Say it to yourself a couple times, "Duquette. Duquette." Plenty more discussion to be had and speculation to be done, but at the start of things, I'll personally say the Orioles probably could have found a way to do a lot worse. If you think that sounds like I'm hedging a bit, you've got a good ear.
Orioles Insider: Orioles hire Dan Duquette as general manager - baltimoresun.com So, there. By the way looks towards the end...this article (to me, anyways) gives the impression that Jim Duquette was the source for a lot of MASN and Sun background quotes on Dan Duquette.
Orioles ridiculous search for GM luckily ends with Dan Duquette - Big League Stew - MLB Blog - Yahoo! Sports
A decent summation of the majority view from the outside looking in.
Camden Depot: Come on down, Dan Duquette! and now, the blogOsphere has a go.
Showalter-Duquette Philosophies Mesh Neatly For The Orioles
The Best Writer You've Never Heard Of envisions the Buck-Dan dynamic. -zk
MLBTR's Orioles Linkapalooza Other tweets and such re: Duquette.
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Aided by the polite competence of Guts, no doubt.
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