The Real Sweet Lou?

I thought it would be interesting to make my first post at the Rundown really hit home for some...specifically our own Sweet Lou. But first i would like to introduce myself as the brother to the one and only Professor. Technically I am younger, and therefore Sweet Lou and the Professor believe they are the know it alls. But I would like to mention that I am the only one of the trio that actually PLAYS baseball. In fact, I am by far the most athletic of the group. I shouldn't be so hard on the Professor because back in the day he was a solid pitcher, but as for Sweet Lou he literally cannot swing a bat without hurting his shoulder. It's embarassing to be honest, but i do feel bad. So basically the Professor is the stat man (hence the name) and I can lend my small expertise due to actual experience. I believe Sweet Lou was added simply for his moisturated skin. Moving right along because I'm not one to judge other's grooming habits.

So now I'll actually get to the point of this post which would be to explain the huge mistake that the Cubs have made in their offseason signings! And wouldn't you know it, this has absolutly nothing to do with my boy Soriano. Instead, I'm going to jump back to October when the Great Lou Piniella was hired as the Cubs head coach. The question is...Do the Cubs enjoy losing...do they even try anymore? I know this hurts our own Sweet Lou because he actually named himself after the great coach himself. (Atleast i assume) So anyway let me explain in a quite orderly fashion why this is a perhaps the most destructive signing I've ever seen.

1) Larry Rothschild, who has spent the last five years as the Cubs' pitching coach, will return to the same role on Piniellas' staff. This is the same guy whose staff lead the league in walks and have an amazing ability to break mid-season? Simply put, Mr. Lou Piniella wants him, he has been put in charge for some reason. Rothschild has offically been signed to a 2 year contract to be Piniellas' pitching coach. So i guess no one should expect anything from Cubs pitching this year...I hope Soriano and Lee combine for around 150 homers or the Cubs are looking at another sub par season.

2) Let me stick with Lou's uncanny ability to hire coaches who are master failures. You will literally never guess who he picked as his bench coach. Drum Roll Please....Alan Trammell, if he doesn't rind any bells let my introduce him. This is the the manager of the 119 loss 2003 Detroit Tigers. Amazingly enough the Tigers team of 2003 doesn't look so different from the AL champions of 2006. What was the major difference besides some added pitching? It would have to be Trammell's ablility come up with a myriad of ways to lose!

3) Not only does he fail to create a solid staff, but he also comes of very short while coaching. He abuses pitchers, he doesn’t develop young players, he plays veterans to a fault. The only difference between him and Dusty is Lou pisses off his players and Dusty desperatly needs to be liked by his players. Besides pissing off the players, his tirades will quickly upset the umpires as he always does. If you think that Cubs got bad breaks before, just wait until Piniella ticks off the umpires.

I conclusion, I just wonder if the Cubs front office trys. Wait, I think they do try but only to run their organization further into the ground. Really, I nor anyone else should be so hard on the Cubs. Its gotta suck to have so much pressure on you to win especially when their is 0 chance that will happen. Instead, we should focus on Chicago's strengths like making pizza and Piniella's forte's such as throwing bases into the outfield.
I'm not saying...I'm just saying