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NFT: Kim Ng as next Mets GM? Thoughts?

giantsFC : 10/12/2018 11:57 pm
How cool would this be? Talk about sparking a much needed culture and team perception change to ignite some excitement and positivity back into Mets fan base. Similar to the Theo Epstein move Red Sox did to change their entire cuiutre.

So for this...especially since I have that sinking feeling the Whitepons are going to hire some washed up out of date GM who relies on 1980’s management strategies.
Give me the most qualified candidate please  
ZGiants98 : 10/13/2018 12:53 am : link
If that's her, great.
Just read a Yahoo report that talks about  
Beezer : 10/13/2018 7:08 am : link
her being a candidate for the Giants (SF) job.

Not stumping for her. But I liked this:

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Not all her answers will be right. Nobody is good at predicting the future 20 years down the road, and nobody who thinks they should be that good should be allowed to operate machinery. But the issues facing the sport require an ability to know things, and know people who know more things, and Kim Ng can do that. She's been accumulating names and knowledge her entire baseball career, which now spans 27 years. She knows this stuff having done it, from arbitration cases to transactions, and if she isn't a dogmatic seamhead, sabermetrician or strategist, she is certainly more than merely conversant with all the substrata of the sport as it is and where it's heading.

In other words, there is no reason why she can't be the next head of baseball operations for the San Francisco Giants, and not because she ticks off this demographic blank or that one but because she transcends them.

She may not get the job, mind you. There are other candidates who bring different but equally impressive resumes and experiences, and winning a sweepstakes like this also requires developing a sense of comfort in the person doing the hiring. She's been hired enough times by enough people to know how to do that, too.

But if she isn't hired by the Giants, the person they do get better be damned good at all the things she already is. She may not be a slam-dunk (nobody thought Brian Sabean would be back in the day, and he is a Hall of Fame-level executive), but she is an open-look three-ball from the corner as wielded by Klay Thompson.

If she gets hired, we'll see if she is an open-look three-ball from the corner as wielded by Stephen Curry, but for now, it is established that she can shoot her shot. Now she just needs to know if the Giants are willing to get her the ball.
Chaim Bloom  
Drewcon40 : 10/13/2018 7:23 am : link
I also like what I read about Chaim Bloom. Granted I do not know about every MLB executive but he seems like he would be a break from the norm for the Mets.
RE: Give me the most qualified candidate please  
81_Great_Dane : 10/13/2018 1:12 pm : link
In comment 14125775 ZGiants98 said:
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If that's her, great.
This.
How about Kim Jones?  
EricJ : 10/13/2018 1:45 pm : link
she can show us that sweater meat during the press conferences.
I dont think  
spike : 10/13/2018 1:47 pm : link
the WIlpons are that progressive.
RE: I dont think  
Jim in Fairfax : 10/13/2018 2:10 pm : link
In comment 14126375 spike said:
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the WIlpons are that progressive.

Fred’s trying to figure out how to hire Branch Rickey.
Lol  
giantsFC : 10/13/2018 2:52 pm : link
Good point.

NYtimes reporting Archie Bunker jr. is now the front runner
No one wants the job  
Rflairr : 10/13/2018 3:08 pm : link
They would be lucky to get someone with her experience.

How disappointing would it be if friggin Doug Melvin or Gary LaRocque got the job? Give someone young the chance.
RE: How about Kim Jones?  
ThatLimerickGuy : 10/13/2018 4:20 pm : link
In comment 14126370 EricJ said:
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she can show us that sweater meat during the press conferences.


Come on man u made me spit up my coffee.
RE: No one wants the job  
giantsFC : 10/13/2018 7:17 pm : link
In comment 14126506 Rflairr said:
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They would be lucky to get someone with her experience.

How disappointing would it be if friggin Doug Melvin or Gary LaRocque got the job? Give someone young the chance.


I know! And we all know deep down it’s going to happen
The "Whitepons"?  
Rob in Rockaway : 10/13/2018 9:25 pm : link
Who hired Omar Minaya, Jerry Manuel, and Willie Randolph? What a douche you are. Go away.
Oh yeah and not to mention their complete lack of respect for  
Rob in Rockaway : 10/13/2018 9:26 pm : link
Jackie Robinson.

Oh wait...
while we are already on the subject  
UESBLUE : 10/14/2018 9:55 am : link
would the pronounciation of Kim's last name be a problem for the African American players? ( :) )
There's no question she deserves her shot.  
Amazinz : 10/15/2018 11:15 am : link
As a Mets fan, I'd be happy with the choice.
I  
DanMetroMan : 10/15/2018 11:46 am : link
want Bloom and it's not close, I expect a retread.
.  
DanMetroMan : 10/15/2018 11:55 am : link
Mauricio #2 in the GCL, the only Met in the top 20.
RE: .  
Mike in NY : 10/15/2018 11:59 am : link
In comment 14129515 DanMetroMan said:
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Mauricio #2 in the GCL, the only Met in the top 20.


Did Kelenic not have enough AB's to qualify?
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