“If our processes were so poor, how were we able to put together a pretty good team in the off-season?”

Didn’t know we played any games then.

Also…

“I go back to the same thing all of the time,” he said. “If our processes were so poor, how were we able to put together a pretty good team in the off-season? We went through the process, and most people around baseball felt we were vastly improved.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_the_majority

Moore’s team loses 110 games, Moore is fired, and the Royals’ ownership hires Tony LaCava as your GM.
Seriously. DMGM and Hillman are making it as east as humanly possibly to get themselves fired and spark a repudiation of their old school crap.

Your team wasn’t that good in the offseason. Do you suddenly forget being lambasted for signing Bloomquist? Farnsworth? What about the criticism for bringing in Jacobs and/or Crisp? I didn’t know there was an off-season win-loss record, in which we apparently were “pretty good.”

It seems like he thinks everyone else is running around claiming the sky is falling, when nothing could be further from the truth. He honestly thinks that he’s building things the right way, and even though the results don’t show themselves now…they will in due time (hint: you have to stay employed long enough to see them).

For a lame personal example, I got recruited to coach a competitive youth baseball team this summer that didn’t win a game last season. Our season wrapped up this past weekend, and while we still weren’t great this year, we won half a dozen games or so and showed vast improvement throughout the season (not really due to me, but the kids gaining confidence/experience). But I gave the kids the example of building a house—and how last year was the rough stretch of laying the foundation, pouring the basement….and this year we did some good things and put some walls up….but there’s still plenty of work to be done, etc.

Unfortunately the Royals seem to be building a house full of construction mistakes——but Kansas City, don’t lose faith! Just wait until Dayton Moore constructs our very own version of San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House!

Now it’s becoming more and more obvious that they are also assholes. It’s making it much easier to root against them.

And he sounds EXACTLY like a certain former GM of this club…

What does this remind me of at 5 in the morning?

the settlement of the Czechoslovakian problem, which has now been achieved is, in my view, only the prelude to a larger settlement in which all Europe may find peace.

So shut up and trust the process.

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This is why it is so important for me to voice my opinion in the off-season that Dayton’s moves are a big ball of suck.

Moore suggested some of the organization’s better moves are often overlooked — particularly upgrades in the rotation, long an organizational weakness.

The Royals, under his watch, signed Gil Meche, drafted Luke Hochevar, traded for Brian Bannister and worked out a four-year deal with Zack Greinke. The rotation is now generally viewed as the club’s top strength.

"I’m always re-evaluating decisions that we make," Moore said. "All of the time. But Luke Hochevar, does he look good for us? Banny? Zack? Zack’s had a breakout year. Boy, I’m glad we were proactive and aggressive with that.

Signing Greinke was a no-brainer. An 8 year old could have done that.

I thought he wasn’t involved when Hochevar was drafted?

We’ve seen the products of this process. Most of the products of this process (including but not limited to Gathright, Guillen, Gload, Farnsworth, HoRam, Olivo and Betancourt) not only have failed but show that the Royals front office process is horribly flawed. They show little interest and no understanding of statistical analysis or player value. That process isn’t going to make the Royals competitive. This front office will not make the Royals competitive. Next.

I’m sure he would have drafted the Franchise if he was in control. just ask him

hopefully the sun will rise again for you unfortunately caught in the eternal darkness that is DayTrey. If not…your story will be told by survivors of other apocalyptic front offices.

But he should realize that some humility is in order. No one wants to hear the GM of a 37-57 team say to hell with the unbelievers. His performance on 810 the other morning wasn’t encouraging either.

We can only hope that GMDM soon realizes that his “process” (hiring a bunch of talented but conservative old-school baseball guys and ignoring statistical analysis) isn’t working and will not work.

Unfortunately, GMDM’s quotes indicate that he has no respect for the opinions of those not in the Inner Circle of Baseball Men. Apparently Trey feels the same way. A little humility would go a long way with these guys.

Arrogant superiority complex, no. The post, as such, hits below the belt.

That’s the only way I know how to do it. It might not be the right way, but it’s the only way I know how to do it

Moore and his team are coming off like a former #1 pick who reached the Majors, had a nice rookie year, and has decided he doesn’t have to adjust his approach at the plate ever again.

Change #1 to ""first round" and this is so so perfect. I assume it was a deliberate reference?

did the GM before John Hart in Cleveland get canned or step aside?

BTW, check out our numbers in the minors. Our teams have low OBPs, horrendous K:BB ratios for hitters, and not much power

just think about how insufferable Dayton’s going to be if his “process” ends up panning out….

…but with each day, this front office reminds me more of the Bush administration.

“18-11 means everything. Tells us all we need to know. Sure, the team is 19-46 since 18-11” = “he’s kept the country safe since 9-11”

You don’t get praise for doing your job well PART of the time.

I really don’t mean to make it political, but Jesus ( pun intended ) – the parallels are ridiculous. Again, it’s the difference between “thinkers” & “believers”.

The Padres, right now, are working hard. The Indians are burning the midnight oil. The Pirates are burning the candle at both ends. So telling us you’re working hard doesn’t mean much. It’s rather like a basketball coach saying, “we’ve got tall guys”.

And I would take any of those front offices over KC’s current group in a heartbeat. Yes, even the Padres.

It will be interpreted as Dayton Moore being delusional, as Dayton being arrogant, or Dayton being sensitive, or some combination of the three.

I used to think DM and Trey (in particular) weren’t huge problems, but just dumb baseball people who were just mediocre. But they both have had such arrogance in the face of criticism and defeat that they are now despicable.

This season has just entirely disgusted me, and the team’s moves and quotes over the last couple of weeks have been the tipping point. I had been planning to get over there and make my first visit to the new K, but screw that. These morons are running the Royals into the ground, and the fewer people who watch this tragedy unfold daily, perhaps the quicker the organization gets the message that change is needed.

This pretty much clues us in – umm, ok, slams us in the side of the head with a 2×6 – that we fans should carry NO hope, NO optimism. Not only for the remainder of this horrific season but also for next year and the next, at least.

Currently, I live in Mariners’ land and while I pay some attention to them I could never be a true fan probably since they are former AL West “rivals” and current AL “rivals”. But, I’ve been seriously thinking of debarking to San Diego, and if that happens it might truly free me annual Royal ass-shafting. I may be able to learn to love the Senior Circuit and be a Padres fan instead. Thanks DM.