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It's stupid and sexist. It's not offensive to me cuz I don't have a period. Sometimes I think you all haven't mentally aged beyond the age of 14.

It would be challenging for a woman to manage a team of men, but I have no problem with a female manager. Those of you making period jokes or what not are ridiculous. If she's the best person for the job, then she should be the candidate. Nothing says you have to have a penis to manage a major league club. If there were a woman who wanted to play 2nd base and could field, and hit like a major league player, there would be no issues from me there either. If she won the job, then let her play. Baseball is not a contact sport, so it's fine.

The Angels will hire a manager before Free Agency. Once this round of the playoffs are over, they are allowed to start interviews with playoff teams, if they decided to interview someone still remaining in the playoffs. Plus there will only be 4 teams left. Then, they need a gameplan on how the next three years will look. 2024, If they resign Ohtani, they will undoubtably try to compete. They need to grab another starter then, to go along with Sandoval, Canning, and Detmers. Anderson as they alluded, may be sent out, and they have Suarez ticketed for the pen. So even if Silseth goes to the 5th spot, will they still go with 6? XX, Detmers, Anderson, Sandoval, Canning, Silseth? Not much depth there if they go with 6. They have to improve the pen. Estevez, XX, XX, Joyce, Soriano, Bachman, and Wantz maybe? They need at least one infielder to go along with Rendon, Rengifo, Neto, Drury, and Schanuel. Maybe it's Fletcher, and Velazquez needs to stay gone. They need an outfielder unless they feel confident with Trout, Adell, Moniak, and Ward. They are probably good at Catcher with O'Hoppe and Thaiss. Maybe they bring in a 3rd if they feel confident using Thaiss sometimes at 1st, but he's a catcher now, right? They do not have a DH if they do not resign Ohtani, and even if you may see a heavy dose of Trout and Rendon there, they will still need another hitter if they don't resign Ohtani. They are allowed 13 pitchers, and they've had Ohtani as #14 for the past few years. So with 6 starters, they only have a 7 man pen, and 13 hitters. SO DH (or Ohtani), 4 x OF, 6 x INF, 2 x C. This doesn't seem to be a playoff team, so maybe they will shake it up with some trades. for 2025, Most of the same crew could be brought back, but pitching could be different. Estevez and Drury are free agents among others. 2026, Rendon is likely cut if still not healthy or performing and they will have a lot of arb eligibles, so... Gotta put a game plan in place for three years and sell Ohtani on it. Otherwise, they will have to shake it up.

Everyone loved her husband and then he died under semi-suspicious circumstances and she took the Rams and moved them to her home town. I am a 49ers fan because my dad hated her… and raised me as a 49er fan.

makes me realize even more how badly the Angels have been run. I am usually an optimist with the Angels and other than Nevin, who I felt was unqualified and undeserving when Maddon was fired, I've been pretty positive with most moves. I liked Perry at first, but I didn't like Perry after Joe's book came out which detailed overreaching and infighting and there has been a lot of drama in the Angels organization over the past 7-8 seasons.... But back to the NFL comparison... Arte is John York. A good businessman that has no idea how to run a professional sports team. He hired some bad coaches and bad executives over his two decades of control, As a 49ers fan, when Eddie D owned the team John McVay and Carmen Policy were the GM's and Bill Walsh and George Seifert were the coaches the 49ers were riding high. 5 Super Bowl wins in 14 seasons from 1981-1995. With the advent of the salary cap era in 1993 (and free agency) it was a bit harder to build a consistent winner. But they did great until Eddie DeBartolo was caught up in a bribery scandal (he was not ever charged with bribery), but he ceded control of his shares of the team to his sister and her husband in 2000. After Walsh and Seifert, the 49ers had hit a bit of rough patch with Steve Mariucci as coach and McVay had retired and Policy left for the expansion Browns, (His partnership with 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo ended in the late 1990s due to "mistrust and front-office power plays" -- sound familiar?) Suddenly the 49ers, who had been the best run organization in the sport, were in turmoil. Then 12 seasons passed. with multiple GM's and head coaches, from Dennis Erickson to Mike Nolan to Mike Singletary and the 49ers made the playoffs once. Then they hired Jim Harbaugh and Trent Baalke was promoted and the team went though a short-lived period of success, until they were fighting near constantly and the locker room was fractured, they fired Harbaugh and hired two more one and done coaches desperately seeking to recapture their short lived success. The locker room and organization were not stable and then Baalke was fired along with their 2-14 Head Coach Chip Kelly... York's son, Jed had been given defacto control of the team, but they were known to have a dysfunctional front office and they leaked and it wasn't a well run team under Baalke. They fixed it with a pair of moves, before the 2017 season. They were looking for a new GM to pair with presumed head coach in waiting Kyle Shanahan. John Lynch had been on the Fox crew for the Atlanta-Seattle Divisional game in 2016-7 playoffs. He was impressed with Shanahan's play calling and had of course played in Denver for his Dad. According to this article from 49erswebzone.com, "One day, something compelled Lynch to call Shanahan. The offensive coordinator shared that he was trying to find the right person to work with and serve as San Francisco's new general manager. Shanahan was having difficulty finding the right fit." "Without hesitation, I said, 'Well, what about me?'" Lynch commented" (https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/147321-john-lynch-shares-story-what-drew-49ers-shanahan/) And they eventually hired him, giving him a 6 year contract, and Shanahan's contract matched that length. They were in it together. And they worked with new owner and heir, Jed York, in concert and with his approval and blessing. Supposedly Lynch told York during his interview, that if it got leaked before they agreed on anything that he was considering this, he would turn down the job. In the 6 years since, the 49ers have built a powerhouse, there have been some ups and downs, but they remain in lockstep and the team is built to be a Super Bowl contender year after year. The Angels need the same thing. They need their owner, whether it's Arte or someone else, to hire a guy to run things and stay out of the way. They need a manager who works with the GM in lockstep, as a team, and they need to build a world class organization. If they do that, perhaps they will have the success the 49ers have had recently. If not..

Wow, I actually agree with Swordsman.

Wonder if Perry is gonna be next.

My thoughts: Griffin Canning (4.075): $2.5MM -- TENDER Brett Phillips (4.060): $1.4MM -- Non-Tender Luis Rengifo (4.043): $4.2MM -- TENDER, maybe Trade Jaime Barria (4.035): $1.5MM -- Non-Tender Chad Wallach (4.018): $1.1MM -- Non Tender unless you have Stassi retire. Taylor Ward (3.164): $4.5MM -- TENDER Patrick Sandoval (3.149): $5MM -- TENDER, maybe Trade Jared Walsh (3.114): $2.7MM -- Non-Tender, hope to resign to minor league deal Jose Suarez (3.084): $1.1MM -- Maybe Tender, but he's a reliever now. Jose Quijada (3.046): $1MM -- Out for most of 2024, so???

@Jeff Fletcher posted the arb eligible players and the MLBTR predictions on twitter. Here they are: Angels (10) Griffin Canning (4.075): $2.5MM Brett Phillips (4.060): $1.4MM Luis Rengifo (4.043): $4.2MM Jaime Barria (4.035): $1.5MM Chad Wallach (4.018): $1.1MM Taylor Ward (3.164): $4.5MM Patrick Sandoval (3.149): $5MM Jared Walsh (3.114): $2.7MM Jose Suarez (3.084): $1.1MM Jose Quijada (3.046): $1MM https://www.mlbtraderumors.com

But you criticize the way anyone expresses their opinion if you don't agree?

After defending Maddon yesterday (except I agreed on his wacky defensive alignments) and calling out Perry, I suppose I am in the minority. Just to be sure I am not against the grain in the future, we don't like: Arte Carpino Maddon Wise Roger Lodge and do Like Minasian (still don't understand why, except he's drafted well) Bullpen Matrixes Analytics being the only thing to use to manage games Gil And are ambivalent about Thames Nevin Just checking...

Post hoc Ergo Propter Hoc!

Ok. I accept this. I just see a first time GM with three poor years wanting a scape goat and a lot of posters who want to believe him. I see a three time manager of the year and a lifer coach who came up with the Angels saying he overreached and overstepped. I see other things being reported and other moves that make me think this was all true. Bottom line is results. Eppler and Minasian havent gotten results. Neither has Scioscia in his last three years, Ausmus in his one, Maddon in his two and a half, or Nevin in his 1 and half. I don't think keeping Minasian is the right move. Hiring a new GM who hires his own Manager is the way to go. The organization badly needs new blood, and it's why I've been harping for a new President of Baseball Ops / Part owner to let Moreno fade into the background where he'd much rather be. They need to reinvest in so many areas from staff and analytics to coaching to equipment and travel and nutrition, and media savvy, and the spring training contract, all while maintaining a top 10 payroll and somehow building a new stadium. People all seem to dislike Arte, and while I've always been ambivalent about him, I do think it's Time for new blood. I hope he sells, and the new owner brings in an entirely new team.

Perry?

You're showing your bias here as someone who wants to think Maddon's full of shit and Minasian is telling the truth. I am showing mine saying that Minasian is full of shit and I believe Maddon.

I mean, he doesn't get into defensive alignments in the book. And I agree, his defensive alignments sucked with the Shift etc. But it does talk about Bullpen Matrixes and Minasian having a locker in the locker room. I think it was personality more than analytics.

Great ep guys.

Oh and as far as defense, I agree, the defense has been shit since Scioscia left.

This is exactly how I feel, what are we arguing about?

I mean, ya? It's really a post hoc ergo propter hoc argument either way. You say early bullpen usage tired the BP out, and they had a matrix, so either manager had the same resources. Injuries obviously affected who was playing, I just think they are a convenient excuse for the Maddon haters and Minasian fans. I understand that most on here like Minasian and don't like Maddon and a lot didn't like Scioscia in the end. But the worst Angels teams I've personally seen coached were by Terry Collins, Brad Ausmus, and Phil Nevin.

They won this game.

It's funny, this is what I think of Minasian. I'm sorry but why does he have a locker?

Maddon was hired in 2019. By Eppler. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi447Petd2BAxUSMUQIHdYmBMUQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fsports%2Fangels%2Fstory%2F2019-10-16%2Fangels-hire-joe-maddon-manager-mike-trout-billy-eppler&usg=AOvVaw2pCpM4mw4lPb3ZuflbLn71&opi=89978449 Minasian was hired in 2020. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj9nvTmtd2BAxWnO0QIHcl6C_4QFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fmlb%2Fnews%2Flos-angeles-angels-hire-perry-minasian-as-new-general-manager%2F&usg=AOvVaw1y15Bnb_prGEt6wSpiNYof&opi=89978449

No Terry Collins sucks. And remember, Maddon was here before Minaisan.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/10/06/joe-maddon-tom-verducci-book-excerpt In case you want to read from Maddon's POV.