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DEVELOPING: Hoyer to be named new Padres GM later today

SI.com is reporting the news that Jed Hoyer will be the new Padres GM and the team will announce it later today. I guess that puts to rest any hopes for Kim Ng being the new GM.

Doesn't Jed Hoyer sound like a gunslinger type of name? Moorad says it isn't, but it sure sounds like it is to me.

Hrmmmmmmmm.....

More Thoughts: To be perfectly honest, the Padres GMs that have ever made an impact in my head have been Jack McKeon and Kevin Towers. I remember Randy Smith for his hatchet job of the team and I don't ever really give him credit for bringing Trevor Hoffman on board.

I'm wanting to like Jed Hoyer, but is this the guy who's going to bring the Padres to the postseason like Trader Jack or the Kevin "Gunslinger" Towers? Or is this the guy who's going to Randy Smith the team for another season while we sit around in 4th and 5th place.

I can't wait for the announcement.

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Yep, sounds gunslingery to me.

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by Axion on Oct 23, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions  

Sounds good.

Hopefully he can get some good talent for this team.

We're boned.

by Zach (maestro876) on Oct 23, 2009 1:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Other Breaking news!

the sky is blue and puppies are cute.

by Grey Suit on Oct 23, 2009 1:55 PM PDT reply actions  

puppies

piss on yer rug and chew up yer furniture – nothing cute about that!

"If the Padres lose (again) and no -one is watching, does it count in the standings?" ...anonymous confucious guy

by ABY on Oct 23, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

I BEG TO DIFFER.

"I'm a Padre at heart. Always gonna root for the Padres. Twenty-five years [with this organization], how can't you? Next year I'm gonna be rooting like a son-of-a-gun for these guys and for Blackie ... I'm gonna be rooting for the next general manager here, rooting for the city, the fans, everybody. I think a lot of San Diego." -Kevin Towers

by jodes0405 on Oct 23, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

good point

Still, in my head, he was the man on duty while the team got gutted.

by Dex on Oct 23, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

And he still works for the Padres

Scouring the Earth looking for international talent.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Oct 23, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

The Jedi

My new favorite nickname. That is unless Hoyer totally desecrates this team this offseason.

by JollyWaffle on Oct 23, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Darth Vader

was a jedi, then went apeshit on the republic. Lets hope Jed(i) doesn’t take 20 years to build our team with a structural flaw the size of a womp rat.

This blog has devolved into UT like, uncerebral blabber

by soulSD on Oct 24, 2009 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

call me bitter

but I thought that was funny!

"If the Padres lose (again) and no -one is watching, does it count in the standings?" ...anonymous confucious guy

by ABY on Oct 24, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

jed sounds too much like zed...

now i think of that scene every time i think about the padres….

mission accomplished.

by zotzotpadre on Oct 23, 2009 8:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Apparently

That image is hosted by tripod. Exciting.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Oct 23, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

still developing huh?

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 24, 2009 4:29 PM PDT reply actions  

...disappointed Blly Eppler wasn't considered more of a serious candidate...

Did it really just come down to Hoyer and Kim Ng? Perhaps Eppler is locked up in a deal too good to leave NY.

by MarshmeloMartinez on Oct 25, 2009 1:28 AM PDT reply actions  

Looks like it did

It might also be that Eppler wasn’t really sure he wanted to leave the situation he’s in

by TheAxManCometh on Oct 25, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

i'm interested in hearing hoyer's thoughts...

concerning his “philosophy” – I wonder if he’ll embrace the prior regime’s approach to drafting and player development, etc.

mission accomplished.

by zotzotpadre on Oct 25, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions  

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