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I just can't help but think of October of 2021.
How much different would things be if that fall, when John Mozeliak told ownership he was going to fire Mike Shildt due to 'philosophical differences' after Shildt took a team that got something like 85 starts from guys who NEVER THREW ANOTHER MAJOR LEAGUE PITCH to the playoffs, ownership had stood up and said "Y'know what John? I think maybe your services are no longer needed..."
And set about, right that very minute, to bringing people into the organization that could undo the decade or so of stasis that Mozeliak had created.
Where would we be now? Could Carlson have continued to develop as he was doing under Shildt? Would Walker be further along? Would guys like Edman, O'Neill and Bader still be here? Would they have been traded for legitimate value instead of dumped?
One thing I do no is that the fans would not be this goddamn furious. Firing Mike Shildt was the spark that ignited this entire conflagration.
And there were people on this board that supported it. Because he wasn't able to carry that pathetic roster full of cast-offs past a 106 win Dodgers team.
Some of us knew the Cardinals were in dire straights before that. ALL of us should've known they were after it.
Some folks are slower learners than others.
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"If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..."
"When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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