This is the really frustrating part. Anyone with half an ounce of sense knows that if you can't keep your long-time fans you are doomed, and new people you try and bring in because it is "cool" won't have an ounce of the loyalty those long-term fans had and will bolt very quickly if you can't put a strong product out on the field. It's a losing strategy unless you invest in the team and can hold the interest of those new people.
Honestly have to admit to surprise that it is that good. I'd have thought 30-40% wouldn't renew. Given the frustration out there with the team and all of the generally unhappy people, only 20% not renewing strikes me as good. I mean, it is bad, but relatively speaking it's not as bad as it could have been.
I'm sure Arnaud is axed at the end of the season (Jordan needs a new coach so he can ask for a mulligan on 2020), but I think he's done a decent job after moving on from the old Cabrera tactics. There's a ceiling to what we can achieve based on personnel and relative to the league we lack quality across a lot of positions and have zero depth.
That Robbie Findley decision was on of the absolute worst calls I've ever seen by a manager. Horrible call by Bob on that one and one he won't forget I'm sure.