Is that they always think they know more than the folks in charge. Cubs fans all over Chicago are whining that the Cubs didn't hire Ryno. Now I like Ryno, and I don't think it would have been a bad idea to put him as the manager of the Cubs, but I also think that Quade was a better move for three reasons.

1) He's been working as a coach and manager for five times as long as Ryno.

2) He showed he can work with this team during his short time as manager last year.

3) The players all wanted Quade, although they like Ryno also.

Meanwhile, most fans didn't know Quade even existed until he became the interim manager, while they knew Sandberg while he was a player. Many of them are saying that "everybody knew Ryno would leave the Cubs organization if he didn't get the job because he was disrespected by the Cubs", but if Ryno had been hired and Quade left, they would be saying "Quade doesn't deserve to be on the Cubs since he refused to stay just because he didn't get the job he wanted". The Cubs never disrespected Ryno, and frankly, I'm disappointed that he was so set on being a big league manager that he refused to take the Iowa job for a couple more years. Fans simply wanted Ryno because that's who they liked back when he was a player--it had nothing to do with his managing skills, just what they remembered as a kid watching him at second base.

In addition, all of the analysts and experts agree with the Cubs' hiring of Quade. They all know that the Cubs wanted a guy who could get the players to be at their best--not a celebrity, although if Ryno had met their criteria they would have hired him anyway, and most likely given Quade the Iowa job again. On the Hot Stove show last night on MLB Network (the show I stole the Hot Stove logo from) they all commented on how there's a different relationship that the players have with a coach versus a manager, and Quade, of the three former team coaches that have been made the official managers for 2011 (Quade, CHC; Gibson, ARI; and Rodriguez, FLA) did the best, making the Cubs a tough team to play against in September and August.

Personally, I trust Quade to do what he did at the end of '10, and I hope he does, if only to quiet the whiners that hate Hendry for not hiring Ryno. (Although there are several other reasons to dislike the Cubs' GM. )

EDIT: In addition, I also hate it that after one sour season, some Cubs fans are griping that Ramirez picked up his option. They think that Josh Vitters is ready, but I think that Aramis will come back with a vengeance. Maybe he won't play as well as he did in 2008, but then again, very few people could duplicate the greatest Cubs offense in my sixteen-year lifetime. Anyhow, Ramirez still has plenty left in the tank, and Vitters needs to stay in the minors a little longer before they bring him up, maybe to play first for a little while. (Although I don't think it'll be this season. I think the Cubs will go after Dunn or Konerko for first base. My preference is Konerko, although he's bound to be more expensive, and probably has been on the south side for so long that he wouldn't want to go to their interleague rivals)