Angels fire Brad Ausmus

[Claude]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

I think you guys that are celebrating this are sort of missing a bigger picture issue.  This reeks of internal chaos. We’ll see what Eppler has to say this afternoon. 

That internal chaos might be that Arte is just tired of waiting for the Angels to be part of the postseason. He probably wants them to be competitive and then sell the team high.

[aznhockeyguy]

Obligatory

[robblin17]

1 minute ago, Erstad Grit said:

If it's for Maddon then I get it.

But why let Scioscia go for Ausmus whom we groomed for a year if we're ejecting so quick?

This sounds like Arte pushing for Hamilton all over again. 

 

Yeah, this is how I feel too. I hope it is for Maddon, otherwise, I don't understand. 

Either way, Arte must be pissed off, which in the past has not been a good thing. Hopefully he has learned from his mistakes. 

[T.G.]

I'm actually very surprised.

[mmc]

 

[fan_since79]

10 minutes ago, Catwhoshatinthehat said:

I really don't care about Ausmus but firing a manager after one season to me just seems like a sign of dysfunction.  

There's plenty of dysfunction but this was a necessary thing to clear the deck and start afresh. A lot more work to be done of course.

[FabulousFabregas]

I think Ausmus is a scapegoat for 2019 and he never got a fair shot with the awful pitching staff he was given. If this means we get Maddon back though, I am totally for it. If we get another Ausmus type, it's a very odd move.

[Chuck]

Joe Maddon is interested in the #Angels job. He still owns a home in Long Beach. The Angels have canceled what was supposed to be Billy Eppler’s season-ending meeting with the media in one hour.

— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) September 30, 2019

[bruin5]

11 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

I think you guys that are celebrating this are sort of missing a bigger picture issue.  This reeks of internal chaos. We’ll see what Eppler has to say this afternoon. 

This reeks of a poor decision on Eppler’s part to hire Ausmus.  Nothing in his stint with the Tigers pointed to him being a good manager.  My guess is that Ausmus showed to Eppler in 2018 that he could fully embrace metrics and manage by the “big book of stats”.  

One thing Sosh was really good at was building a clubhouse chemistry that always fought through bad times.  I don’t know that I saw any of that with the 2019 club, even with all the injuries.  

If I’m Eppler I might start worrying about my job as well....

[eligrba4ever]

The curtain falls on the Big Brain Brad Show. 

Factors? $430 million center fielder minus 90 losses equals time to move on. 

Meanwhile in Thousand Oaks, I think I heard some loud chuckles echoing across the landscape.

[mulwin444]

Got served a shit sandwich to start the season and then got kicked in the balls on the way out...classy

Hope Maddon can pitch

[aznhockeyguy]

Cubs did the same exact thing to Rick Renteria before they hired Madden.

[m0nkey]

6 minutes ago, True Grich said:

I'm actually very surprised.

Me too. It was a shit 2019 all around and he gets canned after one year. I didn’t watch much so I don’t know much of his in game strategies, but he was hand picked by Eppler to start out with. 

[robblin17]

3 minutes ago, bruin5 said:

This reeks of a poor decision on Eppler’s part to hire Ausmus.  Nothing in his stint with the Tigers pointed to him being a good manager.  My guess is that Ausmus showed to Eppler in 2018 that he could fully embrace metrics and manage by the “big book of stats”.  

One thing Sosh was really good at was building a clubhouse chemistry that always fought through bad times.  I don’t know that I saw any of that with the 2019 club, even with all the injuries.  

If I’m Eppler I might start worrying about my job as well....

Or they knew that Maddon could possibly be available after this year? Ausmus will be nothing more than a footnote in Angels' history. 

[Claude]

4 minutes ago, mymerlincat said:

 

Significant consideration...

Arte....either you fire Ausmus or I will fire you. 

[budice0]

Maddon right now....

 

[stevestevens]

Bard, Cole and Ramirez just lost their roles as starting pitchers

[Dtwncbad]

If Ausmus wants to manage again he should just go be a bench coach with Houston and be invisible for a few more years.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

5 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

There's plenty of dysfunction but this was a necessary thing to clear the deck and start afresh. A lot more work to be done of course.

Coming into the season if a lot of things fell the Angels way this team was maybe a .500 ball club.  The two SP's they signed were absolute shit while they lost another SP unexpectedly.  Starting fresh has more to do with personnel than it does the manager.    

[Pujols4MVP]

Hire MADDON. Asmus sucked, he managed the lineups crappy like Scioscia.

[Angelfan79]

We definitely need a change of scenery, Madden will change that instantly!

[Pujols4MVP]

6 minutes ago, aznhockeyguy said:

Cubs did the same exact thing to Rick Renteria before they hired Madden.

Lmao. Thats awesome though. Hopefully that is why they fired Assmus.

[maestro]

People have made good points on what Ausmus did poorly; I didn't think he was necessarily the problem but he also wasn't a great solution. Maddon is a clear upgrade. I don't think this screams dysfunction if Eppler and Arte were on the same page that Ausmus wasn't working and there was a chance to upgrade.

[Vlad27Trout27]

I think it was pretty clear, that Ausmus days were number. He's a great person, but not a coach. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Ned Yost....come on down!