southsideirish71

JR

Didnt Kolten play for TLR?

What about Daryl Boston?

Being able to bring his own staff in for the most part is at least a better start to this than Ewing and Boston assuming their normal positions of statue at 1st and waving guy at third sending runners to their deaths.

Now I see where all of the score callers come from. WE NEED DITKA. DITKA WOULDNT ALLOW SUCH AN EMBARRASMENT ON DEFENSE. DITKA WOULD KICK DA DEFENSE IN DA ASS. DITKA WAS DA ONLY WON TO WIN A SUPERBOWL. HE IS DA BEST. RESPECT HIM.

Its the Mike Ditka phenomena. People fall in love with the memory of the manager/coach in charge and forget what that man was. These guys had warts just like what you see now.

The score was mentioning him today

If Shildt is hired JR is making the decision based on TLR influencing him. TLR is the gift that keeps on giving.

Or maybe that the front runner isn't one coveted by other teams because he has never coached before and isn't a real candidate by the rest of baseball. What's the rush, make it look like you did a thorough job and hire the inside guy. If we were competing or it was a real candidate they would of locked that person up already.

Hiring Chris Getz for manager would be the equivalent of flipping the bird to the fan base. Robin Ventura 2.0. So much for the rebuild and the competitive window.

So Kenny, I figure Hahn wants Espada. Then you have the wild card. What does the old man want that will over ride everything.

People that are okay with Guillen managing are falling for the Ditka affect. The fond memory of a former manager/coach based on nostalgia versus reality. Do you remember Ozzieball. I mean not the 2005 season, the rest of it. Do you remember his kids and the twitter s%*#. I see some very frustrating baseball and that TWTW crap coming out of hte woodwork. I see fights with umpires, fights with media, and other teams players. I see bunting for no reason. I see nothing that plays into modern baseball.

That's because what Hahn wants means nothing. It's the old owner who really matters.

Look at the original statement by Hahn on the qualifications and then his latest version of that. If an older manager is hired, then you know Kenny and Jerry are truly running it and Hahn is a GM in name alone. Fancy title for the same role he has had in the past. The contract guy. Decisions are made up at a higher level.

This is a bogus random Twitter guy but it would be so Jerry to attach an anchor to a moveable asset to clear payroll limiting the return.

Out of Bochy, Shildt and Washington I would prefer Washington. I hope he brings his attention to defense and the Atlanta way to the Sox. I just hope he gets to hire his own staff and not get burdened with keeping everyone.

The way I see it. This is Reinsdorf we are talking about. So this is the scenario I see playing out. Colas is cost effective and they will wait until May to get them another year of control. LF Pollack CF Robert RF Colas DH/1B Yaz/Vaughn/Sheets/Eloy One of Eloy/Vaughn/Sheets getting traded. Yaz is a boat anchor and will be fine until say around June and they they might ditch him.

They wont get Conforto now that Colas is at the door. They will wait it out till May and bring him up. Your OF is on the roster

I love Ron Washington the defensive guru who you see working for hours with each fielder on their craft. Do you really think that is what we get when he is the manager. He wont have time. This is always the problem when you hire specialists for any professional managerial job. To be that all around leader they need to leave their specialty on the side, delegate and become a general. We see this all of the time in football. I would rather have someone that champions modern ways as well as defense. If Ron brings what the Braves bring to the table then sure. But I don't think that is what would happen.

"They" = Jerry So pretty much if a young manager that is rich in the modern ways and is into analytics we know Rick is the GM. Else he the low level grunt who hands out contracts.

JR is going to JR this.

Jerry wanted Bochy if TLR said no. You realize the old Muppet is going to steamroll his want into this discussion. It's going to be Bochy

Jerry is the owner, owners of professional sports do not get in the middle of personnel discussions unless its "hey can I spend more money than the budget says". f*** Jerry. Havent we been down this road before with other players who have eventually fallen off a cliff due to age. Jettisoning younger players to keep a fan favorite seems great until you realize Jerry isnt going to spend unlimited money this offseason. This will get bad sooner than later if we start getting rid of younger mlb players for older ones.

My guess JR overrules the process again and its Willie Harris or another ex-white sox player.

"Jerry, Kenny and I sat down to discuss the characteristics of the new manager." "Similarly to just about every major decision. Its a collaborative process and Jerry, Kenny and I get to a consensus." This is not a real GM position. Most owners don't micromanage things like this.