Stearns Rumored to be Promoted to Club President?

[Lathund]

I have no details other than what I said. With that said, source has hit on these in the past:

 

Bucks new uniforms

MP name change

Fiserv Forum name

 

Those all seem like things a source on the business/marketing side of things would be in a great position to find out and leak. Not sure that necessarily means they would have advance knowledge on the sporting side of things. But we'll see.

 

EDIT: Posted while I was writing the above

Just want to clarify something I messed up. The actual text of the email only says this: "Brewers have a new GM; sorry can't say more, will be announced later." I'm glad I didn't make a new thread because that is quite a potentially big difference from what I said.

 

Ah well that doesn't have to mean Stearns is gone; he's the President of Baseball Operations and the GM. Could simply mean that Matt Arnold (or someone else) is officially the new GM.

 

Or it could mean DS is gone, but I don't want that so I'll cling to a more positive outcome.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Just want to clarify something I messed up. The actual text of the email only says this: "Brewers have a new GM; sorry can't say more, will be announced later." I'm glad I didn't make a new thread because that is quite a potentially big difference from what I said. Sorry for whiffing on the interpretation.

 

Stearns is pres of baseball ops, so they are probably giving Arnold the GM title.

[MrTPlush]

I’ve kind of assumed this whole time the fact Arnold was searching for a true GM gig was the reason he wasn’t promoted right away. Would be weird to promote him and then have him leave weeks later. If his search wasn’t successful then I’d imagine it is time to give him the promotion.

[jerichoholicninja]

What exactly would a promotion to GM for Arnold even mean? A little pay raise and some title inflation? All these levels of management the organizations are creating is getting ridiculous. I look forward to the day that the Executive CEO & President of Baseball Operations is the guy who does the clubhouse laundry.

[Warning Track Power]

 

Lesson learned...Never doubt Snapper's source.

[homer]

Just want to clarify something I messed up. The actual text of the email only says this: "Brewers have a new GM; sorry can't say more, will be announced later." I'm glad I didn't make a new thread because that is quite a potentially big difference from what I said. Sorry for whiffing on the interpretation.

 

 

Well he was right.

 

[Jaylyn]

What exactly would a promotion to GM for Arnold even mean? A little pay raise and some title inflation? All these levels of management the organizations are creating is getting ridiculous. I look forward to the day that the Executive CEO & President of Baseball Operations is the guy who does the clubhouse laundry.

I have watched that very thing develop more and more over the past 30 years in organizations and corporations. The only conclusion that I can come up with, is that executive management create additional levels of executive management so when things go wrong, there are more people to point the finger at and deflect blame to them.

[wibadgers23]

We need Snapper in the trade rumors thread ASAP.

[Brewers Numbers]

What exactly would a promotion to GM for Arnold even mean? A little pay raise and some title inflation? All these levels of management the organizations are creating is getting ridiculous. I look forward to the day that the Executive CEO & President of Baseball Operations is the guy who does the clubhouse laundry.

It has to do with the contracts they sign and the rules around hiring from other teams when it is a lateral move versus a promotion. Teams can't stop other teams from interviewing for a Assistant GM for a GM position but they can stop them from interviewing a GM. Unless they fire Schlesinger they can't promote Stearns any more.

[HarveysWBs]

I just got sent an email from a source that's been reliable in the past that Stearns is leaving Milwaukee. I realize they denied his Mets interview but this person says it is done and will be announced later.

 

This year has sucked so much already, why not add that to the pile? 2020: Brewers lose most capable GM in organization's history after giving mega-deal to former mvp, who proceeded to have his worst year as a professional hitter. That all checks out.

 

Grab your hats and your booties, kids, because its going to be a cooooooooold winter...

 

EDIT: Update from Snapper below—maybe Stearns stays?

EDIT 2: Yup, good call. Disregard my above expression of rank pessimism as I return to normal levels of general melancholic fandom.

[Brewers Numbers]

What exactly would a promotion to GM for Arnold even mean? A little pay raise and some title inflation? All these levels of management the organizations are creating is getting ridiculous. I look forward to the day that the Executive CEO & President of Baseball Operations is the guy who does the clubhouse laundry.

I have watched that very thing develop more and more over the past 30 years in organizations and corporations. The only conclusion that I can come up with, is that executive management create additional levels of executive management so when things go wrong, there are more people to point the finger at and deflect blame to them.

Maybe but some of it is the younger generations in the workforce aren't happy with just a salary bump every year. They expect to be promoted or they start job hopping. The loyalty to the company our parents/grandparents had went away when it was clear most corporations don't reciprocate that loyalty.

[markedman5]

Stearns says part of this is indeed trying to keep Matt Arnold in Milwaukee. "There are more and more orgs. going to this structure and so that leads to the potential of more and more orgs. having open [GM] positions. Matt has a tremendous reputation throughout the industry."

[Austin Tatious]

What exactly would a promotion to GM for Arnold even mean? A little pay raise and some title inflation? All these levels of management the organizations are creating is getting ridiculous. I look forward to the day that the Executive CEO & President of Baseball Operations is the guy who does the clubhouse laundry.

I have watched that very thing develop more and more over the past 30 years in organizations and corporations. The only conclusion that I can come up with, is that executive management create additional levels of executive management so when things go wrong, there are more people to point the finger at and deflect blame to them.

 

College football staffs are notoriously convoluted. You will get co-coordinators and assistant head coaches, all to avoid getting assistants from getting poached and getting them some staggering incomes.