Dream team front office?

Apparently changing the culture of the entire Mets front office is an arduous task, Alderson who is keeping John Ricco and allowing Omar Minaya to decide his own fate, also may bring in some heavy hitters. 

It's been speculated for some time that Alderson may bring in Grady Fuson who would cover the draft an scouting but Joel Sherman is reporting that he has also reached out to two other high profile names. 

Paul DePodesta and J.P. Ricciardi both honed their craft under Billy Beane and Sandy Alderson, while neither were as successful as GMs on their own, they were extremely successful in their roles in Oakland.

I know there are some who are going to here their names and strictly thick of them as the Dodgers and Blue Jays GMs respectively and cringe, but these guys would be excellent assets working within a system, in an assigned with other personnel their familiar with.

J.P. Ricciardi was the Blue Jays GM from 2002-2009 he had five 80+ win seasons in eight over all seasons in the very tough NL East.  His best season came in 2006 with an 87 win second place finish, the team finished 3rd on three occasions ( 86,86, 78 wins respectively).  His worst season came in 2004 with only 67 wins which was attributed to injuries to Vernon Wells and Carlos Delgado.  He was initially praised for talent evaluation and budgeting but after getting the ownership to open the budget he was criticized bad big budgets and signing/trading for players he was familiar with, sounds like Omar but i think in a limited role either would excel.

Paul DePodesta is a numbers guy who seems to flourish more as an executive then as the GM, he was the Dodgers GM for two seasons 2004-2005.  The first season many of his deals were questioned by the fan base, especially the LoDuca trade ( for Mota) but they made the playoffs.  In 2005 the team had its worst record in history and he was fired, many of his trades and signings were based on numbers and were severely questioned by the fans/media. 

Alderson will work to bring in a few loyalists from his past to help implement his philosophy. According to several sources, he already has reached out to Paul DePodesta, whom he hired in San Diego, to help strengthen the Mets’ statistical department and J.P. Ricciardi, whom he worked with in Oakland, to assist on player personnel. DePodesta, the former Dodgers GM, has to decide if he wants to leave the Padres for whom he is executive VP. A few executives briefed on the subject said they think DePodesta will join the Mets. Ricciardi, the former Blue Jays GM, is an analyst for ESPN who is weighing several options. source NY Post