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JeffH

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #300 on: October 13, 2019, 08:36:32 pm »
The Cubs will choose the wrong manager.  Making bad decisions is what they do.

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« Reply #301 on: October 13, 2019, 10:45:08 pm »
2. I'm guessing front office is fine providing the analytics, sending them down, and let the manager apply and implement.

I think this is going to play a huge part of it. The manager has to understand it and then he and the coaching staff have to be able to take it and present it to the players in a way that it will be useful to them. The approach to Hendricks and Lester are likely to be vastly different. Hottvoy is supposed to be really amazing at this. I almost think having some front office experience is more important than the actual coaching experience. I also think it is hard to interview for because the coaches going in are going to know this is important.

Game decisions, setting up spring training, those can all be helped with having some veteran coaches. The team culture is also going to tricky. I think it exists and is important, but it is also hard to define. Some times it really seems that the team is doing well the culture is great. When the team isn’t going well the culture is bad. I think the coaching staff can help some here, but a lot of it is going to come from the players.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #302 on: October 13, 2019, 11:13:17 pm »
The Cubs will choose the wrong manager.  Making bad decisions is what they do.

Falls short of exasperated hyperbole.

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« Reply #303 on: October 13, 2019, 11:49:47 pm »
I am afraid that they'll hire Ross just because he's loved by Cub fans for some reason.

In that respect they'd just as well hire Sandberg.

My preference would be Girardi.

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« Reply #304 on: October 14, 2019, 10:40:43 am »
The Cubs are interviewing Joe Espada today according to Mark Feinsand.

To me, he’s the most interesting name on the Cubs list. He seems to be a good balance between a no experience guy like Ross and a very established guy like Girardi.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #305 on: October 14, 2019, 10:41:53 am »
And now all the beat writers are tweeting that Gabe Kapler will get an interview this week too.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #306 on: October 14, 2019, 10:44:21 am »
When did he leave Welcome Back Kotter?
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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #307 on: October 14, 2019, 11:13:03 am »
Espada on paper sounds really interesting.  Kapler is supposed to be a really bright guy as well.  The Phillies sure sound like a cluster from the front office on down so that might have been an issue is his failure their as well.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #308 on: October 14, 2019, 12:04:58 pm »
These all seem like quality people, but I'm not sure I see the right fit yet. 
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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #309 on: October 14, 2019, 12:56:57 pm »
Gabe Kapler?  Holy crap, that’d easily be the worst decision we could make.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #310 on: October 14, 2019, 01:18:09 pm »
These all seem like quality people, but I'm not sure I see the right fit yet. 

Curious what you are looking for.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #311 on: October 14, 2019, 01:19:49 pm »
Someone more like me.
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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #312 on: October 14, 2019, 01:49:40 pm »
Someone more like me.

Morris Buttermaker?

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Re: Cubs in '20
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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #314 on: October 14, 2019, 03:16:20 pm »
Gabe Kapler?  Holy crap, that’d easily be the worst decision we could make.

What was wrong with Kapler, actually?  Other than that he didn't have enough excellent players? 

I have no idea.  Bad with people?  Bad strategist?  Bad with bullpen?  vets only, no kids?  I have no idea....  I admit I wouldn't mind having somebody who was really smart.  (I don't know if he is, but just hypothetically.)  To some degree, Maddon has been; but I'm not sure either of Sveum or Renteria was particularly intellectual.  Ross might be smart in a practical way, but he's not exactly unusually smart either, I don't think.  (Base on his book, at least.) 

Whatever, glad it's not my hire!