When Bill Schmidt was promoted to Rockies interim general manager on May 3, 2021, he said several key things.
He was interested in becoming the long-term GM. He didn’t believe the Rockies needed “rebuilding.” And he said Job No. 1 was to “Get everybody pulling on the rope in the same direction. Not only the players, but the whole organization.”
Then there’s this: “At the end of the day, I realize we need to win games.”
Schmidt was named the long-term GM on Oct. 2, 2021, but his vision of what the Rockies could become has never materialized.