Well my issue with this it isn't that AA has his strengths. He does. It's just that his best skill seemed to be his "soft skills". He really seemed like a good negotiator. Signed some guys like Alford and Norris for much less than people thought it would take, negotiated the Donaldson trade, really nailed it with EE's last two contracts. Those skills seem kind of wasted in a subsidiary role. Unless he's roping Tinnish in with him then I don't really see what AA brings to the table as a VP of Player Development and Scouting and heck even with Tinnish, he didn't have much of a record with position players, at times avoiding them altogether. I mean I know AA went to scout school and stuff but I don't really know anything about how common or valuable a scout school education is.