June 23, 20241 yr 18 minutes ago, JoeC said: The fact that it’s clear no actual managerial search is going to happen is the part that bothers me. I'd actually be more comfortable with a TLR suggestion at manager than picking at the Royal brain trust.
June 23, 20241 yr My money is on Sergio Santos. Hiring from within is the JR way and he happens to be leading the best minor league team they have.
June 23, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, WestEddy said: I'd actually be more comfortable with a TLR suggestion at manager than picking at the Royal brain trust. I'm torn. One of those "I wouldn't belong to any club that'd have someone like me as a member" situations. Getz said he'd bring a fresh perspective to the org and would change it / make his own mark. As a fan, I'd like to hold him to that.
June 23, 20241 yr Author 2 hours ago, JoeC said: The fact that it’s clear no actual managerial search is going to happen is the part that bothers me. I’d be okay with it as long as they were hyper focused on a legit baseball manager. Schumaker earned the 2023 NL manager of the year award. He wasn’t a bench coach for a dogcrap team or anything like that. To your point though, it’d be nice if they added a few more reputable names to a narrowed down search. As of now, he’s the only name being linked to the White Sox. Albeit it’s extremely early in the process and we still have another grueling 3 months of losing baseball ahead of us.
June 23, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, JoeC said: I'm torn. One of those "I wouldn't belong to any club that'd have someone like me as a member" situations. Getz said he'd bring a fresh perspective to the org and would change it / make his own mark. As a fan, I'd like to hold him to that. To be fair he doubled the hiring pool. It used to be ex-Sox. Getz added ex-Royals to that pool.
June 23, 20241 yr 22 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: To be fair he doubled the hiring pool. It used to be ex-Sox. Getz added ex-Royals to that pool. So considering LaRussa’s ex-Cardinals buddies would make it three whole options! The organization is getting more open-minded!
June 24, 20241 yr 11 hours ago, PaleAleSox said: He was not “on the hot seat.” He turned down his option before the season even started. Declined his option after Kim Ng was essentially shown the door. He might be the most sought after candidate next winter, I don't know why he'd want to jump from one dumpster fire with a shitty owner to another.
June 24, 20241 yr 9 hours ago, Tnetennba said: Declined his option after Kim Ng was essentially shown the door. He might be the most sought after candidate next winter, I don't know why he'd want to jump from one dumpster fire with a shitty owner to another. Can you see Jerry winning a bidding war for a manager? Yeah, that.
June 24, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: Can you see Jerry winning a bidding war for a manager? Yeah, that. Especially when he has an "outside" hire in Charlie Montoyo already on staff.
June 24, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Green Line said: Jim Leyland or Ron Washington. Been out of the game for 10 years...WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
June 25, 20241 yr On 6/23/2024 at 8:57 AM, SCCWS said: JR is not going to pay 2 salaries to a manager this season. Heck, he is probably at least in a 3 year deal so maybe the Sox try another year and then dump him at some point next season. Suppose this is a 5 year deal and we are in year 2? I think I saw that Pedro is actually number 2 behind Counsell. He wouldn’t pay two, if Grifol is fired they wouldn’t hire someone immediately there would be an interim manager whose already on staff being paid.
June 25, 20241 yr 19 hours ago, Tony said: Been out of the game for 10 years...WHAT COULD GO WRONG? He’s also as old as La Russa and turning 80 at the end of the year. I don’t think we need to see yet another manager taking his old man naps during the start of games.
June 25, 20241 yr On 6/23/2024 at 1:29 PM, JoeC said: The fact that it’s clear no actual managerial search is going to happen is the part that bothers me. I don’t think so, Getz has gone out the org for his key hires (Barfield, Bannister and Janish). I think he’ll do a search
June 25, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Boopa1219 said: I don’t think so, Getz has gone out the org for his key hires (Barfield, Bannister and Janish). I think he’ll do a search He'll only do a "search" (nudge,nudge, wink, wink SAY no more!) if JR allows him to.
June 25, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Boopa1219 said: I don’t think so, Getz has gone out the org for his key hires (Barfield, Bannister and Janish). I think he’ll do a search You presume it will be up to Getz...
June 25, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: You presume it will be up to Getz... Getz is not going anywhere.
June 25, 20241 yr 14 minutes ago, Rocky said: Getz is not going anywhere. I don't think that's what @Tnetennba meant.
June 25, 20241 yr 14 minutes ago, Rocky said: Getz is not going anywhere. I agree. I don't think the decision on the next manager will be up to him though.
June 25, 20241 yr Between Montoyo, Santos, and Jirchelle, it will be one of them. Getz might do a few token interviews but JR makes these decisions and will go with someone with whom he is already familiar.
June 25, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: I agree. I don't think the decision on the next manager will be up to him though. Ah, gotcha. Sorry about that.
June 25, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Tnetennba said: Between Montoyo, Santos, and Jirchelle, it will be one of them. Getz might do a few token interviews but JR makes these decisions and will go with someone with whom he is already familiar. He wasn’t familiar with Grifol.
June 25, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, Boopa1219 said: He wasn’t familiar with Grifol. They also didn't have several ready-made replacement already in house when Grifol was hired.
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