CHGO Cubs Weekly: How do you evaluate Craig Counsell’s impact after year 1?

Hello, hello, Chicago Cubs fans. Welcome back to another edition of the CHGO Cubs Weekly newsletter.
A year ago Wednesday, the Cubs shocked the baseball world by becoming the team who lured Craig Counsell away from Milwaukee.
It really was the ultimate surprise. Counsell was rumored to either return to the Brewers or join his old boss, David Stearns, in Queens. At least those teams were considered the favorites. Obviously, that didn't happen.
Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer made the quick, last-second, secret push to convince Counsell to move to the North Side, and ultimately, Counsell decided the time was right to take on a new challenge. A five-year, $40 million contract an...