Overall he's a solid C  from where I sit

Call it a C.Getting good value to fill out the roster, via trades and signings (of a non-big-name variety):Pluses the Rolen deal looks good so far; Accardo for Hillenbrand; Hilenbrand for Peterson; Speir for Hendrickson; Lidle and later Tallet for minor league nobodies; Scutaro, Bautista, Inglett in little noticed trades; signings including Downs, Carlson, Richmond, Stairs, Zaun, Myers, Bordick, and Catalanotto.Minuses - Felipe Lopez deal was a bad one; paying the Brewers to take Koskie (especially when it would have been far better to dump Hillenbrand); a multitude of bad fliers don't count, in my opinion, because they didn't stick (and taking fliers on guys who don't stick is part and parcel of running a major league team) but that still leaves several relievers that never should have gotten so many bad innings and particularly sticking with guys like Wilkerson and Millar who clearly had lost whatever they once had.As before, these tend to balance out.Chad Gaudin being stolen and then given away is a perfect example Still, I think there's considerably more good than bad here. we did not lose as much, in terms of between-the-lines value, playing Wilkerson as we gained from a guy like Catalanotto alone.BDrafting and prospect acquisition:Pluses despite repeated slags against the Jays drafting under JP, the fact remains that by any analysis, the Jays have gotten as much production in the majors out of the draft since 2002 as almost any team in baseball. Minuses when the Jays shifted in the later years to higher-upside high school picks, they got players who have been slow to develop. Also, until recently the production out of Latin America was sorely lacking.

Also, while it's uncertain who is to blame, the failure to sign all the high draftees will be mentioned for years as a mark against JP.As before, the good and the bad tend to balance. I'll call it a C here as well.Being the "face of the franchise":Pluses availability, at least in the initial going (in later years he tended to eschew most of the local media in favor of national and particularly East Coast media).Minuses too many to list.Grade: Overall, the bad far outweighs the good...gotta grade this as F.Overall, he's a solid "C" from where I sit. Perfectly competent, probably good enough to have considerable success in a place like San Diego or Pittsburgh. But not good enough here.Make no mistake, I think it was time to fire him and I think that, despite the things where he's judged, in my opinion, far too harshly there is a solid case for firing him even without the context of the 2009 collapse.However, I'm a stickler for accurate commentary, and I continue to resist the tide of sloppy analysis.

JP undoubtedly made many mistake and clearly failed to reach the level of success all of us including him expected But let's also be accurate. NEW YORK(Business Wire)Fitch Ratings has downgraded the ratings of the Colonial Bancgroup, Inc. (CNB)and its subsidiaries, and placed the ratings on Negative Watch. (A full list ofratings affected by this action follows this release.) The degree of credit problems at CNB has accelerated beyond Fitch'sexpectations, with credit costs increasing beyond manageable levels, materiallyaffecting the company's earnings, and causing net charge-offs (NCOs) to increaseto 11.15 (annualized) for fourth-quarter 2008 (4Q'08). Although CNB has beenaggressive in addressing its problem assets and has increased reserve levels,the downgrade largely reflects the prospect of prolonged credit stress, whichFitch believes will continue to hamper the company's performance and weighheavily on its financial condition. The preponderance of credit concerns remainsin CNB's residential real estate construction portfolio; the majority of theportfolio resides in the troubled Florida market, which drove non-performingassets (NPAs) to 4.83 at Dec 31, 2008. The company did receive preliminary approval to participate in the Treasury'sCapital Purchase Program (CPP), but it has yet to be funded.