Such as...

Remorse that we didn't appoint him as the Manager in 2006-7?

I too am on the record for wanting Girardi that winter.  But we got Sweet Lou instead, and I moaned.  But after the Zambrano-Barrett tilt, up until Game 3 of 2008, I was all about the Genuis of Lou; the Tao of Piniella.  Then, once he started grumbling that we got swept by the Dodgers because we were "too right handed", I turned my back on him. 

My first guess was wanting Girardi.  My second guess was embracing Lou after the division wins.  My third guess was betraying him for incorrectly espousing the lack of lineup balance for the lack of playoff success.  (We would have accepted the following answers: "Lack of leadership", "Lack of an Ace", "Lack of a leadoff hitter")

The half-empty crowd, such as Jon Greenberg of ESPN, the author of the linked Girardi article, is already regarding 2010 as a "lame-duck" year for Lou, and is already "waiting until the year after next" when Ricketts and Hendry can go after another manager.  The half-full crowd, on the other hand, is regarding the coming year as "Lou's last big push", in where he theoretically leaves nothing on the table when it comes to striving for his last chance for a Chicago win.

I don't know which camp I want to set myself up in, just yet.

In my mind, the single biggest question, actually a co-question, is "How will Alfonso Soriano and Geo Soto bounce back?"  If we can get 60 homers, 180 RBI, and decent defense from these guys, we will win the Central once again, and have a chance at a pennant.  But whether or not Lou is going to guide and motivate this team with a total level of committment has got to be the next biggest question facing us in 2010. 

He quit on us - at some point, he saw that there was little hope for the 2009 Cubs, and dialed it back.  There are some of us who are satisfied with nothing less than the jockey whipping his horse harder as it falls 10, 15, 20 lengths back.  I...don't necessarily agree with that.  There was a point in time where we needed to tinker with what we had for the sake of assessment, which we did to an extent.  We now know the relative value of Micah Hoffpauir and Jake Fox (minimal), the readiness of Tyler Colvin (not) and the offensive capabilities of Andres Blanco (in my mind: adequate; in their minds, inadequate, which explains all the Starlin Castro buzz)

So I don't mind so much that he quit tactically - but I would like to see if the fire is completely out.  I think he can and will re-adjust tactically.  Can he crank up the boiler in his belly one more time?  That's the big question for 2010. 

If he can, then I don't think there should be any complaints about his 2007 hire.  He will have given us 4 years where he made the right moves 90%+ of the time.  That's great, and I'm not sure Firardi would have done any better.  Would I love Joe managing us in 2011?  Hells yeah!  Whether or not that is an option, though, I guess depends somewhat on whether or not he can win one of the next two games.