A replacement for McLaren
Who do you think would be a good manager to replace mcsucken?
I was thinking Joe Girardi the 2006 NL manager of the year. Girardi went 78-84 in 06 with a marlins team that only had like 15mil in payroll.
So besides girardi who else would be a good canidate to take this job from mclaren?
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I don't think it matters
Lou did it frequently
Melvin did it frequently
Hargrove did it frequently
McLaren is doing it frequently
by MfaninAlaska on Aug 13, 2007 10:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not if they are competitent.
by Goose on Aug 13, 2007 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Untying the puppet strings from his back
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 13, 2007 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As well as removing the knife from it.
by TheBishop on Aug 13, 2007 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i nominate
just kidding
by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2007 10:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't want Girardi
by Scruffy Lefty on Aug 13, 2007 10:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Plus is McLaren
At least McLaren dropped Richie and Raul (for a while) down in the lineup and moved up Beltre. He is probably getting Jones in the lineup more than Mike would of.
by Scruffy Lefty on Aug 13, 2007 10:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The one thing
by wadswerth on Aug 13, 2007 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dusty Baker
by Mariner John on Aug 13, 2007 10:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Kenji
by Slozbury Stouvre on Aug 13, 2007 10:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ichiro
by MFAN on Aug 13, 2007 11:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What are the odds
by Slozbury Stouvre on Aug 13, 2007 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I had a million bucks
by PositivePaul on Aug 13, 2007 11:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Remember that movie
by hcoguy on Aug 14, 2007 12:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If he was such a good manager
by LantermanC on Aug 14, 2007 6:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wrote this on the game thread but I'll repost it
Though McLaren has made his share of dubious, even infuriating decisions (hell, he made several today, including the nonsensical call to the bullpen for Parrish; we didn't understand that either)... he gets a lot of flak given how badly we wanted Hargrove gone and given that, for all his observation over the years, he is still very new to running his own team at the big league level and managing all those big money personalities.
This is not to say I believe he deserves a perma-waiver for all his bad calls, and I understand everyone's frustration because I get frustrated with his managing as well, but it's a bit rash to already ask for the head of a guy who's only been doing this for a month and change and is still trying to figure it all out. Yeah, he's been in dugouts forever, but always as a subordinate to another manager that made all these decisions he never had to make on his own until now. It's tough, and he has to balance putting a competitive team on the field with not losing the trust of his team. And plus, there aren't many managers that we as diehard fans would consider 'good'. A lot of managers make seemingly nonsensical decisions and non-decisions day after day, and many of them run winning teams. Many of them win despite themselves.
In the end, it's not as simple as it looks. There's a lot of variables besides the ones we're focused on and it takes some getting used to and feeling things out. He doesn't quite know what direction he wants to take this ship, what step to take next, and the timing for this learning process couldn't be worse given we're in the middle of a playoff race, after he suddenly got the job following Grover's sudden resignation.
He just needs more time. This is a bad time for him to 'need more time', but still.
by Gomez on Aug 14, 2007 12:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That's kind of a lame excuse IMO.
Also the whole "Well you guys would bitch about anybody out there" is lame as well. We don't need the manager to be good. We just need them to not be a factor. It's not that hard. A majority of the managers in baseball don't make a difference either way. I mean, like I said above, Bob Melvin is one of those. Bob Freaking Melvin. If he can do it, McClaren sure in the hell should be able to.
by Goose on Aug 14, 2007 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But how many managers
Such a point infers that no other manager makes boneheaded moves, and I just don't see that. For example, the opposing manager in today's game, Ron Gardenhire, is notorious for stubbornly counterproductive personnel decisions. Would YOU play Nick Punto everyday or stick with Rondell White at DH even though he's probably not OPSing his weight?
by Gomez on Aug 14, 2007 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for reposting
by wadswerth on Aug 14, 2007 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'll cut him some slack
by Patrick517 on Aug 14, 2007 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
probably not a popular pick
He loves Japanese baseball.
by Patrick517 on Aug 14, 2007 1:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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