Who will be canned first?

[Reade]

I think if the Yankees are struggling at the All Star break, you could find Joe Girardi on the hotseat.

I was thinking the same thing

[dps]

Acta is the obvious candidate, but the Nationals are so badly run, who can say what they'll do?

[TheNamelessPoet]

Well... Oakland's manager you never know... they pumped a bunch of $$$ into the team this year and traded a bunch of players to get Holliday too... if they are faltering in june/july I can see it.

other canidates, Cleveland I think, maybe Detroit?

[ragecage]

Well... Oakland's manager you never know... they pumped a bunch of $$$ into the team this year and traded a bunch of players to get Holliday too... if they are faltering in june/july I can see it.

other canidates, Cleveland I think, maybe Detroit?

I disagree with you on Oakland, we typical get off to a slow start, so hes probably safe.

[200tang]

I disagree with you on Oakland, we typical get off to a slow start, so hes probably safe.

I agree with rage too. Even if the offense isn't as good as they had hoped I don't think they'll blame it on the manager, which they shouldn't. Oakland is one of the better run franchises.

[TheNamelessPoet]

Yea thats true... I forget they usualy start off slow. I Think they may be one of the best run franchises in the Majors, top 5 anyway.

Plus, they ahve nice uniforms

[ragecage]

Yea thats true... I forget they usualy start off slow. I Think they may be one of the best run franchises in the Majors, top 5 anyway.

Plus, they ahve nice uniforms

awww shucks.

[TheNamelessPoet]

BTW rage... I took this at the hall... a BEAUT of a jersy both of them

[ragecage]

Oh now your just mocking me. I love the pic

[michaelg123789]

I bet it's the Royals guy.

[gRYFYN1]

I bet it's the Royals guy.

Proabaly not. the Royals will be decent this year despite him. And with expectation perennially low in KC people will mistake it for him doing a good job.

[Jeffy25]

Proabaly not. the Royals will be decent this year despite him. And with expectation perennially low in KC people will mistake it for him doing a good job.

but he isn't....and management has to know that

[HoustonGM]

but he isn't....and management has to know that

That's what you'd think...

Unfortunately, it's rarely ever been that way with managers. Their success and failure depends entirely on the way the team they're managing is playing. If the team is doing okay, the bad moves of the manager will be rationalized or swept under the rug, even if he's making a ton of them and no corresponding good moves. If a team is doing horribly, the manager will be scapegoated, even if he has little or nothing to do with the poor performance.

[Jeffy25]

That's what you'd think...

Unfortunately, it's rarely ever been that way with managers. Their success and failure depends entirely on the way the team they're managing is playing. If the team is doing okay, the bad moves of the manager will be rationalized or swept under the rug, even if he's making a ton of them and no corresponding good moves. If a team is doing horribly, the manager will be scapegoated, even if he has little or nothing to do with the poor performance.

thus a problem, acta does a few things that I question, but I don't see the Nationals failure due to him, if the Royals do fail, it can easily be associated with the mistakes of Mr. Hillman. If I was the Royals GM, I would be thinking long and hard about everything that is going on and see if the reality is, is this team better off without him? i am sure there are internal things we just don't know about though.

[Jeffy25]

long and hard

that's what she said