Schad wrote:The_Hater wrote:Either way, he's pretty adaptable IMO. He found very different ways to win under different circumstances with the Expos, Marlins and Tigers. All good things come to an end and we don't even know for certain that this is the end for the Tigers. But he kept them contending for World Series for a lot of years.
His Marlins team followed a pretty similar strategy...they went nuts in free agency, signing Kevin Brown, Al Leiter, Alex Fernandez, Bobby Bonilla, Moises Alou, Devon White and others. Those moves vaulted them into the top five in the league in payroll, something that was entirely unsustainable given their revenues. It was a strategy designed for a very short peak, and to their credit, they won the Series in that one year.
I know. That's why I called it different.
I think he's a very smart baseball man. Others will disagree.