So now the disagreeable enterprise of parting firm with Cubs supervisor Joe Maddon is finished. Two issues about which are true: It needed to occur, and it’s too unhealthy it got here to this. The man who helped lead the franchise to what had been unthinkable, a World Series title, was additionally the person who oversaw a proficient membership that couldn’t make the most of the open window in entrance of it. The failure wasn’t all Maddon’s fault. He won't even be answerable to 25 % of it. But in sports activities, for those who’re not profitable, you’re on the brink of be requested what you’d like for a last meal. So Maddon was taken away