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Maybe Z is the guy to figure it all out.  Maybe.
He is, after all, the guy who brought us another disasterous year of Junior, signed a 1B because he could glove it but couldn't hit a lick, let Branyan go (OK...He did sign him in the first place), signed Figgins to a stupid contract, was asking for insane value for Aardsma, and gave us Milton.
OK...some of those "could" work out still...But how much are you betting that Milton is a force this year and that Figgins is a 95+ OPS+ guy?
He's acquired two batless SS's...but I can understand that.
Getting Smoak was nice...but not brilliant.  He paid Lee handsomely.....Lee came. Lee morphed into Smoak. 
Ackley was nice...but almost every other GM in baseball made that pick.
Guti was nice...Not brilliant, but nice.
He canned Wak becasue Wak jumped on Figgy...who was Z's fair-haired acquisition.
Z is betting on himself (ergo Wedge) because his arse is on the line.  I can understand that bet.  But he has yet to show he's anything but a guy with a suit, a title that not many other guys have, and an office.
The proof is in the pudding.  2011 is the pudding. 
Z is nothing right now.  This year will reveal if that contintues (and he's gone) or if  he's really got what it takes.
I'm rooting for him, but I'm not betting on the Z Trifecta yet.  This year will reveal more truth about his form chart.
moe