If Bryd fails then he fails, but to me he'd be a good pickup. The guy knows how to pitch and can go deep into games.
Also, I don't think KW is the worse gm in baseball, I see many that are a lot worse, but everyone just hates management so much that they can't ever look past it. I know that pisses a lot of people up, but thats what I see.
I think Phillips is worse, the Marlins gm is worse, the Orioles Gm is worse, the Rockies gm is worse, the Royals Gm sucks, the Rangers gm sucks.
What I'm getting at, look around baseball, plenty of gm's aren't that great, and just cause KW doesn't spend money or makes one bad trade doesn't make him terrible.
He's still no worse then any of these other gm's at putting together a major league club, and he's way better than any of them at developing a minor league system that is exceptional.