I agree with giving McDermott some slack. He proved a few things last season, IMO. But I think you’re giving Beane unwarranted credit compared to Whaley and Nix. So far, he hasn’t shown himself to be any better than them. His free agen class has totally stunk and his major accomplishment so far has been dumping decent players for mid to low round draft picks so that the current team is virtually devoid of talent. As I’ve said many times, the goal is to turn draft picks into good players, not to opposite.