jack Zduriencik, the general manager whom he fired Friday in Chicago after admitting, “I waited too long” to do so. Where’s the SCATHING article on Howard Lincoln’s “legacy?”. Available now: Play R.B.I. Its like HL views this franchise as his own personal toy. Twelve months later, Mather’s action contradicted his words. Its not necessary for Mather to be a “baseball guy”, whatever that is, to be president of the M’s.
Kevin Mather should not do the same, but of course he is Howard’s puppet. I suggest they take their “business talent” and go start a company on their own and let the M’s prosper under the control of “baseball guys”. It’s a position Armstrong held for 28 years.
The magnum dither. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Seattle_Mariners_owners_and_executives&oldid=940884296, Lists of Major League Baseball owners and executives, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO, Owner: Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO, This page was last edited on 15 February 2020, at 06:10. Wilson has been part of the Mariners grounds crew since August of 1999, shortly after what was then Safeco Field opened. I really wonder if Lloyd can inspire this team, much less manage the tactical elements of a game…. “He gave me my first opportunity to learn the business and I will be forever grateful for all that he taught me. What I’m hoping for is a change in procedure in the search for a new GM. Those owners have done what’s typical in pretty much any business on either side of the Pacific by hiring people to MAKE THEM MONEY…something the Mariners have been very successful at.
If they had such good talent why does their offense suck? So much for his high draft choices. Such talk implies that if the M’s can just improve in this or that statistical indice: World Series, here we come, Baby! >:-|, Art, is it possible the squad has some serious divisions amongst the players and coaches? The result is that you have a lawyer like Lincoln and a P/L sheet wonk like Mather at the top of the operational pyramid in Seattle because they’re doing exactly what the Yamauchis hired them to do.
I am critical of the M’s organization and will remain cautiously optimistic until I see reason not to be. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! There is no reason for it.
OK, wait a second now.
Wow – talk about a dysfunctional organization. But on paper this club should have at least had a winning record and didn’t. Its mean to children. But he is going to be the decider on the successor to Jack Zduriencik, the general manager whom he fired Friday in Chicago after admitting, “I waited too long” to do so. Seattle Mariners name Bremerton native Tim Wilson Director of Grounds at T-Mobile Park. Enfranchised in 1977, the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League.Safeco Field, now T-Mobile Park has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July 1999.From their 1977 inception until June 1999, the club's home park was the Kingdome. Promoted Justin Hollander to vice president and assistant general manager, baseball operations.
There is no culture, vision, or identity to this organization.
Mather was asked, given his self-admitted lack of baseball pedigree (accounting major, University of Wisconsin, Class of ’84), why he was qualified to make the GM call.
Interim GM Jeff Kingston has an opportunity to jump ahead of them but I’d like to see former Angels GM Jerry Dipoto and former Red Sox GM Ben Cherington added. Howard Lincoln and Kevin Mather were both employed by the Mariners when they enjoyed a great run of success. Zilch. What the Mariners need are astute judges of baseball talent, which in baseball elsewhere in the past 10 years typically has required a deep integration of sabermetrics. Wilson had been in the position in an interim role since June, when longtime Mariners Head Groundskeeper Bob Christofferson retired. Howard Lincoln, CEO since 1999, hired Mather to replace Armstrong in part because Lincoln knows and trusts business people. Baseball 20 today. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
But the talent bleed wasn’t obvious to Mather, 52, who succeeded the oft-criticized Chuck Armstrong as president in January 2014.
Demanding answers. Fine. And to say that the Angels and Rangers have better young talent than the Mariners is uneducated at best. Well his tenure so far has been a train wreck, so please explain that. Mariners president Kevin Mather must replace Jack Zduriencik, whom he fired Friday after endorsing him with a two-year extension a year ago. When the Seattle School District hired John Stanford to be superintendent he had no educational background being a US Army officer but ended up being possibly the best in the history of the district. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1984, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting and risk/insurance. What young talent do the Angels offer? Buy your own RSN, show a tidy profit year in and year out, but not knowing how to do do more than that is really just bad business. Suck up to Mather by agreeing to accept McClendon when he’s certain of a better choice, or insist on his own manager and blow the job opportunity? Watch exclusive videos of Art Thiel and get the latest political and civic news from the Northwest at Crosscut.com.
Mather liked what he saw sufficiently — the Mariners were 71-59 at the time — that he gave Zduriencik a two-year contract extension almost exactly a year ago (Aug. 26). Which is exactly how we hired JZ.
Art, I’ve read your reporting on the Ms for years. There is hope, but there should also be cautious optimism. People whose judgement I trust.”.
Kirsten Kendrick's Q. It also airs Saturday at 6:35am and 9:35am. Nil.
The M’s roster is a mess and only Cruz is having a great year hitting wise. Howard asked outsiders for advice, since he doesn’t know baseball. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Howard Lincoln’s tenure needs to come to and end, but these comments below about hopelessness and the Mariners never breaking .500 again until everyone at the top is gone are misguided. Lincoln deserves to be relieved of his duties, but this is not a hopeless situation. I am SO not amused. It was the right decision and it came within a week or two of when it should’ve been made.
Oh well: I haven’t bought a ticket in years and until these jokers are gone I will just pass. Blaming the players is a total cop-out, in this case. No way is this team going to get good anytime soon. Bremerton native Tim Wilson has been appointed Director of Grounds at T-Mobile Park, the Seattle Mariners announced this week. From Mather’s bio he brings experience in finance to the organization and the numbers show there’s no way the M’s could let Jack continue to run baseball operations. The Mariners announced that Mather will replace Armstrong as president and chief operating officer. Well, there is. Cron? The GM could be Jesus Christ, and even with God’s help, the Mariners won’t break .500. ⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛⚛. How does he come to see this necessary perspective?
Someone needs to ask some tough effing questions of HL the next time he avails himself. M’s fans with a historical perspective know it’s much bigger than that. That said, better Nintendo’s bottom-line ownership than Howard Schultz’s selling the Sonics to a robber baron who moved the team. “There’s no reason why this team is not competing year after year.”. Deal with it. Doubtful.
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But make no mistake.
Lincoln doesn’t hate baseball, he hates players bloated salaries. Getting to know Justus Sheffield. She’s super-qualified to be a “GM candidate”, being a double-minority, as MLB wants teams to interview minorities, but no team has yet said she’s qualified to be GM, as nobody has hired her for that position.
When they didn’t in April, May and June, for a variety of on-field reasons obvious to many, there were no repairs forthcoming from Zduriencik. Company Website.
“We have to get better. In hindsight it is easy to see that was not the case. Next year everything can and will change and if the Mariners rebound and make the playoffs you will look like a pessimistic fool. He is the President and minority owner of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball . That suggests some of the parts don’t fit. I thought Armstrong was still around. Now he’ll take over the position officially. Could be why Kruger isn’t working for an MLB team: He can analyze games, but not so much any higher up the ladder. It’s a big responsibility to follow a legend, and I’m proud to carry on the tradition of excellence he established.”. Its more like Nintendo Corp. Of North America owns “The Pen Bar and Grill”, and its a sort of Medieval Times show where they play “baseball”. You are delusional if you think the Mariners situation is hopeless because in this day and age things can turn on a dime. / Mariners.com. They are not brilliant baseball minds, but they have to understand how and why Gillick and even Woodward built the Mariners into playoff contenders. I listened to Bill Krueger on the M’s broadcast last night. Photo: Ben … Their the middle age guy who keeps telling you about his high school glory days back in the 95′ when he made all-league (no championships), but never amounted to much in his later years; except for maybe a few lucky dalliances with the blonde at the bar.