"A lot of times, the best evaluation of an executive is after he's left and you can see if they've done their work capably … or not," said Duquette, who helped build the 2004 Boston Red Sox team that won its first World Series in 86 years just two years after he was fired as GM. "In this case, Andy did his work. There were some lean years, but there was some light at the end of the tunnel and we went out and got some pitching and changed the culture, and we were able to win over the last few years."