A good interview about Ned Colletti's views on Drew and Lugo.
http://sportsblogs.latimes.com/sports_baseball_dodgers/2007/01/talking_with_ne_2.html
Brian Kamenetzky: Looking back on your first year as a GM and even up to this offseason, what do you feel is your biggest accomplishment and what do you feel has been your greatest disappointment or failure, if you'd call it that?
Ned Colletti: I would say the greatest accomplishment, and I'm not really comfortable talking about things like that, would be the enjoyment that the fans took from this club last year. That was probably the most pleasing thing. It was a by-product of how the team played. How they went about it. How they continued to battle through a lot of injuries and losing guys for an entire season. All of that. And how they stuck with it. I think it started to captivate the city again. I think the fans deserve it. They're great. They're passionate. I had no idea how passionate until I came here.
And to see them more pleased than not with the approach of the club, I think was probably as important a piece as anything. I think it encompasses who the players are, how they play, their respect for the game, their respect for the Dodgers, their respect for the city. The fans saw it. They had record attendance. Those games in September were meaningful. The game against San Diego which will live on for all of time. The last game where Nomar hits a grand slam in a walk off. I guess that's the accomplishments you're asking me about.
Disappointments? I was surprised that the trade we made with Tampa Bay at the deadline, where we got (Julio) Lugo. I was disappointed with how that worked out.
AK: If I was to come up with a "disappointment," that would probably be it for me, too.
