Not really.
Baseball is a business, and the man was offered $40 over 5 years to work for a vile, cursed well funded, marquee organization. He'd have been a fool not to accept.
Does it fly in the face of his constant harping on how he's a local boy in his "dream job?"
Sure.
But again, $40 million boo. $40 million. That's twice the sum of his career earnings as a player.
Plus, the Brewers weren't exactly knocking down the door with offers enticing him to stay. Was that proof the organization is cheap, or did they suspect his leadership value was inflated? Hard to say, and I don't think Chicago is guaranteed to provide the answer to the latter either; deep pockets have the potential to solve many problems.
(I think he was overvalued, but who am I? I'm just a schmuck with a blog.)
So congrats to Counsell - although given his new job I can't exactly wish him success.
update: Oops. I guess this "player's manager" forgot to actually inform his players of his move until AFTER the news was public. Smooth sir. smooth.
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