Author Topic: The 2016 Manager Watch (Read 65277 times)

Mr Clean · « **Reply #50:** September 10, 2015, 03:25:39 PM »

Is Leyland an option? He has the chops.

slhubic · « **Reply #51:** September 10, 2015, 03:35:35 PM »

francona, or knorr.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #52:** September 10, 2015, 04:57:11 PM »

Quote from: Cinqo de Mayo on September 10, 2015, 02:02:20 PM

My choice, Bob Melvin, just got extended by the A's.

I guess his brother Harold is dead. Hate to end the conversation on a blue note.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #53:** September 10, 2015, 05:00:02 PM »

Mike Redmond could be worth a look- he looked decent then got fired when a terrible team got off to a bad start

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #54:** September 10, 2015, 05:02:30 PM »

Seriously, Bud Black may be the only former manager that's worth looking at. Redmond and Ryno, perhaps. Beyond that, you are looking at coaches like Dave Martinez, maybe Tory Lovullo, Alex Cora, or, way out of the box, a former pitching coach who observes the whole game like Orel Hershiser or Mike Maddux. I've always liked Tony Pena, too.

HattoriHanzo · « **Reply #55:** September 10, 2015, 05:14:10 PM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on September 10, 2015, 05:02:30 PM

Seriously, Bud Black may be the only former manager that's worth looking at. Redmond and Ryno, perhaps. Beyond that, you are looking at coaches like Dave Martinez, maybe Tory Lovullo, Alex Cora, or, way out of the box, a former pitching coach who observes the whole game like Orel Hershiser or Mike Maddux. I've always liked Tony Pena, too.

I wanted bud black after the LA series. They could have driven down to SD and picked him up and took him to SF where he probably doesn't have the team collapse the rest of the way.

rbw5t · « **Reply #56:** September 10, 2015, 05:24:29 PM »

Bud Black or Dave Martinez. Or maybe, Tripp Keister or Lou Brown.

Ray D · « **Reply #57:** September 10, 2015, 05:29:50 PM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on September 10, 2015, 05:02:30 PM

Seriously, Bud Black may be the only former manager that's worth looking at. Redmond and Ryno, perhaps. Beyond that, you are looking at coaches like Dave Martinez, maybe Tory Lovullo, Alex Cora, or, way out of the box, a former pitching coach who observes the whole game like Orel Hershiser or Mike Maddux. I've always liked Tony Pena, too.

HAS to be a former manager. With a track record. Enough with the first-timers: Acta and Williams. (And even Riggleman, he was a former manager, with a BAD track record and should not have been our manager.) I liked Black and Redmond. (Don't remember anything about Ryno.)

DCFan · « **Reply #58:** September 10, 2015, 06:02:40 PM »

Who else on the D-backs staff could be considered as a managerial candidate? After all that's where Rizzo would look first.

HattoriHanzo · « **Reply #59:** September 10, 2015, 07:02:06 PM »

Quote from: DCFan on September 10, 2015, 06:02:40 PM

Who else on the D-backs staff could be considered as a managerial candidate? After all that's where Rizzo would look first.

LaRussa can unretire.

houston-nat · « **Reply #60:** September 10, 2015, 07:04:10 PM »

Quote from: Ray D on September 10, 2015, 05:29:50 PM

HAS to be a former manager. With a track record. Enough with the first-timers: Acta and Williams. (And even Riggleman, he was a former manager, with a BAD track record and should not have been our manager.) I liked Black and Redmond. (Don't remember anything about Ryno.)

This is like saying your last two girlfriends were crazy, and they were blonde, so from now on you can't date blondes.

If there's a really smart, great person who has been an AAA manager and an MLB bench coach, and they know baseball inside and out, no reason to stop them. Manny Acta and Matt Williams did not fit that criteria.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #61:** September 10, 2015, 07:07:54 PM »

Quote from: HattoriHanzo on September 10, 2015, 07:02:06 PM

LaRussa can unretire.

He and mclaughlin could be drinking buddies

More of #34 · « **Reply #62:** September 10, 2015, 07:39:30 PM »

Williams is under scrutiny:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/national-manager-matt-williams-is-under-scrutiny-as-season-unravels/2015/09/10/bc2dcb72-57e9-11e5-b8c9-944725fcd3b9_story.html

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #63:** September 10, 2015, 07:50:24 PM »

Schilling

Quote from: DCFan on September 10, 2015, 06:02:40 PM

Who else on the D-backs staff could be considered as a managerial candidate? After all that's where Rizzo would look first.

Ray D · « **Reply #64:** September 10, 2015, 07:54:30 PM »

Quote from: houston-nat on September 10, 2015, 07:04:10 PM

This is like saying your last two girlfriends were crazy, and they were blonde, so from now on you can't date blondes.

That's my first wife you're thinking of. Crazy and blonde. And you damn well better believe I didn't date any blondes during my single period, and my current wife is a redhead and quite sane.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #65:** September 10, 2015, 08:01:02 PM »

Randy Knorr was a catcher. The players respect him, catchers know how to handle pitchers, and he's in the organization.

pazzo83 · « **Reply #66:** September 10, 2015, 08:02:32 PM »

Toss up between Dan Snyder and Donald Trump

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #67:** September 10, 2015, 08:05:27 PM »

Then she's not a real redhead.

Quote from: Ray D on September 10, 2015, 07:54:30 PM

That's my first wife you're thinking of. Crazy and blonde. And you damn well better believe I didn't date any blondes during my single period, and my current wife is a redhead and quite sane.

imref · « **Reply #68:** September 10, 2015, 09:27:21 PM »

Quote from: DCFan on September 10, 2015, 06:02:40 PM

Who else on the D-backs staff could be considered as a managerial candidate? After all that's where Rizzo would look first.

Brenley?

mitlen · « **Reply #69:** September 10, 2015, 09:42:11 PM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on September 10, 2015, 04:57:11 PM

I guess his brother Harold is dead. Hate to end the conversation on a blue note.

That's if you don't know by now.

mitlen · « **Reply #70:** September 10, 2015, 09:46:03 PM »

Quote from: More of #34 on September 10, 2015, 07:39:30 PM

Williams is under scrutiny:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/national-manager-matt-williams-is-under-scrutiny-as-season-unravels/2015/09/10/bc2dcb72-57e9-11e5-b8c9-944725fcd3b9_story.html

"Williams said he didn’t consider himself tense. “Not any more so than anybody else,” he said."

Holy crap !

Mr Clean · « **Reply #71:** September 11, 2015, 10:04:24 AM »

Tigers to dismiss Ausmus for Gardenhire: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/09/tigers-plan-to-dismiss-brad-ausmus-at-seasons-end.html

Are the Nats next?

Ray D · « **Reply #72:** September 11, 2015, 10:10:05 AM »

Quote from: GburgNatsFan on September 10, 2015, 08:05:27 PM

Then she's not a real redhead.

Yeah, not really, just a hint of red.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #73:** September 11, 2015, 10:12:54 AM »

Quote from: GburgNatsFan on September 10, 2015, 08:05:27 PM

Then she's not a real redhead.

ZIM4MVP · « **Reply #74:** September 11, 2015, 12:29:03 PM »

What are the boards thoughts on Gardenhire?

I have to say Ausmus was on my short list when Williams was hired.