How "Different" Is Paul Molitor?

I think you're wasting your breath, Nick. For some people, anyone who can accurately spell "Twins" would be considered too much of an insider and should not be considered for the manager position.

I have come around to Molitor over Dougie, and I think the Twins are headed that way. Promoting Dougie to AA might be enough for him to accept staying in the org for a couple years as a backup plan if Molitor doesn't work out for 2 years. I really like the idea that Molitor is really an outsider on the inside.

I'm thinking that not hiring a manager to serve 10+ years is a good thing.  Molitor's age and background strongly imply that he wouldn't be around 10 years fom now in any circumstance.  If breaking the "job for life" system is a consequence of selecting Molitor--I'm for that.  Fresh is good:  A fresh set of eyes, opinions, evaluations, philosophies, strategies,etc., keeps everyone on their toes.

Am I the only one who recalls some lurid revelations about Molitor's off-field life?  Haven't seen anything about that in these last months, but at the time it came out, I thought it was pretty damning and pretty much a disqualifier.  But, maybe I'm wrong.  The more tabloidy stuff all runs together at a certain point.

Cocain...nose clean...bwwwwaaaaahhhhaaaaahhaaa

I would be okay with Molitor, but still think Doug would be the better choice.  The only reason why I think that he has worked day to day with many of the new top guys over the last couple of years and knows them better than anyone.  Also, he will be a blast to watch, when he fights the other manager, or will find that rights spot to sit on the floor of the dugout because it is lucky. 

If Molitor does get it over Doug I hope they bring Doug in to be a bench coach or base coach for the team.  I think Molitor will be a nice change.  From what I have heard it was him who started to get the 1980's style manager of Gardy to wake up and learn it was 2014.  I think Molitor will use all the new stats and be much more of a Joe Madden type manager who can get the most out of players and not just follow the old rules of baseball, like always need opposite handed hitters for best match ups. 

I think Molitor will get the job though, but I will expect much more platooning and a lot more running as well. 

I don't care if they hire from outside the organization or inside the organization.  I would not have cared if they had been the first team to fill their managerial opening and I won't care if they are the last.  The only thing I care about is that the choice they make is the right one as validated by sustained success on the field.  If the choice is Molitor, I'm OK with that.  But if it is Molitor, please don't rationalize the choice with any statements that includes the phrase "He's a Hall of Famer."  The entire list guys who have won a World Series ring as a manager AFTER being enshrined in Cooperstown as a player includes-NOBODY.  It's never been done.  So please don't use it as a selling point.

He's a Paul. I'm a Paul. Hire him, Hire me. I don't care, just hire somebody already! jeesh!

The Twins don't want to hire a manager for just a season or two, yet they might, and that might be the reason to have Molitor.

Almost like looking at the major league roster, the Twins don't have a lot of immediate spur-of-the-moment contingencies for replacements is something happens to someone. They tend to play safe grooming people for jobs. That is one reason they fill their minor league rosters with free agents, who can step into the majors if the call came, instead of pushing forward a prospect, more often than not.

Who would the Twins bring in if they needed a new president. Would they pay $35 million to bring in someone from outside? Are they totally grooming Anthony to be the next GM, or is Krivinsky the man to go to for short-term? If they bring in someone from outside, what happens to the field staff.

I found it interesting that Ryan wants a say in coaches. How do you hire a coach? Which ones are the msot valuable to be on the same track as the manager? Molitor was a coach under Gardy, but he was an add-on to offer a different perspective than the majority of the other guys, some just doing their jobs like Cuellar, Steinbach, holdovers Ullger and Vavra) and some bring new insight, Bruno.

Would I want to be Moltitor and told we want Mienkiewicz up, kinda a manager in training, as it seems you may not want this job for a decade? No more so than hiring Dougie and having Jake Mauer on staff as a manager in training. 

Both Molitor, and especially Mientkiewicz, have worked with more than enough players, even had passing professional relationships with many, that they should be able to cull together a wonderful team...an extension of themselves, not just an extension of management of the organization.

Man, if the Twins went outside and had 6 coaches that have never been a Twins uniform. They would panic. If the team loses again next season, they would never ever do that again (that we suspect). Better to play it safe.

But still, what happens if we get a new general manager.

What happens if we get a new president.

What happens if the Saints outdraw the Twins in real people in the stands?

I agree with this. I think he'd be a good 2-4 year guy. Maybe Mientkiewicz goes to AA in 2015 and becomes a bench coach in 2016 and takes over as manager in 2017-2018. Might be a nice progression. 

But you also run the risk of someone else gabbing Dougie for a spot if you wait too long, too. But, we also have the Jake Mauer factor to consider down the road, too.

I like Mientkiewicz but I don't see him as some kind of "top prospect" as a manager that you worry about "blocking" him and risk losing him to another organization. Not based on 2 Class A seasons in which he had rosters that were flat out loaded.