October 31, 201114 yr MDGonzales Mark Gonzales Sox make it official with hirings of McEwing, Manto and Parent as coaches. whitesox Chicago White Sox News: #WhiteSox have named Jeff Manto as the club’s hitting coach, Joe McEwing as third base coach and Mark Parent as bench coach
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 10:04 AM) MDGonzales Mark Gonzales Sox make it official with hirings of McEwing, Manto and Parent as coaches. whitesox Chicago White Sox News: #WhiteSox have named Jeff Manto as the club’s hitting coach, Joe McEwing as third base coach and Mark Parent as bench coach I all the sudden want to head to the liquor store for some Manto Malt Liquor
October 31, 201114 yr Author espnchijon jon greenberg So Ventura, Manto, McEwing and Parent have a combined two years coaching experience in the Majors _ Manto's 2 yrs as Pirates hitting coach.
October 31, 201114 yr It won't matter who's coaching, the team will still be bad. There's no one scenario aside from the White Sox retaining Walker that would have led to any sort of reaction from me.
October 31, 201114 yr fwiw, only Parent irks me. I'm glad McEwing is getting a promotion, and I like Manto. but Parent's hiring is terrible.
October 31, 201114 yr I still would prefer at least some veteran staff members too many guys learning on the job. Edited October 31, 201114 yr by Soxfest
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 10:14 AM) espnchijon jon greenberg So Ventura, Manto, McEwing and Parent have a combined two years coaching experience in the Majors _ Manto's 2 yrs as Pirates hitting coach. Wow
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 10:54 AM) fwiw, only Parent irks me. I'm glad McEwing is getting a promotion, and I like Manto. but Parent's hiring is terrible. It started with the Ventura hiring being terrible. But with hiring a guy with no experience whatsoever, they absolutely needed to bring in a veteran major league coach/former manager to be the bench coach. Again, they went with a guy with no major league experience whatsoever.
October 31, 201114 yr Is there going to be an official press conference, because I'd like to the reasoning behind the Parent hiring. There's got to be something we don't know, because on the surface it's a bizarre hiring.
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 12:28 PM) It started with the Ventura hiring being terrible. But with hiring a guy with no experience whatsoever, they absolutely needed to bring in a veteran major league coach/former manager to be the bench coach. Again, they went with a guy with no major league experience whatsoever. Posted by someone who has zero idea what it takes to be a bench coach or manager in the major leagues right? Since you also have no experience.
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 12:43 PM) Posted by someone who has zero idea what it takes to be a bench coach or manager in the major leagues right? Since you also have no experience. In other words, everything put on this board by everyone ever is complete nonsense
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 12:48 PM) In other words, everything put on this board by everyone ever is complete nonsense No, thats overgeneralization. In this particular case the only negatives anyone can come up with about the coaching staff is that they have no idea how to do their job because they have never done that particular job. If experience is a prerequisite to understanding what it takes to do that job well then nobody on this board actually knows what it takes to do that job successfully. I would like to see the statements made being critical of the new coaches to at least have the understanding that if you are taking that position then you yourself are also talking completely out of your ass based on your argument. I would rather play the wait and see card. Clearly Robin has more experience at the major league level in the clubhouse than most of the managers that are being hired today. Since he also had direct influence on who his coaches were I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, especially before a single f***ing game has been played.
October 31, 201114 yr Lots of crabby people today. I'm more of the mindset to wait and see what happens. On the surface, one has to wonder why the Sox went the way they did with the lack of experience. But we will not know how this will turn out until the season starts. And even then it'll be a while before we can really make a good judgement.
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 12:48 PM) In other words, everything put on this board by everyone ever is complete nonsense Unless it goes in favor of a point he's making Edited October 31, 201114 yr by Milkman delivers
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 12:56 PM) Unless it goes in favor of a point he's making Yes, if you dont actually read my post. Otherwise, good one.
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 12:59 PM) Yes, if you dont actually read my post. Otherwise, good one. But then we can't judge a rookie for failing, or any hitter for underperforming, because we don't know the skills it takes to reach that level. We have never even made it to minor league ball, let alone the majors, so we can't even begin to understand how much talent you truly need.
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 12:35 PM) So...Pirates hitting coach. Did he have his hands on McCutcheon? Only in Spring Training, if ever. 2006 and 2007. On Jose Bautista - "If we can get him to replicate his swing three days in a row, Jose Bautista could hit 25 homers a year. In fact, I think he could hit 40. He is just so easily frustrated when it doesn’t go right that he blames himself and forgets what he’s learned. Or ignores it. But of all these guys I have, if you want one of them who will eventually do something special in this game, I’d pick him. I wouldn’t be very surprised."
October 31, 201114 yr QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 01:02 PM) But then we can't judge a rookie for failing, or any hitter for underperforming, because we don't know the skills it takes to reach that level. We have never even made it to minor league ball, let alone the majors, so we can't even begin to understand how much talent you truly need. Yes, if thats the platform you are taking to criticize the coaching hires. I dont think thats the case as people with zero experience working jobs can definitely succeed if they have the right tools and motivation. Once again, in this particular case if your only argument is that they are going to suck because they dont have experience you are basically arguing against your argument.
October 31, 201114 yr Author Conference call under way... whitesox Chicago White Sox Joe McEwing:You try to make someone better every single day. I love and have a passion for this game and that's where my energy comes from
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