John Schuerholz resigns...

by The Pip

Long time Braves Gm John Schuerholz resigned today.

What a run, no team in the last 15 years cycled through talent in a manner that just kept the team winning. There was a point during this Braves run that it felt like they changed up their lineup every year. The combination of Schuerholz, Cox and Mazzone was a very special thing to have witrnessed as a sports fan. You kind of knew it was done when Leo moved on, and now it's only a matter of another year or two before Cox retires. When even a Yankee dynasty fails to win as many consecutive division titles as the Braves you know you got to watch a great stretch of baseball.

Braves fans do not fret, his understudy Wren is taking over and he will remain on as team President.

TylersaltAll-Star

785 days ago

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Holy crap! Good catch. What an executive.

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The PipDiv-I Stud

785 days ago

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If he worked in a bigger city, he'd be talked about as one of the best ever in baseball and in all sports. If the braves had won 2 more titles, even I would be mentioning Auerbach. But they didn't and I didn't.  ;)

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SSreportersLegend

785 days ago

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Bobby Cox was so mad, he got ejected again.

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TheSportsFanaticWaterboy

785 days ago

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He got great talent to keep them going to the playoffs, but he never got talent that won him the playoffs (except that one year). I think if he would have done that, we would be talking more about him.

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Kwitt11Varsity Captain

785 days ago

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So when the Yankees lose in the playoffs, it's because they didn't have enough starting pitching. The Braves had a collection of three of the best pitchers of the era, and had very little playoff success. What exactly is the definition of "playoff talent"?

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TheSportsFanaticWaterboy

785 days ago

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I didn't say anything about starting pitching. It's just the Braves were never able to build the right formula for some reason to get them over the hump and win them the world series, that's all.

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Kwitt11Varsity Captain

784 days ago

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My point is, is there any such thing as "the right formula"? Teams that win are said to have "it", teams that lose don't.

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Falcon02520Legend

785 days ago

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WOW! I was not expecting this... Schuerholz created such a great system that allowed the Braves to compete for years on end... what a great AGM (Actual General Manager)...

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JuTMSY4Legend

785 days ago

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hahaha ++

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Niteowl049AAA-er

784 days ago

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KWitt made good point...It was something the way the Braves starters who pitched so well during the season suddenly couldn't pitch well during playoff time. With Glavine, Maddux and Smoltz you would think they could have won several World Series championships.

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BigPPupMajor Leaguer

784 days ago

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Truely the end of an era. More importantly he will be the GM for the Nats within 2 years.

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Dcsundevil2002Div-I Stud

784 days ago

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One of the greats. It is amazing to think of all the players that this guy has seen rise through their system as well as the guys he has brought in.

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DonatevoMajor Leaguer

784 days ago

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To think we used to have him in Kansas City. The rest is history.

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Minda33Soccer Kid

784 days ago

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At least he sent one of his spawns to be GM in KC. That was awfully nice of him.

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DonatevoMajor Leaguer

784 days ago

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Good point. Let's hope he can change things.

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KelsdadAll-Star

784 days ago

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He resigned so he could accept a promotion...to team president. Left out just a small detail there.

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The PipDiv-I Stud

784 days ago

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Nope, last sentence. I caught it as I was writing it. Sometimes I can actually edit myself, only sometimes though. I got lucky trying to do that with out my fiancee around to edit me. (She's also the braves fan in the house.)

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