I'd hate to have a new-school GM like Shapiro. When did he ever work for the Braves?

As per Cot's:

• 1 year/$1.5M (2009)
  
  • signed by Cleveland as a free agent 1/6/09
  • $5.3M in performance bonuses:
    • starts: $0.1M each for 18, 20, 22; $0.2M each for 26, 28; $0.25M for 30; $0.3M for 32; $0.35M each for 33, 34; $0.4M for 35
    • innings: $0.1M each for 130, 140, 150; $0.15M each for 160, 170; $0.2M for 180; $0.25M each for 190, 200, 210; $0.3M for 215; $0.4M for 225; $0.5M for 235

(I find it amazing that the MLBPA allows contracts like this, but not pure stats-incentives.)

You know the only comparable deal like this Dayton Moore has made?

The bizarre Ross Gload re-signing and the essentially un-necessary Miguel Olivo deal, two complete non-upside guys at all. If anything, the most reasonable Gload contract would include salary descalators (made that up) if you end up playing him much.

But hey, Olivo's contract was good for a few mid-season bitchfests when Miguel started realizing he wasn't going to hit some of his bonuses, which took everyone's attention off of whatever Jose Guillen was mad about that week.

Its been almost a year since Bob Knight abruptly resigned in Lubbock. As time has passed, it doesn't seem quite as weird as it did then, although it will be a long time before the second Knight era can be evaluated.

I'm curious as to when people guess Knight will take another job. He's only about one hundred wins ahead of Coach K. He probably knows its inevitable that Mike will pass him eventually, but my hunch is that Bobby may want to make him work for it longer than that (or possibly, be dead before it happens).

Then again, the record may honestly be irrelevant to him. Knight can be hard to read.

Nevertheless, if you look at the resumes of these guys, they almost always keep coaching, even if it means ending up in a completely random place.

Your thoughts?

ps- Here is Seth's vintage post when this first went down. A great read.