Rockies Lockdown Dan O'Dowd

The Rockies have agreed to a new deal with General Manager Dan O'Dowd. Terms have yet to be announced.

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Nice Catch

Thanks, now let’s figure out the manager situation and let the stove get warm.

JFK

by jrockies on Oct 21, 2009 5:57 PM MDT reply actions

Actually pretty excited about this

by Hizilla on Oct 21, 2009 6:01 PM MDT reply actions

Cool

Nice to feel like the franchise is on the right path, isn’t it?

by BroJB on Oct 21, 2009 6:06 PM MDT reply actions

I remember the days when I thought O'Dowd was a bumbling fool

but he’s made some excellent moves and given us a young, studly core. Keep it up buddy.

So you're telling me there's a chance. Yeah!
-Lloyd

by squalene203 on Oct 21, 2009 6:13 PM MDT reply actions

he kind of was for a few years

He panicked and made quick moves far too often in his early tenure. Criticism was warranted. But he might have done the best job of any gm in the last twelve months

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 21, 2009 6:21 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I’ve always been a fan of the guy. The worst deal he ever made (Figgins for Bartee) was bad, but not horrible, and the 2nd worst move (Gerut/Bard for Cruz) hasn’t really come back to bite us as Gerut and Bard are really just journeymen types.

OTOH, the list of great deals he’s made — often with financial limitations and the imperative to move contracts — could fill up a long post.

He’s also been able to lock down guys like Tulo to affordable long term deals and has hung on to our best young talent.

If he was given unlimited NY Yankee resources, one could only imagine the juggernaut he’d have created. In the meantime, what’s he’s done here is pretty damn amazing.

by BroJB on Oct 21, 2009 8:40 PM MDT up reply actions

Agreed

I think his best quality is that he is a quick learner. He tried some things early on that didn’t work, so he tried something else.

by tulolgit2quit on Oct 21, 2009 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions

Awesome.

make some good off season moves Dan, and let’s get back to October.

To all of the doubters, to all of the haters, one simple message:
We will be back! Our purple knights will be victorious once again.

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 21, 2009 6:36 PM MDT reply actions

I just have to say

that I REALLY miss game threads on the Row… I mean this stuff is good and all, but has the stink of offseason :( Anyway, good move, and thanks for giving me a reason to keep checking PR.

by MissR on Oct 21, 2009 6:57 PM MDT reply actions

I feel the same way :(

I hope we have game threads during the world series. Can someone tell us what happens to PR during the winter and when does spring training start? thanks

by butterfly on Oct 22, 2009 8:39 AM MDT up reply actions

we will still be posting at least one, hopefully two, articles per day

Covering hot stove, general news, features etc. I don’t have the schedule in front of me, but pitchers and catcrea generally report mid February with the first games a coupor weeks later

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 22, 2009 8:46 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I'm guessing 2/13 for pitchers and catchers

and 3/2 for first game

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." - A. Bartlett Giamatti

by Rawktober on Oct 22, 2009 8:50 AM MDT up reply actions

Good job Rockies locking this man up :D

Remember old folks, I'm just 17 years old =]

by CentralCaliRox on Oct 21, 2009 7:41 PM MDT reply actions

Good news

A well deserved extension. Let’s hope he can continue the string of good deals this offseason.

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 21, 2009 7:53 PM MDT reply actions

Dan (the man) O'Dowd!

Good. He added almost 30 million bucks of value to the rotation this year, and only gave up a prospect and a crappy reliever. The guy has been golden lately.

by mkorpal on Oct 21, 2009 9:57 PM MDT reply actions

For a second there I was thinking

prospect + crappy reliever = Holliday and Fuentes. Then I stopped being insane :)

by biondino on Oct 22, 2009 3:47 AM MDT up reply actions

oh Patrick

I know Jason smith played for us three years ago and that o’dowd went on a Jason binge, but Jason smith wasn’t the lhp we got from Oakland in the holliday deal

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 22, 2009 6:27 AM MDT via mobile reply actions

i remember when Jason Smith played for us

he hit like 4 dingers in a week or something like that…or maybe it was 2 in one game…I don’t remember.

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Oct 22, 2009 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions

it was two in a game at petco

I remember reading it at the community computer in my bucharest hostel. Unreal

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 22, 2009 10:07 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I posted the same thing on his online article.

Then I freaked out when I realized it made me what I hate, a Denver Post commenter.

by TGumb on Oct 22, 2009 9:51 AM MDT up reply actions

I had kind of forgotten the DOD role in the Hurdle/Tracy decision

You always kind of assume the owners are driving those calls, but to the extent that DOD made the decision, it certainly had as much impact as the player moves in 2009. You could make a case for DOD as MVP this year – close to perfect on decisionmaking, particularly on the pitching side.

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." - A. Bartlett Giamatti

by Rawktober on Oct 22, 2009 7:39 AM MDT reply actions

Well done, props to the Monforts for getting it right

And to DOD for assembling a really strong ballclub with endless possibilities going forward. Now, it’s time to get back to work. We’ve got a division championship to win.

Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave

by Mondogarage on Oct 22, 2009 7:58 AM MDT reply actions