The aging and bloated White Sox roster has put the future of both Manager Ozzie Guillen and General Manager Kenny Williams under immediate risk entering the offseason. $127 million dollars should have landed the White Sox in October. After a poor 11-21 start, the 2011 White Sox are nothing more than a 500 ballclub hard pressed of winning more than 5 games in a row.

Now the uncertainties behind Williams, Guillen and the veteran-led club have to be looked at after missing the playoffs for a third straight year. With the euphoric memory of 2005’s World Series title now expired, is Guillen definitely done this offseason? Or will he take a potentially lame-duck season after this one on the last year of his contract? It seems unlikely that Williams and Guillen both will be shown the door as the organization seeks a new start.

I’m sure this will seem partisan on behalf of the man who I share this page with, Manager Ozzie Guillen, but the obvious question with the organization really should be whether General Manager Ken Williams should be able to hang on to his job around despite his repeated and increasingly expensive blunders?

Looking back at his moves that have proved risky yet sold as supposedly solid additions, Williams has merely played the part of gutsy gambler with charismatic ineptitude.

Savvy front-office moves that should be aimed at winning both today and tomorrow have gone wayside to kneejerk and misguided tendencies. Jose Canseco, David Wells, Kenny Lofton, Bartolo Colon, Robbie Alomar, Sandy Alomar, Ken Griffey Jr., Manny Ramirez, Andruw Jones reads like a 1990’s Who’s Who/Over-the-Hill list that were all ceremoniously acquired with far-fetched hopes under Williams this past decade. For every Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez, A.J. Pierzynski, Freddy Garcia, Jose Contreras, Scott Podsednik that simultaneously came together in 2005, the actual baseball team has too often had to overcome irresponsible organizational bets.

Looking beyond 2012, the Sox are stuck with pricy contracts for less-than-acceptable results as best seen in 30-year-old Rios, who was passed up by every other club three years ago during waivers and who has yet to hit 90 RBIs in a season, and Dunn who’s batted less than .250 over his career.