Has Rocco lost the club house?

[USAFChief]

20 hours ago, Craig Arko said:

Kinda like chess on the one hand, and roulette on the other.

 Roulette is entirely random luck. There is zero skill, strategy or plan to be followed. 

MLB baseball is miles from that. Many, many miles. 

 

[CRF]

Yeah...I have no idea if he's absolutely really lost the clubhouse, but it looks that way. It looks like the players don't give a rats a** much of the time, even though they probably do. The body language and lack of hustle give it away. The players might be under performing, but they're not stupid. I'm 100% sure that they realize that some of the managers decisions are goofy as all hell. They have to be thinking...wtf is he doing here and why is he doing it? As I said, I don't know if he lost the clubhouse, but he sure lost me...like 5-6 years ago. Time for a new voice and decision maker in that position. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

After they got swept by Kansas City, IIRC, Rocco tried the tough love routine and took to writing on the white board. The team then came out even flatter and more lifeless than they were against the Royals and lost to one of the worst teams in baseball.

I agree that baseball doesn't necessarily have the same level of 'strategy' as you see in the other pro sports. See ball, hit ball. See ball, catch ball. I guess it could be that simple. But more than the other sports, I think you need to have a manager that can push the right buttons and get his team to respond. 162 games is a long season. There's going to be highs and lows. Good managers have the pulse of their team and the players respond in kind.

This team doesn't respond to Rocco. If they did, they wouldn't be in such a tailspin right now.