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Biggest problem moving forward with Shapiro is if he tries to be the new sheriff in town and takes a resentful attitude towards the Toronto faithful weary of this controversial beginning to his tenure. The "I know better than you attitude" really only holds weight if you have actual success (within the organization) to draw upon. The community and players have a fondness for AA and aren't going to pleased with this. He needs to be smart and respect what he's coming into, and not be a giant (yet typical to these kinds of roles) dickwad about it, or else the attendance and fanbase as well as players willing to come play in Toronto will dwindle fast. This is a fickle city with baseball, they demand results or they don't go to ball games.
The most concerning thing is if he starts trying to work from a shoelace budget perspective and doesn't make winning moves, but instead rebuild or status quo moves. The writing will be on the wall at that point that this guy in this situation is completely up his own ass and he simply won't last.
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