"It didn't start well last year and I stayed around all season and it got better,"

[Quinlanforthewin]

So Mike's now citing last year as successful and evidence of what can happen after a slow start, as if barely missing the playoffs was some sort of accomplishment that we should look forward to this year if we're lucky? 

 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/angels/la-sp-simers-angels-20130509,1,891049.column

[mp170.6]

Good gosh he is arrogant. 

 

He actually thinks last year got better because of him.  Wow. 

[Mark68]

He does realize that this year is worse, right?

[Quinlanforthewin]

We should feel bad for him though because he's going through a tax audit as well. 

[mp170.6]

We should feel bad for him though because he's going through a tax audit as well. 

 

I thought millionaires hired tax attorneys to handle these things so they didn't have to worry...

[ScottT]

Mike Scioscia "Hello"

 

Angels fan: "He is such a stubborn, arrogant, fossil"

[mp170.6]

If he thinks last year's team improved because of his leadership, how does he explain the horrid start in April and May?

 

Was that poor leadership or just some anomaly that of course wasn't his fault? 

[ScottT]

You really care what he says?  He's said the same crap for 15 years.  

[Tyler]

Damn Simers went in! I actually enjoyed the read and think Dipoto deserves to be insulted like that. What a crazy two year stretch.

[FabulousFabregas]

This article has me convinced that he'll be fired by the end of this road trip unless they go on some big winning streak.

[ukyah]

bashing dipoto and scioscia is totally warrented for the sake of criticism, even arte...as a decision maker.

 

however, the whole "angry arte" thing is so thin. he's just conjuring that out of nothing and expecting it to stick.

 

for me, it's like a litmus test for the stupid. anybody that thinks arte is just some angry tyrant is unabashedly stupid, no sugar coating that.

[robblin17]

For the love of god please get rid of him.

[mp170.6]

Isn't it weird how many of the same problems return year after year, despite, as Scioscia points out, lots of new players on the roster? 

[robblin17]

Isn't it weird how many of the same problems return year after year, despite, as Scioscia points out, lots of new players on the roster?

Don't you dare suggest that Scioscia is the problem! What a horrible fan!

[fan_since79]

Exactly! Perish the thought!

[VariousCrap]

Pretty good article.

 

 

I gotta say, I like the idea of the Dodgers taking the Angels coaching staff and the Angels taking theirs.

[SmallSampleSize]

It's amazing that my dislike of him is turning into genuine hatred.

 

Leave our team alone already and GTFO.

[Agalloch]

Pretty good article.

 

 

I gotta say, I like the idea of the Dodgers taking the Angels coaching staff and the Angels taking theirs.

 

Right? It would be so beneficial for both teams.

[VariousCrap]

Right? It would be so beneficial for both teams.

 

 

 

I think Don would be a better manager in the AL and Mike has always been a NL style manager.

[Glen]

Wow, what a horrible article.  Simers repeatedly using "Angry Arte" makes him sound like a poster on this board. 

[Docwaukee]

That was actually a decent read although it could have been better if not for Simers petulance and narcissism.  The 'Angry Arte' moniker is petty and detracts from what was pretty interesting. 

 

The one thing of note that I found very telling about the situation that MS is in is that he made a point to mention the bullpen as a weak point and that all other winning teams have had good pens. 

 

I can't disagree with him on this and even though the starting pitching isn't very talented, it has certainly kept them in games and given them a chance to win as of late.  With the exception being the players filling in for Weave. 

 

It's my biggest disappointment with dipoto and he's setting MS up for failure to some degree as MS tends to save the back end of his pen for games they are winning and uses the front end in close games where the halos are tied or down by a small amount.  The last two years in particular we have seen a lack of talent turn close games into automatic losses.  It has been my mantra about improving this team from day one. 

[ScottT]

Simers is a professional troll... which is fascinating somehwat slightly interesting.

 

I don't click on these links.

[Ray McKigney]

Simers is a professional troll... which is fascinating somehwat slightly interesting.

 

I don't click on these links.

 

I agree. Simers lives for when local teams are in the dumps. He's a douchebag.

[Docwaukee]

Isn't it weird how many of the same problems return year after year, despite, as Scioscia points out, lots of new players on the roster? 

what's weird is that is that it worked before yet doesn't work now.  Yes, there were similar 'problems' ie the style of play and management hasn't changed yet it resulted in winning seasons in the past.

 

It's a shame that JD and MS can't seem to get on the same page.  JD builds the team that may benefit from a certain style of management.  One that his manager is likely to embrace and the manager seems to make very little adjustment to the players he has been given and manages in a way that doesn't maximize their potential. 

 

That said, the players aren't performing as they are capable and neither the manager or gm is capable of pulling Hamilton's head out of his butt. 

[mp170.6]

what's weird is that is that it worked before yet doesn't work now.  Yes, there were similar 'problems' ie the style of play and management hasn't changed yet it resulted in winning seasons in the past.

 

It's a shame that JD and MS can't seem to get on the same page.  JD builds the team that may benefit from a certain style of management.  One that his manager is likely to embrace and the manager seems to make very little adjustment to the players he has been given and manages in a way that doesn't maximize their potential. 

 

That said, the players aren't performing as they are capable and neither the manager or gm is capable of pulling Hamilton's head out of his butt. 

 

Over Scioscia's tenure with the exception of 2002 and a few other seasons, his teams come completely unraveled when Oakland or Texas (or both) field competitive teams, especially when those other teams are predicted to be good.

 

Some of his best years have happened when there was zero pressure from division rivals.  When you pair this up with the many playoff embarrassments since 2002, it begins to look like Scioscia -- and his teams -- do not prepare, or play well, under pressure.