OC Register: Billy Eppler begins search for next Angels manager

[Lou]

35 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

That is an Olympic size long jump 

I see you've met vladdy.

in case you didn't know, the earth is flat, the moon landing never happened and 9/11 was an inside job. 

[Lou]

Question: why do most of you want Chavez? what have you seen in him as a manager that makes him so desirable? 

[Jeff Fletcher]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

Question: why do most of you want Chavez? what have you seen in him as a manager that makes him so desirable? 

I am amused by anyone who has an opinion on who the next manager should be. 

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

I am amused by anyone who has an opinion on who the next manager should be. 

I agree 

[greginpsca]

1 minute ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

I am amused by anyone who has an opinion on who the next manager should be. 

Agree. Don't have anyone in particular. Just know what i want in a manager.

[Blarg]

4 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

I am amused by anyone who has an opinion on who the next manager should be. 

The discussion brings out each person's view of how the club should be run. The basis of the message board. Not just react to events but look forward. It may be from a limited knowledge base but every decision made in this game is, even from the top level.

[failos]

bring back Sosh

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Paul Molitor was just fired by Minnesota. I have no idea whether he would fit any of the search criteria.

[Lou]

35 minutes ago, Blarg said:

The discussion brings out each person's view of how the club should be run. The basis of the message board. Not just react to events but look forward. It may be from a limited knowledge base but every decision made in this game is, even from the top level.

You have to be joking. The top level's knowledge base is light years ahead of that which  you find on a message board.

[Stradling]

4 hours ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

We have all been told over and over again by the superfans that batting Pujols 3/4 came from the top, it wasn't just Scioscia being stubborn. Looks like that theory was just destroyed 

I am the biggest super fan on here and I never once said Albert batting 3rd or 4th had anything to do with the GM or Arte.  It was a bunch of blowhards that pretended it was written into his contract that I remember.  So it looks like your theory of superfans saying this was destroyed, again.  I applaud you for being yourself and being wrong but keep on coming back for more.  

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

That is a Special Olympic size long jump 

I agree

[Glen]

58 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

I am amused by anyone who has an opinion on who the next manager should be. 

I imagine that when the new manager is announced, I'll have to Google him to find out who he is.

[Glen]

46 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Paul Molitor was just fired by Minnesota. I have no idea whether he would fit any of the search criteria.

I hope that "recently fired by another team" isn't one of the check marks.

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, Puget Sound Angel said:

Erstad would be a "warm fuzzy" hire. We don't need that.

That’s exactly what the Angels need 

[Chris]

I have confidence in Eppler to get this right.

[tomsred]

Wait, I thought the only qualifications that matter are weight and food preferences.

[Lou]

8 hours ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Paul Molitor was just fired by Minnesota. I have no idea whether he would fit any of the search criteria.

no way he leaves Minnesota 

[tomsred]

7 hours ago, Glen said:

I hope that "recently fired by another team" isn't one of the check marks.

What time period does "recently" cover?

Whoever Eppler comes up with, I say "welcome."

[gurn67]

"Someone who can develop a culture that puts the welfare of the team ahead of any singular person."

I guess Billy's not a big fan of Scioscialism.

[Lhalo]

13 hours ago, Chris said:

I have confidence in Eppler to get this right.

Meh, we’ll see. 

[NorCal Halo]

16 hours ago, Lou said:

You have to be joking. The top level's knowledge base is light years ahead of that which  you find on a message board.

I'm not kidding by saying that discrediting fans is like the Soup Nazi banishing customers. Mike said that baseball was all about the players.  I disagree.  It is all about the fans.  If fans go away, the game goes away.  To tell fanatics that their fanaticism is amusing can cause people to stop reading the OCR.

[T.G.]

17 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

I am amused by anyone who has an opinion on who the next manager should be. 

Well, we are here for your amusement.

Seriously, I don't think it's unusual for fans to voice an opinion on who the next manager should be.  It might be strange if the choice of manager has never managed before, but we certainly can have opinions on a pool of candidates who have managed before.

We also have things we want in a manager.  Personally, I don't like guys who make it all about themselves and tend to always be in the spotlight.

[floplag]

Interesting wrinkle read this morning, for whatever reason the Cubs ouster has put Maddon on the hot seat.  IF he were let go, i for one would be all over that.  Thoughts?

[Blarg]

It would be a stupid move. Maddon is just a hipster version of Scioscia. 

[T.G.]

Joe Maddon loves the spotlight a little too much for me. 

I have no idea if he'd be a good fit in Anaheim, but I just don't like him as much as many of you do.