New Twins Manager

[darin617]

I don't want to see Molitor, Dougie or anyone who was employed by the Twins. The Twins claimed they were going to sign a manager very quickly and it should be obvious that it must be a bench coach or some other title on a current playoff team. That is the only thing that makes sense why a manager has not been names yet.

Also, why they are at it find a new everything else why you are at it. New GM, new scouts and a new owner would be nice but would not happen.

[ashbury]

I didn't memorize the press conference the day Gardy was fired, but I don't remember anything about the search being quick, nor could I find anything to that effect with a short bit of web searching now. 

 

Indeed, Ryan went to the trouble of saying the coaches' jobs were in limbo until a choice was made, something that wouldn't be the case if the process was going to be quick, they'd either be fired too or kept (on a case by case basis of course). 

[Kwak]

I didn't memorize the press conference the day Gardy was fired, but I don't remember anything about the search being quick, nor could I find anything to that effect with a short bit of web searching now. 

 

Indeed, Ryan went to the trouble of saying the coaches' jobs were in limbo until a choice was made, something that wouldn't be the case if the process was going to be quick, they'd either be fired too or kept (on a case by case basis of course). 

Don't the contracts run through December?  Since they must be paid anyway there isn't any need to "fire" them now.  By keeping them "employed", retaining anyone has less hassle, and they can get less-biased evaluations or anything close to productive.

[JB_Iowa]

Looks like this may take awhile -- especially if they interview candidates who are currently busy with the playoffs.

 

I favor a broad search and prefer someone not currently associated with the Twins. I'm happy to wait on who it is until we see all the candidates. And I think S D Buhr had a good blog entry the other day when he commented on the Twins job being one of the best out there thus far.

[ashbury]

Don't the contracts run through December?  Since they must be paid anyway there isn't any need to "fire" them now. 

You're right; after having been attentive to this distinction while reading others' posts I slipped up and mis-spoke. "Not offered to renew", rather than "fired".

 

II think my point remains the same, however. Ryan informed them that their status for 2015 is in limbo and gave his blessing if they want to look elsewhere rather than hold out false hope of a quick determination of their fates if they wish to stay.

[Paul Pleiss]

Gene Glynn should remain a strong candidate, came up in Rays organization and has done great work in AAA despite having roster poached by Twins. He's a good manager, and only recently joined twins team. He's an out of org guy who's already in. I like it.

[stringer bell]

Gene Glynn should remain a strong candidate, came up in Rays organization and has done great work in AAA despite having roster poached by Twins. He's a good manager, and only recently joined twins team. He's an out of org guy who's already in. I like it.

To some degree, I feel the same about Molitor and Steinbach. Molitor has been on the bench with the Twins for only this past year, while Steombach has been with the club for two. They closed their careers with the Twins, but spent the majority of their time with other teams.

[Paul Pleiss]

I like Gene over those two because he has dugout, not playing time, with other club