Talk:Frank McCourt (executive)

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i feel like this owner's biography should not consist of 50% harsh criticism. How's that for encyclopedic neutrality? Come on.

The harsh criticism of McCourt and DePodesta consists of the authors unsupported opinion. The "many bad trades" made by DePodesta is simply not supported by fact.

It's also difficult to take seriously a comment like "Evans had done an amazing job of bringing the Dodgers' to the top, and after his firing the team started to tank." when the team made the playoffs (something they never did under Evans) the first year after he was fired. How is making the playoffs for the first time since 1996 and winning their first playoff game since 1988 "starting to tank"?

THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PREVIOUS:

It is now obvious with such things as the hiring of Grady Little, a return of focus on the farm system and the restoration project at Chavez Ravine are reasons enough to invalidate the harsh criticism of the McCourts as stated in this so-called Biography. I surely hope that Frank can be as successful a Dodger owner as had a certain fellow Irishman who made his fortune in real estate.

I redid the "Hiring and Firing Depodesta" section to make it more neutral.--Seventy-one 19:47, 29 May 2006 (UTC)