Comments on: Can the Royals be saved? https://dfarq.homeip.net/can-the-royals-be-saved/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-the-royals-be-saved David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:08:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/can-the-royals-be-saved/#comment-5531 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:08:35 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1500#comment-5531 In reply to Anonymous.

Yep, and if I remember right, the organization’s downhill slide accelerated once Schuerholz went to the Braves. Schuerholz’s inability to quickly find another Howser hurt the team, but the team’s inability to find another Schuerholz is what landed it in the current mess.

Schuerholz’s ability to keep winning year over year even as the money grows more and more scarce is admirable. The Braves have lost more big names in recent years than anyone, yet they keep on staying in the hunt.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/can-the-royals-be-saved/#comment-5530 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:03:36 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1500#comment-5530 Of course they can be saved. They need to follow the Braves model (which used to be the Royals model) — build the entire farm system to follow the same approach; draft and develop high school players, not college; trade prospects for the people you need. And be patient. The Braves started this approach in 1985, and had no results at all until the Miracle Braves in 1991.

Dave (and anyone else that’s interested), I suggest reading "Scout’s Honor" by Bill Shanks. It outlines the way the Braves have been built, and to quote Leo Mazzone, "It’s common sense, really."

Remember, Scheurholz came from KC. So did at least one of our scouts, whose name escapes me. KC ran the model for many years, but a change in ownership and the economics of the game ended it.

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