Who wants to be a GM?

It's time. Time to get rid of the old and bring in the new GM's. It actually seems a bit of a strange time to me, firing a GM with just a month left in the season, with teams that aren't going anywhere, and no draft or trade to screw up. But be that as it may, Dave Littlefield and Terry Ryan are out. Tying those two together doesn't really feel right though:

Dave Littlefield's Pirates:
Tenure: 6 years (2001-2007)
Record: 442-581
Highest Finish: 4th
Impact players: Pretty much none

Terry Ryan's Twins:
Tenure: 13 years (1994-2007)
Record: 946-1054
Highest Finish: 1st (4 division titles)
Impact players:
Johan Santana
Joe Nathan
Francisco Liriano
Boof Bonser
Kevin Slowey
etc.

So yeah, two GM's have got the ax before the 2007 season even finished, they are tied together there. Besides that, nothing in common. One was incompetent from day one, never had a vision for what he was trying to accomplish, never had the team showing progress, left with no discernible talent in the minors. The other has created a consistent winner, been to the playoffs multiple times, and left a team loaded with pitching - although not much on the offensive side of the ball. Not the same at all.

Somehow I feel that one of these guys may do this again. And the other, I'm guessing not at all.
Not in Seattle though. I'm sure that there will be more openings coming up, but one of them won't be for the M's.