That is something that has been said about many different iterations of this team over the past few years and over the tenures of multiple managers. At some point, doesn't the blame have to shift from the managers to the veteran guys like Zimm, Harper, Rendon, Stras, and Gio who have been around for a long time and thus are probably responsible for the locker room attitude?
Nope. Clearly it's the coaches.
You see, if
dave would have removed Gio in the fifth then we would have obviously won todays game.
Forget the message that a move like that would have sent to the clubhouse. How...
1. Management doesn't trust Gio to throw 5 innings or to work out of a jam. That he is weak.
2. Management doesn't believe the offense will score again for a minimum of 4 innings.
3. The Pitching staff as a whole has no leash. Management expects and the team needs near perfection from the staff to be in a winning situation.
Apparently it's ok to wear down the bullpen like the Phillies did. Don't think about how the Phillies have a day off tomorrow and the Nationals have to play 14 straight after this game.
It's best that we as Nationals fans say things that make no sense. For example say "
dave is an idiot for taking out a pitcher under 80 pitches". Then immediately say "
dave is an idiot for having pitchers throw so many pitches.
