There isn't a single thing right about this move by the Cubs new ownership, even if the move had to be made.

Anyone that fires a GM like Hendry and KEEPS a President like the idiot they have isn't thinking with a Baseball mind, in fact it shows less COMMON sense than God gave a goose! To take this point a step further, just WHO among the ownership group THINKS they know enough about the game to hire a GM that will "report directly" to Ricketts? NO ONE would be the correct answer! This means that unless blind luck engineers a favorable outcome in the hiring process, the Cubs organization will take one HUGE step backwards!

If ownership was thinking of making a change, FIRST to go should have been Kenney, who couldn't pick a baseball out of a "lineup" with a tiddly wink and a road apple, with or without the "blessing" of a witch doctor.

Second, with someone like Gillick in place of Kenney, the time to have replaced Hendry was when he set up the managerial "trial" where only Quade could succeed. As it is Hendry is gone, Quade soon will be, and Sandburg has been burned by the organization, so no matter who they hire it will be YEARS before the Cubs are competitive two years in a row again. And if the guy they bring in has to tear up the whole organization to get "his people" into place, it will be at least a decade! If you think otherwise, look how long it took after Frey, Peter Principle of the year award winner, rose to power and destroyed everything Dallas Green had put in place.

Hendry probably wouldn't have done it, but the best thing the Cubs could have done would be to have let HIM hire his successor and then move to the top of the minor league and drafting department, where he was truly great.

Since it is next to impossible to replace the owner, besides Kenney, the only other "Peter Principle" award winner in the Cubs hierarchy is probably Fleita as the Cubs have drafted well enough with the budgets they had to work with, but the player development area has backslid since Hendry was kicked upstairs.

I wish Jim the very best and pray for that "BLIND LUCK" factor to overtake Rickets before he can further damage the franchise.

You, are a very knowledgeable Cub Fan and hit it all right on the "button". This ownership group will try to pull the wool over everyone's eyes with their moves. They keep talking about the Cub culture, the block parties around the park etc. They have no knowledge of how to run a team but gtheir ego's seem to make they think they do. I could never figure what's up with Crane Kenney. He fell into it becuase of Sam Zell and seems to have the bosses in his back pocket. I fear we are entering a period that will someday make both the College of Coaches and hiring Salty Saltwell as GM genuinely better moves than what is coming.

I think it is all about a culture change and I would like to see a "moneyball" type in charge. There has been a slight philosophy change recently (increased focus on minor league talent...and left handed hitters) which was even more evident in the draft. Hahn is a Cub fan...which is a positive and a negative, but I would be willing to give him a chance. The days of relying on right handed power, both hitting and pitching, has to end.

The tribune company rode the cubs to the beach. they capitalized on Wrigleyville and the magical 1984 season that catapulted both the cubs and Wrigleyville into the prominet mindset of America. One of the greatest economic expansions this country will ever see took place as the technological revolution propelled prosperity not only around the park but around the country.

Tribune company saw the end to this cycle and preparred the team for sale at or near the end of this cycle. Smart people, really. Enter the Ricketts with Tom's romantic story of meeting his wife in the bleachers and the promise of bringing a championship to Wrigleyville. Perfect story or perfect storm? Well, they purchased a crumbiling ball park, paid peak value and absorbed ridiculous contracts and recieved over valued talent. The cubs have accomplished next to nothing for the last 100 years. Do you really think that an ownership who allows one of it's priciples to make a fool of himself and the family on such a ridiculous show as Undercover Boss has what it takes to turn this franchise around?

I agree that Crane Kinney should go as well. Tom needs a real leader if he is really serious about turning the ship around. I was a season ticket holder for 17-18 years and had finally had enough this year. I shared my tickets with some of my closest friends and clientel at face value. They did not want to go to the park anymore. They were sick and tired of poor performance and felt value for there money just wasn't there. These were people who never paid a dime over face ticket price.

When i shared my resignation as a season ticket holder through an email to Tom Rickets, Crane Kinney and my ticket agent Brian Garza, Crane sends an email to Tom stating " we will work up a response to..." and then doesen't even have the presence of mind to hide what he wrote from me and responds to "all." Does that sound like a focused leader to you?

I am sorry but, the Rickett's are in over there head. PLease do not look for a championship untill there are shrewd buisiness and baseball people who own the franchise. WE have entered another prolonged period of futility.