Allard Baird is the Jim Wooldridge of major league baseball. I've been telling my friends this for the last couple of weeks, and somebody said it on 810 today. Look at the facts:
* Seems to be a nice guy.
* Media-friendly.
* Kept his job because everyone in town loves football.
* No matter what he does, his teams wind up sucking.
* Lots of "bad luck" w/ player injuries, development, head cases, all of which combine to produce suckiness.
* None of the above seem to be his "fault," but they happen all the time and an inordinate amount.
* Can't recruit/draft top prospects (Baird b/c of signing issues, Wooly b/c of lack of connections), so you get a lot of "projects."
* Keep promising that there's a "plan" and better things are in the future, but never see any results.
Allard Baird needs to be fired.
