Even with the looming punishments ahead, there are still good vibes surrounding the Braves organization after they managed to pull off a coup of a hire for GM by bringing in Alex Anthopoulos for the job. There were plenty of pitfalls that the Braves could have fallen into in the GM search, but Ivan notes that they avoided them by making this hire.
This is not really a commentary on Alex Anthopoulos himself, but it may be one, depending on how willing or loath the Braves were to have John Hart (and John Schuerholz, Bobby Cox, and any other voices in the Front Office) take a step back depending on who was hired.