No Change = No Hope

As El Duque reported earlier, the Yankees, after considerable due diligence, have retained their director of scouting.

And the Yankee logic is similar to the logic which allowed the CEO's of JP Morgan and AIG to retain their jobs.

Total and absolute failure does not qualify a person for change.  In fact, the Yankee decision to " stand pat" is the epitome of the latest management consulting mantra: "Let's always reward failure."

Failure: The Yankees don't have an emerging talent from any draft or any trade.

Reward : The direct of scouting must be retained.

And while any obvious reasons for this decision elude me, it is possible that the Chief Yankee in Charge of Scouting only scouts models for A-Rod.  Or perhaps it is his job to find the cheapest pumpkin seeds for the Yankees to chew and spit.

Time for me to relax.

For 2014, we can just give outrageous contracts to some more old guys, former stars even, and we'll be right back in the hunt.

As long as the Yankees don't care about competing, I'm pleased that the winter meetings led to no shake-ups.  When nothing is working, when there is only regression, back-sliding and no hope for the future, why change a thing?

I saw this happening when Joe was re-signed for 4 years, without a thought.  Then, when Larry Rothschild inked himself in for another few years, it was all too clear that the Yankees don't think anything is wrong.

Status Quo is the way to go.

Nice work, Yanks.

Very productive work in your, "organizational" meetings.

Meanwhile, Yankee fans have absolutely nothing to look forward to.  Unless you like watching Boston win the World Series two years in a row.