There’s more to a front office than just one man. There are more decision makers on a baseball team than just a GM. There are scouts that you’ve never heard of, analytics guys quietly trying to do their jobs, people crunching salary numbers. When we say “I can’t believe the GM made that move,” we’re really talking about every one of them, all adding their contribution to try and make the team as good as it can be.
When you lose 98 games one year and don’t turn it around next year, though, the GM will be the first one to go.