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You're the smart one. Keep on supporting a GM who leads the team to 4th place. You think going from 2nd and 90+ wins to 4th is a good job. Riiight.

Who cares? I for sure don't. The Yankees will suck next year and every year that Cashman is the GM.

So what exactly does a GM do? Set up hotel reservations? Cashman's job description is the same as every other GM. He has more money to do it with than any other, and the result is 4th place, with two teams [Tampa and Toronto] who combined, would have less of a payroll than the Yankees. Be gone.

I don't care one way or the other what Schilling says. I only care what he does on the field. On the field, he was one of the greatest big-game pitchers I have ever seen. Other than that, the rest doesn't matter.

At the time, they were. Credibility? Get real. For a million dollars plus a year, it's Cashman's job to be accountable. I'm a fan. I'll support them either way, but I'll praise them when they are doing well [weird, right] and I'll bash them when they are doing poorly [amazing, huh?]. I've been consistent in saying that they should have gotten Santana in trading the younger s***** pitchers. I've been consistent in saying that Cashman has made poor pitching decisions. I bashed Cashman in signing Hawkins over Mahay, in picking up Igawa over Lilly. I advocated trading Kennedy and Melky for Santana...how's that looking now? All the Cashman butt-humpers think it will be a walk in the park, that we can just sign anyone we want at any price. Well, let's see it. When you're a winning team, players want to come to play for the Yankees. When you're not, you have to overpay to get the stars, which is what they are going to have to do. For all the draft pick IDIOTS...if you sign a Type A free agent...you lose draft picks. So...wait a sec...hang on here...almost there.... Why not trade them anyways? If you sign Sabathia, you lose a first round pick, plus the Brewers get a supplemental pick between the 1st and 2nd round. So you know what? Why not TRADE for him and keep your pick? Wouldn't that be better than risking it? You know who was a supplemental pick for the Yankees? Kennedy. So why not trade him? The truth is, at the end of the World Series, I'll create my plan for the Yankees. I can guarantee you that Cashman, if he's still here, won't follow it, and the Yankees will miss out on the playoffs again. Like I said, we'll never win with that idiot running the team. Trust me, no one more than me would like to be proven wrong on this. I'd gladly take the ribbing of my Cashman error if the Yankees win the World Series. I can't see how anyone with a double-digit IQ actually thinks that Cashman is doing a good job. Take a look at the standings if you think he's doing a good job. I am surrounded by idiots who can't comprehend the most simple of thoughts. You need a life.

I love how you guys are riled up by what I say and I really don't care about football either way, nor do I know it. Here's what I think. Even with a healthy Brady, going undefeated was unlikely. It only happened twice in the history of the NFL. I was thinking 13-3. Football is not like baseball. The QB is by far the most important person on the field. Take what was arguably the greatest season ever by a quarterback and eliminate that player...tough to do. Remember that Moss was helped by Brady [and vice versa]. A below average QB makes a great WR merely good. Plus, with the Yankees out of it, and if Cashman comes back as GM, then we are out of it next year as well, I gotta have something to say to you guys.

At the time, the pen was awesome. What's your point?

Jets and Bills fight it out for the AFC crown. Patriots watch the playoffs. I love it!

I can't access it. It says that statracker is for Plus leagues. What am I doing wrong?

It's my first time ever playing fantasy football. I will take what I can get.

I just don't understand football that well. Hey, I only lost to the defending champ 55-46. I call that a good first week showing.

Kilo, as always, the voice of objectivity here at Talksox. Thank you.

Maybe the NFL would have more sentiment if it wasn't a given that the Patriots cheated their way to a few Superbowls, and were beat up by the Giants when ol' Bellie had to play by the rules? Nah....

Not for that reason. It's that he can't draft, he can't sign the right free agents, and he is unwilling to trade s***** young players for good/excellent veterans. Those are the reasons. If you'd actually watched them play, you'd realize this.

Fantasy football is boring. Nobody trades.

With Cashman as GM, get used to saying that in 2009, 2010, 2011...etc.

Football is different than baseball. Also, with the Yankees payroll advantage, injuries should never be an issue. Even with a healthy team, this team wasn't going to catch the Sox or the Rays. Let's not forget, those teams had injuries too. When you build a team on older players, you will have a greater preponderance of injured players. You support a GM who has done nothing whatsoever in the draft in his career and has run a world series winner into 4th place. Not only that, but the Yankees do not look like they will get out of this hole next season either. Think about this: If not for the free agent market, and throwing millions of dollars MORE than he would have just to raise them to potential contention, the Yankees would have no chance due to their abysmal job in re-stocking their farm system. He has to do what I've been saying he needed to do, but he'll have to spend more than he would have, while having lost one season, and quite possibly two or more, and hoping that someone will take his money. Have you ever thought what would happen if Sabathia, Tex, and Sheets signed....elsewhere? Then you'd see how good Cashman's plan and implementation really is. It's obvious you're the smart one. Thank God the Yankees aren't in last place. If they were, you're claim would be that I'm retarded. It seems the worse the job your GM does, the dumber I am for calling him to task. The Yankees never win again with Cashman as the GM.

GM has done a great job. Still defending this prick?

You're right. If I'd be smart, like you, I'd support a GM who hasn't drafted a single starting position player in his entire career and took over a team that was a World Series winner and led them to a third place finish. I would support a GM who drafts more pitchers that need TJ surgery than ones who don't. I wish I could be smart like Jacko, and realize that Cashman is a godsend. Any intelligent Yankee fan knows that if Cashman went to the Mariners, they would never get above last place in the West.

Another thing...and sorry for the double post. Dear a700: If you ever use the words "home grown talent" and "Yankees" in the same sentence again, I will kill you. Consider yourself warned.

This is a non-news story. I don't ever want to see Kennedy EVER pitch in pinstripes again. A terrible pitcher touted by a terrible GM who would have been the centerpiece of a trade for a great pitcher in Santana or an excellent reliever in Fuentes. Before you start thinking that not making the playoffs is a good thing for the Yankees, realize the Yankees pocket anywhere between $3 to $10 million a playoff game at home. Enough to sign a free agent or two, or to sign those "coveted" draft picks. What idiot Yankee fans don't realize is that we've had picks before. They don't amount to much 99% of the time with this regime. Why now all of a sudden are they treated as sure things is beyond me. Until I start to see that percentage change to something a little less than 90%, I don't want to hear s*** about this idiot. Some "gems" to realize. Number of Yankee position players that were drafted that became everyday players since Cashman was hired as GM: ZERO. Number of pitchers drafted that became everyday starters OR relievers since Cashman was hired as GM: One [potentially, in Joba] Yet there are fools that believe he is doing a good job. If you only got one problem right in 10 years at your job, how long would you last? As for signing Sabathia...I hope the Yankee fans here realize that it's not just the money. If he doesn't want to come to NY, that's his choice. He may decide on less money to go elsewhere. It's not the slamdunk you think it is. If I was Sabathia, if the money is remotely close, no way I sign with the Yankees. Where do I go? Angels. Think about it. You would join a rotation with Santana, Lackey, Saunders, and Escobar. Considering the market for the AL West teams, you are pretty much guaranteed to make the playoffs for the next 5-7 years straight, considering the strength of your team and the payroll disparity with the A's, Rangers, and Mariners. Better weather, better team, better playoff possibilities, more relaxed lifestyle goes up against more money. Wake up. Firing Cashman would be the first step in fixing what even Sabathia and Teixeira can't solve. The Yankees never win again while this idiot is running the team.

9 more years of Arod. f***.