I simply can't even conceive of him being back. Most of the metrics done, and analytics geeks had us winning 92-98 games, and had us winning the division by double digits. Even w/injuries, even with underperformance, the overall finish was totally and completely unacceptable. The finest minds around had this squad a virtual playoff locks, heck even unbiased computers absolutely loved them.
There is no justification whatsoever for bringing him back. As I said last fall after the colossal choke job to the Giants, when MW gave his post series interviews that night, and in the following days, it was patently obvious he had learned ABSOLUSTELY NOTHING from his mistakes. His performance this year as a manager underlined, bolded and italicized those facts. I said fire him immediately, after last year's choke job when he gave those answers in interviews, the only way he would have stood a chance of avoiding the chopping block was if I as a GM, in post 2015 meetings, understood that Matt was simply engaging in media-speak, and was fully aware of the role his decisions played in catastrophically destroying an entire season in about 72 hours of some of the worst playoff managing seen in decades.
The thought of this hack, this witless, recalcitrant, inflexible, dunderhead, getting to drive this team from the fast lane into the embankment in yet another season long, flaming, catapulting car crash of a season is simply inconceivable to me.
I actually love Rizzo, I think he's one of the finest talent scouts around in terms of the player, he rarely ever loses on trades, he's a genius on draft day, and he makes the right decisions nearly always with FA (consider that virtually all of the guys that stunk it up this year, were tactically unsigned, and we'll get draft picks for this offseason to restock the shelves). The Trea Turner/Ross trade is just the latest in a long line of brilliant deals he's made over the past half decade.
The fact that he could potentially be willing to go down with the ship because of one hair brained decision he's completely unwilling to rethink, just boggles my mind. Rizzo, you built a fantastic organization from scratch, top down and bottom up, it's outstanding. Hasn't accomplished squat yet, and the Stras sit down, don't get me started, but man, you are going to flush all this down the toilet to back Matt Freaking Williams, really?!?! Has he not proven himself completely incompetent yet? Not to you? And don't waive the Manager of the year trophy, I'm sure they voted for that before he flushed the 2014 playoffs down the toilet, and of course those kinds of awards have about as much value as the moronic gold glove awards.
Anyway, I'm just shocked. I can't even fathom how it could be even slightly possible he could come back. Tired of having idiots like Matt Williams at the wheel of so many D.C. teams. It's just painful
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