Decision on Next Manager

[greginpsca]

Players may file for free agency the day after the end of the World Series. So if they want the new guy in place before free agency, they need to get him pretty quickly.

[Jeff Fletcher]

18 minutes ago, greginpsca said:

Players may file for free agency the day after the end of the World Series. So if they want the new guy in place before free agency, they need to get him pretty quickly.

The manager doesn’t need to be hired by the first day of free agency. They probably wouldn’t sign anyone significant for weeks after that. 

[tomsred]

I don't think it's an easy decision.  There aren't any really obvious candidates.

[Dtwncbad]

I don't ever see his name mentioned but I thought potentially Bengie Molina might become a manager candidate at some point.  Obviously being a former catcher and he did coach at the major league level. . . 

David Ross also would perfectly fit the recent trend of younger former players stepping straight into a manager job.  Ross played for about ten high quality managers and is well respected.  I think this guy would be legit.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

 

 

[Dtwncbad]

8 hours ago, Angel Dog and Beer said:

 

 

Seems like the front runner.

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 hour ago, Dtwncbad said:

Seems like the front runner.

Well considering he’s the only one who has been confirmed....

Hes with a playoff team that is being covered by a reporter (Marly Rivera) who I assume has known him for a while since she used to cover the Yankees. She is the one who first had confirmation and then others have just followed. 

My point is him being identified instead of the other 8 or candidates they are interviewing is not necessarily an indication of him being the favorite. 

He is a candidate who makes a lot of sense, but so do 10 other guys. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I am of the opinion that there is never a front runner, just one guy who gets hired and several who don't.

[Homebrewer]

3 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Well considering he’s the only one who has been confirmed....

Hes with a playoff team that is being covered by a reporter (Marly Rivera) who I assume has known him for a while since she used to cover the Yankees. She is the one who first had confirmation and then others have just followed. 

My point is him being identified instead of the other 8 or candidates they are interviewing is not necessarily an indication of him being the favorite. 

He is a candidate who makes a lot of sense, but so do 10 other guys. 

So, I'm still in mix.

[Lou]

19 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

So, I'm still in mix.

[maestro]

14 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

I don't ever see his name mentioned but I thought potentially Bengie Molina might become a manager candidate at some point.  Obviously being a former catcher and he did coach at the major league level. . . 

David Ross also would perfectly fit the recent trend of younger former players stepping straight into a manager job.  Ross played for about ten high quality managers and is well respected.  I think this guy would be legit.

Maybe even Jose Molina would be good down the line ? I was at the spring training for a weekend this year and he seemed to work well with the guys 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

I was always kind of hoping that someday Joe Maddon would replace Sven....

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

I was always kind of hoping that someday Joe Maddon would replace Sven....

yeah, this organization could use a shot of fresh, young leadership at the helm.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Just cause the hot new upstarts are young! Great, I dont care. 

I would rather have someone who knows the org, has a winning pedigree, and keeps his team loose.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

11 minutes ago, Lou said:

yeah, this organization could use a shot of fresh, young leadership at the helm.

Well, then your choices are dude from Astros a couple of you have a boner for. Chavez or Paul....

And it will end up going to either Ausmus or Girardi....bwhahahahaha 

[Lou]

ok.

[Roy Hobbs]

1 hour ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

Just cause the hot new upstarts are young! Great, I dont care. 

I would rather have someone who knows the org, has a winning pedigree, and keeps his team loose.

You just described Scioscia

[Lou]

 

2 hours ago, Roy Hobbs said:

You just described Scioscia

[Dtwncbad]

I just read that Ausmus has interviewed for the Reds manger opening.

I am surprised.  I very much thought Ausmus wanted to track himself into a GM job and had already marked off field manager on his path to that goal.

If he really wants to manage, I can't really come up with a negative on him.

I also saw David Ross was talking to the Twins. . .

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

On 10/9/2018 at 12:19 AM, Roy Hobbs said:

You just described Scioscia

Or, Joe Maddon....

[Roy Hobbs]

42 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

Or, Joe Maddon....

I think he already has a job

[disarcina]

I still think it's Brad Ausmus.

and Eric Chavez becomes either third base coach or bench coach.

Astros guy Espada (?) probably gets a managerial position - Texas ?  (Texas interviewed Girardi this past week).

Ausmus spent the past season as special assistant to Arte Moreno.......and sat in the owner's box for many of the Halos 2018 games (not that Arte was there for every game).

So, who do we think is the front runner?  Maybe the guy who has Arte's ear, perhaps?

 

[Jeff Fletcher]

8 minutes ago, disarcina said:

I still think it's Brad Ausmus.

and Eric Chavez becomes either third base coach or bench coach.

Astros guy Espada (?) probably gets a managerial position - Texas ?  (Texas interviewed Girardi this past week).

Ausmus spent the past season as special assistant to Arte Moreno.......and sat in the owner's box for many of the Halos 2018 games (not that Arte was there for every game).

So, who do we think is the front runner?  Maybe the guy who has Arte's ear, perhaps?

 

It’s Arte’s box for the 10 games he’s at and Eppler’s box for the other 71. 

I think if he’s got the job it’s because he’s been sitting with Eppler, not Arte.

And this is why I think Ausmus was the favorite before the interviews began. No idea if he still is. 

[disarcina]

3 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

It’s Arte’s box for the 10 games he’s at and Eppler’s box for the other 71. 

I think if he’s got the job it’s because he’s been sitting with Eppler, not Arte.

And this is why I think Ausmus was the favorite before the interviews began. No idea if he still is. 

well, Fletcher would know -- I tend to agree with his take.  i have felt he was the successor in waiting from the day he was hired by the Halos.

I also think (and I have ZERO inside sources, no knowledge other than what I read/see/ hear in the media) for whatever reason, Ausmus' ultimate goal is the front office so his hiring will essentially be a plan to manage three to five years and turn it over to someone like an Eric Chavez

Ausmus had access to Arte and Eppler -- and to Arte in a way that, apparently, is not viewed as a threat to Eppler - re over-stepping his authority.

[disarcina]

also - I'm OK with Ausmus -- I know there is a certain segment (perhaps a majority here) of AW posters who, for whatever reason, do not want to see Ausmus named the next Halos manager and don't like him.

I've always thought favorably of Ausmus and thought he left the Detroit managerial position showing some class.