This could be the starter for a new thread about DD. I do, however, think that if someone is criticizing a (for example) GM, that perspective should be provided. Almost everyone in every position in baseball is a loser. There's no Auerbach or U Conn these days. I'll snip some sentences from Dombrowski's Wiki page to start discussion:...When the Sox were eliminated in 2016, I wanted Henry and Werner to clean house. I wanted Dombrowski gone, Farrell gone and half the team. I don't think Dombrowski and Farrell are bad, but that doesn't mean I think they're particularly good either. Dombrowski's career has been highlighted with "gambles" on huge names (Cabrera, Sale, Price x2), trading prospects and creating mediocre bullpens. He hasn't been at the helm of a winner in 20 years.
- Dombrowski built up the Expos farm system during his term. He drafted, among others, Rondell White and Cliff Floyd. The team enjoyed .500 or better seasons in 1988–90 but struggled on the field in 1991
- Although he built a sound minor league system, the Marlins, with Jim Leyland as their manager, achieved their first great success—the 1997 NL pennant and world championship—with a team composed of many high-salaried players signed as free agents. The following year, Dombrowski presided over Huizenga's mandated fire sale of those veteran players, and the Marlins failed to reach a .500 winning percentage in each of Dombrowski's final four years with the franchise...after Henry sold the club in early 2002, the Marlins managed to rebuild behind a nucleus of young players, and in 2003, with a roster consisting chiefly of players Dombrowski had acquired, won the World Series.
- In 2003, the Tigers lost an American League-record 119 games, one fewer loss than the modern MLB record set by the 1962 New York Mets...Three years later, the 2006 Tigers, led by manager Jim Leyland, won their first AL pennant since their championship season of 1984. Along the way, they won the AL wild card, defeated the favored New York Yankees in four games in the division series, then swept the Oakland Athletics in the American League Championship Series. In the 2006 World Series, they were defeated in five games by the St. Louis Cardinals.
- In addition to bringing Leyland out of semi-retirement, Dombrowski presided over the acquisition and development of a corps of hard-throwing young pitchers, and signed free agents such as catcher Iván Rodríguez, left-handed pitcher Kenny Rogers, and outfielder Magglio Ordóñez.
- In 2012, the Tigers reached their second World Series under Dombrowski's tenure by sweeping the New York Yankees in 4 straight games. The Tigers were then swept by the San Francisco Giants in 4 straight games, losing the World Series.
- On August 4, 2015, Dombrowski was released by the Tigers, and was replaced by his former assistant general manager Al Avila. In fourteen years with Tigers organization, Dombrowski led the Tigers to five playoff appearances, four consecutive American League Central division titles, four American League Championship Series appearances, including three consecutive ALCS appearances from 2011 to 2013, and two AL pennants, in 2006 and 2012. Prior to his hiring, the Tigers had missed the playoffs in fourteen consecutive seasons, and had just four playoff appearances in the 60 season stretch from 1946 to 2005.
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