i do not want rick hahn as the new cubs gm..cashman is a much better choice or pat gillick guys who have a proven track record

i do not want rick hahn as the new cubs gm..cashman is a much better choice or pat gillick guys who have a proven track record

Why is Hahn a rockstar candidate? He's an assistant to a guy that everyone seems to want fired for putting together a pretty bad team over the last several years. Where's his rockstar Resume?

Well he does have that MBA from Kellogg that seems to be the main requirement for the gig according to some.

Why is Hahn a rockstar candidate? He's an assistant to a guy that everyone seems to want fired for putting together a pretty bad team over the last several years. Where's his rockstar Resume?

Cashman may be a better choice but he isnt leaving New York...I dont think Gillick is coming either unless he gets Crane Kenny's job...If the Cubs hired Gillick...Hendry would still be here.

I don't think he has rockstar status, but he is a really good asst GM, so everyone looks at it as the next step. He was the voice of reason on Dunn and Rios, that I know for a fact. Specifically on Rios. He is a SABRE guy.

I would love to see Hahn as the GM in name if a real team president is brought as I do think Hahn lacks the deal making side of a GM. The guy who actually makes and takes phone calls 24 hours a day.

For all the joke I think Kenny Williams is, his developed skill is being on the phone flushing out deals. Some good some really bad, but if anyone is in sales, you need the bird dog guy, the guy who makes the cold calls to see if "X" can be traded for? This has nothing to do with SABRE stuff.

I feel Hahn has 2 of 3 elements needed for the Cub GM job and can develop the 3rd of dealmaking.

He's not really even a sabrematrician. Hahn's main responsibilities were to cover the areas where KW is weak, namely anything that has to do with the business end of being a GM.

If you remember, KW was woefully unprepared for the job when JR hired him. JR had to hire Roland Hemond and some other guy to act as caddies for KW because he simply did not have the necessary skills. Hahn continued in that tradition.

In my opinion, Hahn would be a person who replaces Crane Kenney not Jim Hendry.

[I agree he is not all SABRE, but is a contract guy. He is the bridge between Howard Pizer (Money) and Kenny (Baseball).

Did you dare say Kenny was woefully unprepared????? Just because Jerry had a team and still has a team working as the real GM? Which has been my point for years. Kenny is the guy who makes the cold calls and gets the meetings.

KW loves to throw out his Stanford credentials...

Was he even at Stanford for more than a year?

What about Ned Colletti who would kill for this job?

The obvious question of Rick Hahn going to the Cubs is on the table. Hahn might not want to be public about it, but this is Hahns dream job.

However, would Jerry bump Hahn to GM? Maybe make Kenny bullshit President? Just to keep him? Its how he does things...and I see thise taking place.

This goes a step further as Jerry wants to pass this team on to Mike or Jon (2 of his sons..not sure they want it) and he would like to do so with people in place and Hahn is younger than Mike Reinsdorf, same age as Jon, thus a guy who was the GM for 5-10 years and works with them unofficially makes the formal transition seemless. He did this with the Bulls. Mike R. has been there for 5 years, doing everything he was doing before he was named President.