Lets Go Mandon!

[Angel Oracle]

4 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

“The numbers are one thing,” the veteran manager said after the game, which the Angels won 9-6 over the Rangers. “Human beings are something completely different. And for me, the human element right there required what we did.” -- Joe Maddon

That’s Franckensteen!

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

Its all such BS.  He did what he always does, he tried to make himself the story.  They won in spite of him, like the Cubs did the WS

He is the same guy who decided that hitting a weak hitting pitcher 8th was sheer brilliance.

[tdawg87]

Joerry Dipodden

[Angel Oracle]

[Taylor]

[Stradling]

6 minutes ago, Taylor said:

If Joe is the alternative, yes

[eligrba]

The most surprising part of this discussion is that the thread title has not been edited.

[Stradling]

17 minutes ago, eligrba said:

The most surprising part of this discussion is that the thread title has not been edited.

Nor should it.  I mean it inevitably will be edited.  This is a respectable forum (snickers uncontrollably). 

[Taylor]

What would it be edited to? "Joe Maddon is a stupid poopy head"?

[Bronson]

 

[Stradling]

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

What would it be edited to? "Joe Maddon is a stupid poopy head"?

Fcuk Joe Maddon

[jsnpritchett]

11 minutes ago, Taylor said:

What would it be edited to? "Joe Maddon is a stupid poopy head"?

Let's Go, Maddon

[Taylor]

8 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Let's Go, Maddon

Let's Go Mandon

[Docwaukee]

Any rational person knows he's full of crap but the biggest problem is that Joe believes it worked.   So in his head it just reinforced another really bad decision.  Hopefully Arte and Perry were watching and were like WTF.  

[Jason]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

I didn’t realize he was so handsome. Kind of has a Ryan Reynolds look to him 

[Chuck]

The negative feedback we're getting on the board here is justified on Joe Maddon. Keep the conversation going and don't be a dick. 

Strad, I'm going to change the thread title though. 

[Angels 1961]

Should it not be Joe Maddon's managing decisions? 

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Let's Go Mandon

This deserves more attention.  Well played.

[TurboFan]

Until yesterday I have given Maddon the benefit of the doubt, based on his record in the WS, etc. Today, I am off the fence. Joe exposed himself as a hopeless meddler/micro manager who believes he has way more contribution to winning games than he really has. Yes, I am a little slow, as many have been saying that for a long time. You were right. Let’s call it “managerial narcissism.” His statement about doing it for a human factor, to stir up the troops rather than because of any numbers is breathtakingly bad judgement. I don’t expect he will lose his job because of this decision, but I think it will be stuck in Perry’s mind at the moment he decides to pass on a new contract for Joseph (assuming it is Perry’s decision). A WS appearance is needed to save his job now, or should be. Too bad. I was hoping he was The One to take us to the promise land. Apparently not.

[Taylor]

6 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

This deserves more attention.  Well played.

I was simply playing off @jsnpritchett's brilliant joke.

[mtangelsfan]

Half of the posters in this thread thought Maddon was the brains behind the team's success under Sosh.

Regardless, it is one decision in a season of thousands.  

[Inside Pitch]

10 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I was simply playing off @jsnpritchett's brilliant joke.

Yes, he did tee that up pretty nicely.

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, mtangelsfan said:

Half of the posters in this thread thought Maddon was the brains behind the team's success under Sosh.

Regardless, it is one decision in a season of thousands.  

People are allowed to change their minds after being presented with new evidence.

And you can't undermine this decision. He showed his pitcher he had no confidence in him to get Seager out. It's not like he made a questionable pitching change; that shit is going to happen all year. This was a decision that's only happened 8 times since 1900. He wanted to make himself the center of attention. 

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

People are allowed to change their minds after being presented with new evidence.

And you can't undermine this decision. He showed his pitcher he had no confidence in him to get Seager out. It's not like he made a questionable pitching change; that shit is going to happen all year. This was a decision that's only happened 8 times since 1900. He wanted to make himself the center of attention. 

And I believe it was the first time since 1881 that someone did it while their team was losing. 

[eligrba]

13 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

Half of the posters in this thread thought Maddon was the brains behind the team's success under Sosh.

Regardless, it is one decision in a season of thousands.  

This is not the place for such a reasonable perspective.