October 5, 200718 yr You know one thing I can never figure out about teams like the Pirates, Royals, etc. Do they really think the manager is the problem? And that simply changing the manager every 2 years is going to turn things around? I really wonder if there isn't something to be said in stability of a system. Even if you don't have the Yankee roster, at least your guys know what to expect when they come into a season, and your rookies and so on don't have to learn from an entirely new set of coaches every 2 years.
October 6, 200718 yr QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 5, 2007 -> 05:39 PM) You know one thing I can never figure out about teams like the Pirates, Royals, etc. Do they really think the manager is the problem? And that simply changing the manager every 2 years is going to turn things around? I really wonder if there isn't something to be said in stability of a system. Even if you don't have the Yankee roster, at least your guys know what to expect when they come into a season, and your rookies and so on don't have to learn from an entirely new set of coaches every 2 years. Yeah switching managers every couple of hears is just going to hurt these teams. Players finally get used to a system and then it's totally changed. Plus players could start to think that they're either going to be gone or the managers will be leaving soon, so why buy into a new program.
October 6, 200718 yr I think it was mostly due to the fact that they just hired a new GM and wanted to clean house.
October 7, 200718 yr I really dont understand the Pirates, the talent is there, they are starting to build a nice staff in Snell, Gorzellany and Duke. Not to mention they have some nice hitters in Bay, Sanchez, Paulino and Mclouth. Just a couple bats and improve on that bullpen a bit and they could very well contend in that weak division, really wasnt necessary to fire their manager.
October 7, 200718 yr QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Oct 6, 2007 -> 11:46 PM) I really dont understand the Pirates, the talent is there, they are starting to build a nice staff in Snell, Gorzellany and Duke. Not to mention they have some nice hitters in Bay, Sanchez, Paulino and Mclouth. Just a couple bats and improve on that bullpen a bit and they could very well contend in that weak division, really wasnt necessary to fire their manager. New.Front.Office. And Tracy kinda sucks as a manager as I've heard, though that's just what I recall reading on the site.
October 8, 200718 yr I've always heard solid things about Tracy. I'm not saying he's the best manager in baseball, but he surely didn't deserve to get fired. I do understand the move though as a new front office deserves its chance to bring in its own guy as a coach.
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