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yeah because no one wants a losing team..

and with a struggling market, nobody wants to take over a team riddled in some big contracts they could do without, they werent winning with them anyways....some busted badly, and its too much money wasted for anybody to wanna take over and THINK they make that any better.

How many million? I'll take it.

OK, how many threads are there going to be for this? The Mariners freakin' suck.

The problem isn't the players or the fans. It's Howard Lincoln, Chuck Armstrong and the ownership group headed by Hiroshi Yamauchi. Those three men specifically want "bobble-heads" in the front office - people who will rubber-stamp all the decisions they make regarding personnel. They don't want anyone in the front office that will question their decisions or challenge their authority. Anyone that takes the Mariners' GM position needs to recognize that and be willing to play chameleon, changing colors to suit the ownership's latest whims. All Lincoln, et al care about is having a profitable team. They don't want to win the World Series, simply playing well enough to put fans in the seats is all they strive for. Unfortunately, they didn't manage that this past year. And ultimately, it's the loyal Mariners' fans who suffer.

Nobody who's anybody in baseball wants to play or work for Howard Lincoln, period. He is the sole reason the Mariners are in the position they're in.

nobody wants to be a part of this disaster. It is going to take a couple years to fix this roster, and honestly, whoever takes this job next will probably get fired before their moves and this team make a difference

great city, great baseball fans, fairly new ball park. mismanagement of player personnel has left farm system a mess coupled with bad free agent signings and trades. you know you're in trouble when the only superstar on the team is your leadoff guy that doesn't speak english. they need to commit to building their farm system as most successful teams have been doing.

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Originally posted 03:56 PM ET  10.14 by Al_Cheese

great city, great baseball fans, fairly new ball park. mismanagement of player personnel has left farm system a mess coupled with bad free agent signings and trades. you know you're in trouble when the only superstar on the team is your leadoff guy that doesn't speak english. they need to commit to building their farm system as most successful teams have been doing.

I prefer to call them the west coast Orioles

It blows my mind that Paul DePodesta isn't being considered. He deserves a second chance and got the Dodgers to the playoffs. If you ask me, the Mariners need a huge shakeup and I deeply believe that DePodesta is the man for the job. As an A's fan, I would absolutely hate that.

Just hire the next person who walks in the door! Does it really matter with a 100-loss team and everyone in the clubhouse looking to beat the living crap out of Ichiro?

Somebody needs to write the book: how did the Mariners crash so far and so fast. It wasn't that long ago that they had a team strong enough to lose superstars and still get to the postseason. Now they're the most expensive joke in the major leagues, and we who watched them rise get to watch them flounder.

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Originally posted 04:18 PM ET  10.14 by The TRUTH

I prefer to call them the west coast Orioles

Oh your just a real funny guy. The orioles are in way better shape thanx to the trade with the mariners. we have a center fielder in adam jones for years to come, not to mention one of he best pitching prospects in baseball in cris tillman. Oh yeah and that closer sherril and them two 21 year old 6ft 5in plus pitching prospects. angelos no longer meddles in the management of the team. Macphail has a open wallet this winter it's just to bad theres nobody good enough besides texiera to really go after. lets go EAST COAST O'S!!!!! and you my friend can go to #%$#$@#$%$%^

The Mariners could stand to learn a great deal from Tampa -- building a high quality farm system with solid players for every single position. I'm a loyal Mariners fan, but seeing them blow so much dough for over 100 losses in 2008 was even too painful for children to watch at times. Doh!

nobody wants a team that has a losing record and high payroll....

Actually, here in Seattle we refer to them as the Montreal Expos West, with a high payroll to boot.

What about Wayne Krivsky? He seemed to have a clue over in Cincinnati.

The owners want a GM who says: Yes, I can make this team win now (kinda like what Ed Wade told Drayton Mclane). But I think all the canidates would say 'I want to win 5 years from now after rebuilding'. Then Lincoln stands and shakes their hand and hollars out the door "NEXT!".

Where Herb Washington when you need him?