Twitter reaction: Anthopoulos departure draws mixed reviews

If not over money, Anthopoulos’ departure almost certainly linked to changing dynamic of #BlueJays’ front-office with Shapiro’s arrival.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 29, 2015

Just give Montreal a team and let Alex Anthopoulos run it and all will be well with the world.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 29, 2015

Well …

— Jeff Blair (@SNJeffBlair) October 29, 2015

This one hurts. AA was everything I would want in a GM. Made the big trades, productive drafts. Huge loss. #Bluejays https://t.co/0JrDp7RxY1

— Alex Seixeiro (@alexfan590) October 29, 2015

And so, what becomes of John Gibbons…

— Dan Robson (@RobsonDan) October 29, 2015

Hockey reporter guess: power and control offered to Shapiro before AA's big trade deadline. It was never intended to have him back.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 29, 2015

Why do we always seem to eat our own? https://t.co/cVceMeBKnn

— John Shannon (@JSportsnet) October 29, 2015

Just serves as another reminder: if you're a fan of a Toronto sports team, you cannot have nice things. #anthopoulos

— Adam Wylde (@AdamWylde) October 29, 2015

The Jays off-season I was warning you about looks like it is underway! https://t.co/gJzj0WcumJ

— Tim Micallef (@tim_micallef) October 29, 2015

Well, now we know who the first GM of the New @Montreal_Expos will be . . .

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) October 29, 2015

Going to be so many bad opinions on this today I won't even know where to start….but Shapiro was a fantastic hire. Sorry. Deal with it.

— Greg Brady (@bradyfan590) October 29, 2015

BREAKING NEWS: Alex Anthopoulos named new GM of the @Montreal_Expos. Oh wait, that was a dream I had.

— Kevin Glew (@coopincanada) October 29, 2015

My calm and reasonable reaction to this morning's Alex Anthopoulos news. #BlueJays #AA #ComeTogether pic.twitter.com/htogYkxn6w

— Barn (@thisisbarn) October 29, 2015

What Anthopoulos did well was accumulate lots of young talent to play and to deal for established talent. Should not be unemployed for long.

— Camden Depot (@CamdenDepot) October 29, 2015

How dare Alex Anthopoulos actually win in Toronto.

— Jordan Hopkins (@hopkinsj31) October 29, 2015

Thanks Alex Anthopoulos for everything you did for the city of Toronto. Made the city believe again. You will be missed.

— Avish Sood (@AvishSood) October 29, 2015

On the bright side, I can now look forward to Alex Anthopoulos's triumphant playoff return as GM of the new Montreal Expos in 2020.

— Dan Blouin (@danielblouin) October 29, 2015

Alex Anthopoulos sells the farm system and then leaves the team.. Smooth

— Alain Trottier (@AlainTrottier4) October 29, 2015

Anthopoulos will never have to pay for a drink in this town ever again. And he deserves that. But, he wasn't a perfect GM either.

— Chris Black (@ByChrisBlack) October 29, 2015

Well I blame Alex Anthopoulos for breeding all these fair weather baseball analysts at work this morning on this site.

— scott lewis (@thescottlewis) October 29, 2015

AA's personal popularity, as opposed to his actual accomplishments, is what's fueling all the media outrage this morning. Very nice man.

— Damien Cox (@DamoSpin) October 29, 2015

Not saying I agree but I remember reading many MLB execs shook their heads at Anthopoulos' deadline prospect purge.

— Mike Cormack (@MikeCormack) October 29, 2015

Oh lord. Folks, let's remember that Alex made some great moves and some bad moves. He built one playoff team. Let's see what happens next.

— JordanHeath-Rawlings (@TheGameSheet) October 29, 2015

Surprised to see Anthopoulos leave #BlueJays. Another turning point for the team. He will be a coveted GM candidate around baseball.

— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) October 29, 2015

The unfortunate part is that the #FireGibbons crowd might end up prevailing here. That's a blow to every sane person.

— Jeff Simmons (@realjeffsimmons) October 29, 2015

Once Mark Shapiro was hired to replace Beeston, new context. Bottom line: Anthopoulos went from having near-total control to not having it.

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) October 29, 2015