This NY Post article has set many hearts a flutter and printers to printing in the stathead world. At almost every discussion board I've seen, people are debating and putting their resumes together, all too often in full public view. I've had three calls from people wanting to know if I could help them get in touch with Jim Duquette and only one was in the least bit qualified, though all three are nice people.

I'll paraphrase Sen. Bentsen here. I've met Keith Law. Most statheads are no Keith Law. There are people with names you've never heard of that are exceptionally qualified and people like Nate Silver or Keith Woolner that are probably overqualified. Few have Keith Law's skills with numbers, people, and have a strong enough personality to stand up to scouts. Sure, I'm biased - I know and like the guy, but the fact remains that posting on a forum isn't something you put on a resume.

People often ask me if I want to get hired by a team. Heck yeah, who of us doesn't dream of that, years past the point that I dreamed of playing. It doesn't make me any more qualified. I like to think I could contribute, I know I can communicate, but if a team hired me, their fans should sue for incompetence. I saw a guy last year passing out resumes during the Winter Meetings and I won't fault anyone their dreams. I just won't give them more hope than they should have.