Dave Stewart fired; Montgomery candidate for Arizona GM? [Latest: Mike Hazen new D'backs GM, post 18]

[patrickgpe]

sad day, but he made more than his fair share of dumb trades and everyone has backfired on him. I think the Segura trade was probably his best though.

[homer]

I thought he did a really nice job overhauling the Braves.

[3and2Fastball]

I thought he did a really nice job overhauling the Braves.

 

Well said!

 

When I heard he was fired I said "really wish he had stuck around, maybe we could have traded Hernan Perez for Paul Goldschmidt"

[jerichoholicninja]

And yet La Russa keeps his job. I don't think there's been a more inept front office than that of the Diamondbacks the last decade or so. If you ever wondered what would happen if Briggs ran a MLB team, look no further than Dave Stewart's tenure in Arizona.

[AdvantageSchneider]

I thought they came out in the middle of the year and said their plan was to still try and win next year, but that if things didn't improve they would start to rebuild. I wonder if ownership changed their mind.

[RockCoCougars]

Worst pitching coach in Brewer history. I'm surprised that he ever got a GM job considering his history of poor judgement.

[burnzy24]

Dave Stewart on being fired, "I've got better things to do."

 

http://www.abc15.com/sports/sports-blogs-local/ive-got-better-things-to-do-dave-stewart-speaks-on-being-fired-as-diamondbacks-general-manager

[AZBrewCrew]

I'd be willing to bet Tony and his shingles are gone in the not too distant future too. A couple fun facts. Under Derek Hall the Dbacks have been through 4 head coaches and 4 GMs..also in the past 13 seasons they have only finished above decimal 500 3 times....the last time being 2011 when Braun single handedly cheated and beat them in the NLDS* (*blue text)

 

 

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[stoutdude04]

Dave Stewart on being fired, "I've got better things to do."

 

http://www.abc15.com/sports/sports-blogs-local/ive-got-better-things-to-do-dave-stewart-speaks-on-being-fired-as-diamondbacks-general-manager

 

Haha. He probably thought he was coming off like a big dog, but he actually sounds like such sour grapes. Too funny.

[JDBrewCrew]

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 2m2 minutes ago

Ray Montgomery, the #Brewers scouting director who spent four years in Arizona, is a natural strong candidate for #Dbacks GM vacancy.

[patrickgpe]

seems like thats more speculation than linking, but even with his promotion i'm sure he would jump at the opportunity to run his own franchise.

[miggs721]

Everyone has known that the GM job in Arizona was going to become available, i say 99.9 percent that Ray is in Milwaukee next year

[markedman5]

Everyone has known that the GM job in Arizona was going to become available, i say 99.9 percent that Ray is in Milwaukee next year

 

Nick Cafardo says Montgomery is definitely in the mix for the job

 

 

Source: Bryan Minniti, Mike Bell, Ray Montgomery, Peter Woodfork and Kim Ng are all in the running for D'Backs GM job.

[reillymcshane]

I thought he did a really nice job overhauling the Braves.

I laugh every time I see this.

[Point Beer Is Best]

And yet La Russa keeps his job. I don't think there's been a more inept front office than that of the Diamondbacks the last decade or so. If you ever wondered what would happen if Briggs ran a MLB team, look no further than Dave Stewart's tenure in Arizona.

 

I don't think it was addressed in the thread, and maybe I missed it someplace else, but LaRussa was relieved of his current duties (baseball operations) but was offered an advisory role if he wanted to stay with the club.

[adambr2]

My brain on first glance read 'David Stearns fired,' I just about fell out of my chair.

[xisxisxis]

Annie Lennox exacts here revenge.....

[BallFour]

 

Crisis averted