Bring in Leyland. Sign him a one year contract. Tell him Martinez (or whoever the Nats want) will be his bench coach and then make that person the manager in 2019. You could even bring in DeRosa in that instance, although I wouldn't prefer it.
I don't think anyone can argue with Leyland's bona fides. And this plan doesn't potentially ruin 2018 on a rookie manager but still sets Nats up for the future.
hmmm, I actually didn't think of this, but like the idea. I respect him as a manager, absolutely, and I think they need an actual manager who is an accomplished manager, and they need a manager who is more old-school. the biggest mistake they ever made was with that utter loser, 'williams', who was an utter joke, and who would have fit this mold (save for the fact that he was the worst manager I've ever seen), but it's like my 'blue jays', where the team is screaming for a manager who will not be a "players" manager (not that dusty exactly was this, but...)...
and, for a quick aside, not that he would work now, even if we could have him at the age when he actually did manage the nats, but I loved Mr. Robinson.
anyways...but if this was something that could be done, and then if you were also, somehow, able to add a bench manager such as has been discussed, and who has the cache of the up-and-coming manager material, he can be groomed even more so to be next in line.