Best manager in Angels history

[mmc]

Who do you think was the best manager in Angels history?

[Stradling]

It's Scioscia, no doubt about it.  

[Claude]

[greginpsca]

Sosh. Followed by Rigney. Mauch in 3rd.

[Taylor]

Scioscia, and it's not even close.

[Brandon]

Moose Stubing

[Jeremiah]

Scioscia, and it's not even close.  He did so much to change the culture of the franchise.

[failos]

I will harass anyone who didn't vote for Sosh.

[failos]

make the poll public you coward

[Tank]

it's sosh, easily.

fregosi should get some love, too.

and whoever the clown is who voted for dave garcia should be banned until baseball resumes.

[kevinb]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

it's sosh, easily.

fregosi should get some love, too.

and whoever the clown is who voted for dave garcia should be banned until baseball resumes.

And Ausmus. 

[failos]

@RendZone voted for ausmus. I can feel it in my bones.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, failos said:

@RendZone voted for ausmus. I can feel it in my bones.

He did.  

[Lou]

14 minutes ago, Tank said:

it's sosh, easily.

fregosi should get some love, too.

and whoever the clown is who voted for dave garcia should be banned until baseball resumes.

racist

[Brandon]

54 minutes ago, failos said:

I will harass anyone who didn't vote for Sosh.

Going to send them personal messages?

[failos]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Going to send them personal messages?

Of my asshole. @tdawg87 gets a different message though

[Rally Gorilla]

At the end of his tenure, I think Sosh was a bit burnt out and held the reins a bit too tight.    But there is no question in my mind he was a fantastic, dynamic and innovative manager in his prime.   The ring speaks for itself.

[aznhockeyguy]

How is this even a question?  Obviously Sosh.  Better question, is he a HOF manager?

[Angel Oracle]

20 hours ago, greginpsca said:

Sosh. Followed by Rigney. Mauch in 3rd.

I myself flip flopped Mauch and Rigney.   Although Rigney's work in the original expansion era was rock solid, Mauch did lead the Halos to two AL West titles and almost a third.

Fregosi is clearly better than the others after Sosh, Mauch, and Rigney.

Edited May 21, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

20 hours ago, Brandon said:

Moose Stubing

He is, iirc, the only Halos manager to go winless.  So he has that going for him.

[Angel Oracle]

38 minutes ago, aznhockeyguy said:

How is this even a question?  Obviously Sosh.  Better question, is he a HOF manager?

It's likely borderline at this point.   There is a chance that his rock solid playing career and excellent 19 year managerial record could combine to get him in.

He is 5th in managerial wins with one team (Mack, McGraw, Alston, and Cox being the only ones with more).

Edited May 21, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Jeremiah]

1 hour ago, aznhockeyguy said:

How is this even a question?  Obviously Sosh.  Better question, is he a HOF manager?

This is a really interesting question because the contributions managers make tend to be intangible, can't be measured. I think he's borderline and lean toward HOF based on his Angels tenure, which was very successful and consistent overall. If he has a good run with another org, I think he gets in.

[greginpsca]

2 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

I myself flip flopped Mauch and Rigney.   Although Rigney's work in the original expansion era was rock solid, Mauch did lead the Halos to two AL West titles and almost a third.

Fregosi is clearly better than the others after Sosh, Mauch, and Rigney.

I also flipped on Mauch & Rig. The decider was Rigney  had a bunch of castoffs, over the hill types, and unproven rookies. And how competitive they were in their 2nd year. No expansion team had ever come close to being that good. On the other hand , Mauch's teams had pretty much an all star lineup. He was expected to win, Rigney was expected to lose, a lot. Rigney also was a pretty good manager before the Angels.

[T.G.]

With all due respect to the mortgage commercial guy... THIS is the biggest no-brainer in the history of man kind.