I (can only) hope that Martinez learned from last year and that putting fun first and being a player's buddy before being a manager was the wrong way to go. We saw last summer that he does a lot of talking to his coaching staff, wears a worried look on his face way too often. We need to see a man serious about managing, smile or laugh (when appropriate) at times. He was hired to do a job, and too often it seemed like he let the distractions, most of which he created, get in the way of his doing that job. In 2019, he has to show he can do the job, because if the team doesn't perform at least close to expectations, he needs to get fired, even if he's the Lerner's favorite manager ever because he was and still is a cheap hire.
