LAT: There were 8 managerial openings this winter. You might be surprised by how many interviews Mike Scioscia got.

[Dollar Bill]

https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2019-11-11/mike-scioscia-wants-to-manage-no-interviews-eight-openings

[tdawg87]

Thanks Bill.

I apologise in advance for the shenanigans that are going to commence in this thread about your article.

[ScottT]

I'm shocked.

[failos]

[Claude]

Major League Baseball has turned the page on Mike Scioscia.

 

[Justin]

"The agent Scioscia hired, Alan Nero, declined to discuss why he believed teams decided not to interview Scioscia"

This line jumped out at me. Is it Scioscia who has declined interview requests? Is he waiting for the Dodgers job to become available? 

I can't believe there is a GM out there who said "There's no way I'm interviewing Mike Scioscia... get me an interview with Dusty Baker, stat!"

[ScottT]

Baker, not Scioscia?

Hmmm.

[aznhockeyguy]

I'm not surprised.  A lot of GM's are analytical based and Scioscia is seen as a non-analytics manager with a propensity for players to lay down sacrifices and doing other unfavorable analytics decisions.

[Claude]

1 minute ago, SoPas Angel said:

"The agent Scioscia hired, Alan Nero, declined to discuss why he believed teams decided not to interview Scioscia"

This line jumped out at me. Is it Scioscia who has declined interview requests? Is he waiting for the Dodgers job to become available? 

I can't believe there is a GM out there who said "There's no way I'm interviewing Mike Scioscia... get me an interview with Dusty Baker, stat!"

That Dodgers opportunity should've happened right after Kershaw threw those cookie pitches. 

[tdawg87]

8 minutes ago, ScottT said:

Baker, not Scioscia?

Hmmm.

F'n Affirmative Action.

[Troll Daddy]

Excuse me but this is so fricking stupid

[ScottT]

10 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

F'n Affirmative Action.

Seems fishy.

I may have boycotted if the Angels hired Baker. 

 

[Justin]

6 minutes ago, ScottT said:

Seems fishy.

I may have boycotted if the Angels hired Baker. 

I may have boycotted the Angels, but I damn sure would have read AW every day. 

[Dollar Bill]

1 hour ago, SoPas Angel said:

"The agent Scioscia hired, Alan Nero, declined to discuss why he believed teams decided not to interview Scioscia"

This line jumped out at me. Is it Scioscia who has declined interview requests? Is he waiting for the Dodgers job to become available? 

I can't believe there is a GM out there who said "There's no way I'm interviewing Mike Scioscia... get me an interview with Dusty Baker, stat!"

No team requested an interview. The Phillies were the team that interviewed Baker.

[FabulousFabregas]

This may sound weird coming from me, but I really hope he gets a shot somewhere. A new job could light a fire under his ass, the problem was he just got way too complacent here.

[ScottT]

I think the problem was inferior talent on the field

[Justin]

14 minutes ago, FabulousFabregas said:

A new job could light a fire under his ass, the problem was he just got way too complacent here.

While I think he was here too long and it was time to move on, the fact that no pitchers could stay healthy was a bigger problem than managerial complacency. 

[Billy_Ball]

How many interviews did Ausmus get?

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Billy_Ball said:

How many interviews did Ausmus get?

Padres

[T.G.]

9 hours ago, calscuf said:

I still like Scioscia very much.

It was not his fault this team sucked the past decade.

He wasn’t perfect by a long way, but he was still a great manager.

^^^^^ 100% ^^^^^

[Taylor]

10 hours ago, Lou said:

Padres

So, none?

[yk9001]

How's he going to drive from the Valley every day to, say, Milwaukee?  Huh?

[Amazing Larry]

16 hours ago, Dollar Bill said:

No team requested an interview. The Phillies were the team that interviewed Baker.

Scioscia's home town? Ouch. 

[Angelsfan1984]

That's simply not true. Scioscia interviewed for the Olive Garden managerial opening on Tustin Avenue. They decided to go with an internal candidate instead but he was a close 2nd, they liked his enthusiasm for making the never ending pasta bowl all year long.

[Troll Daddy]

He’s probably waiting on Dipoto to hire him after Scott Cervix stinks it up again.