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... the Mariners for the first time since Gillick, have bona fide talent experts making the calls.
It's evident that from day one, Z and W have viewed Morrow as a guy who needs to get situated in that rocking chair.  They've put up with Morrow's own indecision on it, but they were real quick to see the easy 95 mph velocity late in games, the butter-smooth motion, the grace as opposed to max effort, etc.
Relievers muscle up and "run down the mound" as Orel Hershiser once put it.  Starters, using less brute force, get the delicate feel going at the ends of their fingers, so to speak.
In terms of his rhythm and grace, Morrow's right there with Jim Palmer, Mike Mussina, and Greg Maddux.  The previous regime should have had zero problem recognizing that.  The current regime DID have zero problem recognizing it.