I could be wrong, but I think Beane goes before McDermott if things continue as current. I also think there have been breadcrumbs dropped that there is a separation between them. McDermott corrected the media and saying I "never said we want to be a running team" with " we want to be 2 dimensional", was a message sent before the trade deadline. Beane failed, and there could be reasons, by he failed never the less on multiple occasions to fix the WR problem with plenty of opportunity to do so. If things continue the ROS the way they have gone he could/should be a casualty.