Orioles Name Dan Duquette GM, Will Suck For Many More Years

Former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette agreed to a deal with the Orioles that makes him the new GM

So yesterday, the news broke that after a long and exhausting GM search in which they had candidates decline interviews and decline the job offer, the Orioles decided to name Dan Duquette their new General Manager. Dan Duquette? You mean the former Red Sox GM who had private detectives follow players around? The same Dan Duquette who gave up on all of his drafts after selecting Nomar, after which one player made the MLB and one made the NFL? The same Dan Duquette who has about as much people skills as a chipmunk? Yep, that same Dan Duquette. I can see it now, his introductory press conference. Man, I gotta watch that, it should be entertaining, between him and Buck Freaking Showalter I'm gonna have some good laughs for the next few years with this team. I bet it goes something like this:

Reporter: "Dan, how is this year's team going to be different than ones in years past?"
Duquette: "Why don't you go ask Buck that fucking question."
Reporter: "Buck, what are your thoughts?"
Showalter: "...Go fuck yourselves"

I just feel that something like that is bound to happen. With this duo at the helm of the Orioles organization, that team is bound to be at the bottom of the league for years to come. Duquette does have one hell of an eye for talent, but as Peter Gammons has pointed out, he's been out of the game for about 10 years now, what's to say he isn't still stuck in his past analytic methods? And hell, I'll ask my own question. What's to say his inability to draft for years and years and his knack for trading away very good players such as Jamie Moyer and Adam Everett isn't still with him? I fully believe that Baltimore is screwed. Duquette can be good, but probably won't be, and Showalter is a damn meathead with far too much power as manager. Congratulations Baltimore, you've officially screwed yourselves for years to come.