I have always been an avid Gettleman defender. I was quick to jump to his defense whenever things started seeming gloomy, and helped try to show people why things were handled the way they were. The DG era has come to a shocking hault, and I am sure we will learn more details in the future, but for now we can only look at the things he did for evidence of why this happened.
Obviously, 2013 was always going to be a trial run. New GM, new regime, new methods. It was clear that while Marty Hurney hit home runs in a few areas, he hamstringed the franchise in others.