Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll

Down to 3, sending down Barton is a big mistake!!!!

But yeah, up to 8, because of the solid steps forward the front office took on Wednesday. Getting the Pirates to give up McLouth at this point in the season for the package that he did, Wren did a helluva job. The Glavine deal was bittersweet to me, but i don’t think anyone can disagree that Hanson isn’t the better choice for rotation to win now.

I expect a big jump from the last poll. I’ve voted 7 in every poll, and I went 7 again here. I almost went up to an 8, and if the McClouth trade makes a difference on the field, it will be an 8.

The swagger is back. If not the Swagga.

Because Wren is demonstrating some cojones with some cut-throat personnel management, with the bigger picture in mind.

Sure, it comes to at the expense of some temporary PR and hurt feelings to some veteran players, but as a fan, I sleep a lot better after a Braves win. I respect the courage Wren has demonstrated with such moves, when a character like Schuerholz might have been more prone to fan emotion and long-time allegiances. Although those are important too, I like Wren’s ability to see past them.

What really sucks for me is future Gwinnett trips are going to be far more diluted with the losses of Medlen and Hanson, and Morton to boot, but I imagine the fluctuation of power among all of MiLB this time of year is a reoccurring thing.

I had been holding steady at 7 all year, then dropped to 6 last week because it appeared management was just going to ignore the pathetic outfield. The trade for McLouth and the decision to waive Glavine and bring Jesus Hanson(or Tommy Christ, whichever you prefer) up brought my confidence back up to a 7. A good week by the team, some good looking batting orders, I might even be up to an 8 next week.

I’ve been a 7 all year, and I’ll keep it there. But I, too, would become a 9 if Wren addressed the Francoeur situation. Literally, anything. He could run Brian Jordan out there and I’d bump up to a 9. I’d rather have Mondesi. I’d rather Ross catch every game and have McCann patrol RF. I could go on.
I might go 10 if we somehow got a Willingham or someone like him. But I’m not holding my breath.

Clearly the Braves upper management are trying to make the playoffs this year. The pitching staff is as strong as it can be on paper. The outfield is still a problem. All season every OF option that i’ve heard on here are no where near Nate McClouth (Nick Swisher, Xavier Nady, Josh Willingham, Cody Ross, etc) production and contract-wise. Good move by Wren. Bad PR move on the Glavine thing, but the future is now.

I’ve been bouncing between 6 and 7 all year but seeing that we started to try and make changes to the outfield makes me feel better. If the team can stop the win-lose-win-lose-win-lose pattern it would probably jump to an 8.

Back up to 7, so close to an 8.

Bout time they sent down Schafer.
Love the trade.
Love releasing Glavine and calling up Hanson.

I’ll definitely be higher once I see Hanson pitch and McLouth play.

I’d be an instant 10 if they can figure out what to do with Failcoeur.

Get rid of a bum 43 year old, call up a stud 23 year old and trade for an all-star, nice week for the Braves.

was down to 5 last week, but wren is showing he knows what hes doing and the farm is still looking great

8…we haven’t had a horrible week record-wise, and we made some nice roster moves