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As much as I do the vitriol and derision leveled at those who want a real discussion. To remove deity from the discussion because it can't be (by definition, mind you) measured and proven scientifically is very akin to modern day sabermetricians who act as if winning attitudes and clubhouse chemistry aren't real because they cannot be measured. But to walk around pretending something doesn't exist because you can't measure it is not the same as admitting, for example, that one can't speak authoritatively, as a scientist, on the subject.
So the blogs don't have to care about the things a GM is paid to do: create a good clubhouse atmosphere and a winning culture. I like the comment by James, that the Red Sox front office thinks about clubhouse chemistry all the time. Many sabermatricians would scoff at such a thing. But look who is the most successful team over the last decade. Sabermatricans are baseball's scientists for sure, and thank God for them. But GMs are the metaphysicians, the philosophers of the game. So they think long and hard about the vital stuff the scientist is not qualified to speak authoritatively on. But that does NOT MEAN they dabble in superstitions. The metaphysician, the philosopher, takes what science can instruct us on, and properly utilizes it. Big difference. And frankly, this is the only Mariner blog that has consistently understood and explained this.