(02-03-2022, 01:03 PM)Sibelius Wrote:

(02-03-2022, 12:56 PM)tomfin2022 Wrote: I feel this way because all of it comes across as being insincere.  Either you have a GM or you don’t.  What’s the point of keeping Baalke if you don’t have the confidence that he can do his job?  I’d actually have more respect for Shad at this point if he just came right out and said “Trent Baalke is my GM, and if you don’t want to work with him, I suggest you go elsewhere.”

If Baalke needs to be retained for free agency and the draft, fire him and then hire him as a consultant on a contract that ends on June 1st and make it clear that during the life of that contract, he will report directly to the new GM.

Everyone involved here is settling from the fanbase on up to Khan.  I want better than that.  I expect better than that.  This is high school drama.

I agree with you completely about what I want. I just don't see it happening. Do you see Khan firing Baalke at this point, after everything we've seen the past seven weeks or so? I just don't, much as I hate it.

From everything we've heard about this situation, it appears our only two choices are:

1. Baalke as GM, meaning we get a coach like Bevell who will work for Baalke. Or 
2. Someone is hired OVER Baalke, and we get a coach who can work with the person over Baalke. 

I don't see any other option that seems possible, do you?