April 22, 201511 yr That Jack Mckeon would take over as manager. On a serious note, how confident are we that Mckeon can operate the team at his age? I honestly have a gut feeling Red will be fired soon, even though I am one of the select few that doesn't place the majority of the blame on him. However, I am all in favor of an organization having new leadership when guys are just not mustering up confidence and productivity is stale, not only in baseball but in life. That being said, I don't think that the hothead from New York is necessarily the answer to our problems. I question the validity of his leadership style among the guys on our team and guys in the big leagues for that matter. It is hit or miss, his type "x" managing style could either bring out the best in our guys for an extra push, or make things 10 times worse than they already were. I have a hard time seeing guys like Stanton responding well to that type of management and could see it playing out like Hanley and Freddy Gonzales. Who do you think would be the best fit? Wally? Redmond? Mckeon?
April 22, 201511 yr Moments like these always bring out the worst kind of people to the board. Shut up you wank pheasant. Respectfully.
April 22, 201511 yr If the options were Redmond, Backman, or McKeon, I'd honestly say Redmond and he's made me punch a wall several times as it is. I said this last night... the majority of this team played damn well under Redmond over the last two seasons. I highly doubt they're suddenly playing poorly because of Redmond. Or at least to the degree that replacing Redmond will suddenly lead to instant success. It just makes zero sense even if you think Redmond is horrendous.
April 22, 201511 yr It must be nice to be a fan of a team that uses statistics in its scouting and not strict name recognition and past results. That being said, with the players this team has, the best manager in the world would probably have this team at 5-9 or so. Redmond is an awful manager, one of the worst I have ever seen, but he is not the reason the team has won three of fourteen games.
April 22, 201511 yr I pray to almighty God they don't hire McKeon. If they do fire Red, I'll be praying the complete opposite.
April 22, 201511 yr don't count out Butler. Doesn't seem like thats how he would want to get this job, but his minor league record is impressive
April 22, 201511 yr You can't seriously want an 84 year old to be manager?! He knows more about in game management than Redmond does, so yes.
April 22, 201511 yr He knows more about in game management than Redmond does, so yes. Not going to be a long term solution though.
April 22, 201511 yr No, but in the meantime I'd much rather have McKeon calling the shots over Redmond.
April 22, 201511 yr hiring mckeon will just further prove that loria is hoping to rekindle 2003 even though its nearly if not completely impossible for various reasons.
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