Anyone else think Sosh is toast

[YouthofToday]

I don't understand this infatuation with Erstad as a managerial candidate. Is he a good tactical manager? Is he obsessed with bunts and not striking out > plate discipline?

Just because the dude is/was gritty, had an abundance if willingness to win, the courage to compete and the passion to fight for what is right doesn't mean he can lead a bunch of decrepit 30 year nearly billionaire ball players and young players.

My ideal choice would be to clone Earl Weaver.

[stormngt]

WOW  what an original thread!

[stormngt]

Anyone else think this topic has been beaten to death since April?

 

 

You mean since April 2011?

[stormngt]

Why wait?

uh.....because you would have to pay someone to do something that Scioscia is already getting paid to do.

 

Yes, monopoly money works all the time!

[yk9001]

[Jason]

Mmmmm Toast!!!

 

[Glen]

The Padres picked up the option on Bud Black for the next two years.  Quit dreaming about him.

[Amazing Larry]

I love lists like this... where do you people come up with this stuff?

 

Kevin Kennedy - OH HELL NO!

Tim Salmon - No managing experience

Rod Carew - No managing experience and too old

David Eckstein - No managing experience

Darren Erstad - Only college experience, my personal opinion is please do not bring him in.

Any person who is not a jaded Angels fan would laugh his ass off at this list.

[Glen]

...or maybe David Byrne

 

 

 

 

Well, we do need to burn down this house and many of us are asking "my god, how did we get here?"

[Amazing Larry]

The Padres picked up the option on Bud Black for the next two years.  Quit dreaming about him.

From what I understand Black and Scioscia are still on good terms so why would Black want to take Scioscia's job from him? In the baseball world that's a not so subtle FU and I don't see it happening.

[eligrba]

Why would Scioscia need to be fired?  Why can't he be promoted or traded to the large number of teams lined up at the door for his services?  I think Arte can remove Scioscia without eating any $$, not that it would matter.

[Brandon]

If we are throwing old Angels players around let me add:

Rene Gonzales

Jeff DaVannon

George Arias

Matt Walbeck

Tony Phillips

[Amazing Larry]

Too bad Bo Belinski isn't still around. The Angels might never win a ballgame but at least everyone would be getting laid.

[Glen]

If we are throwing old Angels players around let me add:

Rene Gonzales

Jeff DaVannon

George Arias

Matt Walbeck

Tony Phillips

 

 

Screw all of them, get Brad Fullmer.  Anger and HGH will restore this team to glory.

[eligrba]

Tony LaRussa-just wait.......

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Tony LaRussa-just wait.......

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/La-Russa-says-he-is-not-next-Angels-manager-041713

[eligrba]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/La-Russa-says-he-is-not-next-Angels-manager-041713

That was April 18th.

[Jay]

Well, we do need to burn down this house and many of us are asking "my god, how did we get here?"

 

And there are a lot of little babies who stay up late and drink from the bottle.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

That was April 18th.

No kidding. Do you honestly think his stance has changed in the last 4 months? 

[Troll Daddy]

Phil Jackson ... It could work

[eligrba]

No kidding. Do you honestly think his stance has changed in the last 4 months? 

I think that many things have changed in the last 4 months.  I am only speculating but it has the potential to become real.

 

Arte's $$ + Tony's ego + Albert Pujols + Mike Trout = very tempting opportunity to reassert LaRussa's legacy.

 

Only spitballing with the rest of the folks.  I am not sure if LaRussa fits with DiPoto's plans but he is out there.

[Troll Daddy]

Dipoto has a plan? Sure like to know what it is.

[Jay]

Dipoto is the most expendable guy in MLB

[Angel Oracle]

How many are confident that with a healthy team, plus one new starter and one new closer, that Scioscia/Butcher can have this team back to playing well over .500 baseball?   I'm not.

 

And don't say the talent isn't there.    Is their a lot of talent in Cleveland?   Yet they are 11 games over .500.

 

LaRussa (age 69 during the 2014 season) wouldn't be the first around 70 year-old to succeed in a short term as manager.

Jack McKeon won a WS for the Fish in 2003 at age 71. 

 

Also, couldn't he be intrigued by becoming the first manager to take four different teams to the post-season (ChiSox, A'ths, Cards)?

[Jay]

I'm sure many of you saw the interview with Sandy Alomar Jr. (CLE bench coach) on Angels Live the other night.  Seems pretty solid, former catcher, bilingual, he would make a nice candidate IMO.