Dream Manager Candidates: Ozzie, Dougie Baseball . . .

[strumdatjaguar]

I know Falvine are never going to bring in another old-school manager.   But how fun it would be to have Ozzie and Gardie go at it again - Or Dougie bursting a gasket.  Until the interviews start, and the boring reality sets in, we can dream.  

[SF Twins Fan]

If the Twins picked Ozzie to be the manager I wouldn't ever watch a game again.

[Ben Noble]

 

I know Falvine are never going to bring in another old-school manager.   But how fun it would be to have Ozzie and Gardie go at it again - Or Dougie bursting a gasket.  Until the interviews start, and the boring reality sets in, we can dream.  

 

To each their own, but this is my personal nightmare 

[RatherBeGolfing]

Why?

[Vanimal46]

Falvine let Dougie baseball walk last year so that's a hard no.

 

Ozzie hasn't managed an MLB game in 6 years.

[Doomtints]

Top Candidates (from what I perceive to be the Twins perspective)

Jeff Banister - Has a 1.000 career batting average in the MLB. Two division titles in his three full years of managing. Turned the Rangers from 67-95 to division champs in one year. The Twins front office knows him, helped hire him in TX, share his ideas of numbers-solving-everything, and like him.

 

Charlie Montoyo - AAA managerial experience, Rays bench coach. Analytics-wired, likes trying new things (such as openers).

 

Consolation Prize Candidates

 

Hensley Muelens - One of the many finalists for the last Yankees managerial job on this list.

 

Joe Espada - Has a nice slice of coaching experience and is a good hitting coach.

 

Chris Woodward - He could fall to the Twins if the above names pass on managing in MN. People feel he will manage someday, but he might not be ready yet.

 

Rob Thomson - Why not. His name will come up in any managerial conversation for the next few years. If the Twins want to follow the Vikings and pick up the "Candidate in every conversation" and have their own Brad Childress, here he is.

[Lonestar]

Espada and Woodward are not available until their teams exit the post-season.  Will that affect the search?

[Lonestar]

FWIW, Muelens speaks Spanish -- as do Montoyo and Espada.

[Ben Noble]

I want a more-or-less fluently bilingual manager, doesn’t matter to me what culture or ethnicity they identify as. This seems like it should be a given for any MLB managerial position for the past, idk, quarter century. Communication is absolutely crucial to the role.

[Han Joelo]

Top Candidates (from what I perceive to be the Twins perspective)

 

Jeff Banister - Has a 1.000 career batting average in the MLB. Two division titles in his three full years of managing. Turned the Rangers from 67-95 to division champs in one year. The Twins front office knows him, helped hire him in TX, share his ideas of numbers-solving-everything, and like him.

 

Charlie Montoyo - AAA managerial experience, Rays bench coach. Analytics-wired, likes trying new things (such as openers).

 

Consolation Prize Candidates

 

Hensley Muelens - One of the many finalists for the last Yankees managerial job on this list.

 

Joe Espada - Has a nice slice of coaching experience and is a good hitting coach.

 

Chris Woodward - He could fall to the Twins if the above names pass on managing in MN. People feel he will manage someday, but he might not be ready yet.

 

Rob Thomson - Why not. His name will come up in any managerial conversation for the next few years. If the Twins want to follow the Vikings and pick up the "Candidate in every conversation" and have their own Brad Childress, here he is.

I think "Hensley Meulens" was the first time I ever had a name obsession. During my brief baseball card collecting phase, I had a whole page of his rookie cards. This was probably due more to his cool name than his statistical profile. Ah, those were simple times, when the Yankees had sucked so long I didn't even dislike them.

[jimmer]

If the Twins picked Ozzie to be the manager I wouldn't ever watch a game again.

I might join you in doing so.

[Thrylos]

 

 how fun it would be to have Ozzie and Gardie go at it again

 

Osbourne?

[Linus]

I want a more-or-less fluently bilingual manager, doesn’t matter to me what culture or ethnicity they identify as. This seems like it should be a given for any MLB managerial position for the past, idk, quarter century. Communication is absolutely crucial to the role.

I speak English and Norwegian, does that make me eligible?

[USAFChief]

 

I speak English and Norwegian, does that make me eligible?

Nei.

[David HK]

 

I speak English and Norwegian, does that make me eligible?

Ya, sure, you betcha.

[David HK]

 

I know Falvine are never going to bring in another old-school manager.   But how fun it would be to have Ozzie and Gardie go at it again - Or Dougie bursting a gasket.  Until the interviews start, and the boring reality sets in, we can dream.  

I'm lovin' that idea!  Lol's...

 

I would love to see Ozzie in the Twinks dugout, like he should have been 4 yrs ago.

 

I hate the Sox with an abiding passion bordering on lunacy, but 2 guys I would have loved to see on the Twinks side in those days were him and Buehrle. So bummed when he went to the BJ's after his Sox daze; I was disappointed the Twinks didn't make a play for him, so he could stick it to the Sox a few times per year. So get Ozzie in the dugout, and make Buehrle the pitching coach, and we're on our way!  

 

[Rosterman]

Joel Skinner.

 

[TheLeviathan]

David Kahn.

[David HK]

 

David Kahn.

Omg--  that spit take with my minestrone at lunch just now.....

 

How do you get beans out of your....?!?