http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slu...=tsn&type=lgns
General manager Dan O'Brien deserves blame for one of the worst offseason reconstructions in recent memory. But even O'Brien is more of a symptom than the problem. The harsh reality: The Reds will remain doomed as long as Carl Lindner, 85, remains their owner.
It is Lindner who chose O'Brien after Allen recommended Twins assistant G.M. Wayne Krivsky and Lindner who chose Miley after O'Brien recommended Pirates farm director Brian Graham and Lindner who keeps the ineffectual Allen in power.
There's more in there, but I'm wondering as I'm watching the Sox-Reds game, do you agree? Is Lindner the proble, and are O'Brien and Miley really symptoms. Most people agree they are cooked, but is it Carl's fault?