If one takes a job as the general manager of a baseball team and performs poorly, he likely will be able to find work again. A good GM could have poor results during a tenure for any number of reasons, so no one is going to immediately close the door on someone with job experience. Furthermore, a GM could learn from his past mistakes and become better at his job moving forward. Or he can work in another capacity, either with the same team or elsewhere. It’s hard to screw yourself out of future employment.
But, by golly, is Ruben Amaro, Jr.