Manager in 2023

[Second Base]

Managers are the most useless pieces of furniture on the planet. 

- Ted Williams

Given this timeless wisdom, I don't give a crap who is coaching. 

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Where’s the sell the team option?

[Angels 1961]

Brad Ausmus

[AngelsFaninGA]

1 minute ago, Second Base said:

Managers are the most useless pieces of furniture on the planet. 

- Ted Williams

Given this timeless wisdom, I don't give a crap who is coaching. 

I'd say managers have some role in guiding the team through the highs and lows of the season. Our current staff has done an absolute shit job of it; Nevin's the parent that goes and yells at the teacher when his delinquent kid does something stupid at school. 

Scioscia was good at this. Even during the years when Callaspo was batting cleanup and guys like Nolasco, JC Ramirez, and Pineiro were pitching significant innings the team was better than it is now. 

[Dtwncbad]

13 minutes ago, Hubs said:

1) Scioscia managed Ohtani for one season, his rookie year, and he had Tommy John after that season. So, they didn't get to fully explore how to handle him.

2) Anyone who thinks he is done as a manager is not correct. He may not want to take a non-Los Angeles or Southern California job, seeing as he's spent the past 40+ years in SoCal. 

3) Moreno may look at the past 4 years and think, gee, maybe firing Scioscia wasn't the best idea.

(With Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen as background music)

I kind of liken all the Scioscia talk to those guys in their 40s and 50s that get drunk and start blabbering about how they could get back together with their old girlfriend in college, reminiscing about the good times and how great the sex was.

99% of the time it’s ridiculous because it either isn’t going to happen or it is a disaster trying. Yeah, there might be a rare case something like that works out but it’s minuscule.

And the point is the guys talking about it do not see the reality of the minuscule chances.  It’s kind of embarrassing absent some evidence of it actually happening.

Show me some actual evidence of the Angels and Scioscia having a mutual interest and then maybe we can take it seriously.

[Dtwncbad]

18 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Brad Ausmus

Yes for sure.  And they should sign him to a two-year contract today and then immediately trade before tomorrow’s deadline so they get something for him before he walks at the end of the contract.

[cals]

30 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Managers are the most useless pieces of furniture on the planet. 

- Ted Williams

Given this timeless wisdom, I don't give a crap who is coaching. 

I bet you never had a manager who got a mohawk to motivate his team, Ted. 

[Stradling]

Boche would be nice.  I wouldn’t be surprised if it is that guy from Houston that keeps getting interviewed but hasn’t gotten hired.

[Angel Oracle]

29 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

(With Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen as background music)

I kind of liken all the Scioscia talk to those guys in their 40s and 50s that get drunk and start blabbering about how they could get back together with their old girlfriend in college, reminiscing about the good times and how great the sex was.

99% of the time it’s ridiculous because it either isn’t going to happen or it is a disaster trying. Yeah, there might be a rare case something like that works out but it’s minuscule.

And the point is the guys talking about it do not see the reality of the minuscule chances.  It’s kind of embarrassing absent some evidence of it actually happening.

Show me some actual evidence of the Angels and Scioscia having a mutual interest and then maybe we can take it seriously.

Plus reunions don’t work out normally in MLB.   Time to move on

[cals]

8 minutes ago, Stradling said:

 I wouldn’t be surprised if it is that guy from Houston that keeps getting interviewed but hasn’t gotten hired.

I could see him turning this ragtag group into winners.

[Angel Oracle]

Just now, cals said:

I could see him turning the ragtag group into winners. 

Can he bring his kid with him?

I hear he swings a mean bat.

So what if he’s 60.

[cals]

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Can he bring his kid with him?

I hear he swings a mean bat.

So what if he’s 60.

[Jason]

4 minutes ago, cals said:

I could see him turning this ragtag group into winners.

Is that the Roslin Capital dude? 

[cals]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

Is that the Roslin Capital dude? 

That's Mike Leake, MF'er.

(Yeah it's also the guy from the commercial.)

[Dtwncbad]

Good coaching is good coaching.  Go for the best.

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Hubs said:

Who do we think? I'm in the Nevin has done an absolutely terrible job camp. I think Moreno pushes to rehire Scioscia.

Please stop with the Scioscia foolishness. Mike has made it quite clear he is never managing a team again. 

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Second Base said:

Managers are the most useless pieces of furniture on the planet. 

- Ted Williams

Given this timeless wisdom, I don't give a crap who is coaching. 

Ted was a useless piece of furniture when he managed the Washington Senators/Rangers. 

[Duren, Duren]

Someone like this is a likely candidate. 

[T.G.]

1 minute ago, Duren, Duren said:

Someone like this is a likely candidate. 

I had no idea AJ Pierzynski was that short.

[Duren, Duren]

Or maybe a committee of co managers like these. Nice way to choose a lineup. 

[Swordsman78]

The guy who started this thread just has an unknown agenda against Nevin.  Don't ask me why.   The OP has no alternatives, just wanted to put a thread out there to sit back with his popcorn and wait for dopes to bash Nevin.   So infantile.

Nevin is a players coach and probably cares more about winning than the majority on this forum.

 

[Duren, Duren]

And Arte can follow the precedent of Charles O Finley.

[T.G.]

8 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

The guy who started this thread just has an unknown agenda against Nevin.  Don't ask me why.   The OP has no alternatives, just wanted to put a thread out there to sit back with his popcorn and wait for dopes to bash Nevin.   So infantile.

Nevin is a players coach and probably cares more about winning than the majority on this forum.

 

@Hubs is a standup guy... he's not a troll.  If anyone is acting like a baby, it's you.  We know you LOVE Nevin...  but for FFS...

[Swordsman78]

1 minute ago, T.G. said:

@Hubs is a standup guy... he's not a troll.  If anyone is acting like a baby, it's you.  We know you LOVE Nevin...  but for FFS...

He may not be a troll, but the OP was.   It would be better received had he put forth pros and cons and provide his thought process.  Mebbe that's too much to ask tho.

[Angel Oracle]

16 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

The guy who started this thread just has an unknown agenda against Nevin.  Don't ask me why.   The OP has no alternatives, just wanted to put a thread out there to sit back with his popcorn and wait for dopes to bash Nevin.   So infantile.

Nevin is a players coach and probably cares more about winning than the majority on this forum.

 

Problem is, they are 16-30 since he took over.