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  1. TheLeviathan
    Chief said I'm ignoring evidence about managers. I asked him to post evidence about what makes Molitor a bad manager. I also posted an article suggesting such evidence is nearly impossible to find/quantify. Everyone is welcome to feel like they approve of Molitor or don't. It's like who you choose to like/dislike as a player. Everyone has their preferences. Where it gets silly is when any of you think you have some quantifiable, evidence based reason for it. I might as well start a thread about how "likable" Fernando Rodney is. That's what these threads ultimately break down to. There is no real evidence for anyone's position, just personal preferences.
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    That jas to be one of the worst defensive outfields ever attempted.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Everyone should enjoy Deadpool 2.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Please, post hard evidence. I have yet to see any.....pro or con. As the article I posted shows, it sorta doesn't exist.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Except you are fuming about pushback when there is a "why" suggested. People are saying he is lazy and just doesn't care. That is a "why" answer. People struggle with weight for many reasons, I doubt you'd go down the street pointing at every overweight person and concluding "lazy!"...."doesn't care!" We can be critical and hold him to account without attacking his character. The phrasing is simple: "We need Sano to be less lazy and care about helping us" vs. "We need Sano to address what is holding him back so he can help the team" The former is a personal attack. The latter is totally fair.
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    The article literally tells us to ignore the time when the team played well under Molitor. And literally ignores how the D-backs played in May. The prior thread brought out such ground-breaking evidence as "He's not Tom Kelly" You know, the guy who couldn't finish .500 for a decade. The truth is - there isn't much evidence. It's all feelings, largely about middle managers. You're entitled to your feelings,but pretending you have anything resembling concrete evidence is a fantasy.
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    It would make more sense. Let me summarize every future manager thread: I like manager: Every time we play well: "he's awesome! All to his credit" When we don't play well: "Fill in excuse here" I don't like manager: Every time we play well: "yeah but he got lucky, his players are the ones who get credit", When we play poorly: "He sucks, it's his fault" Pretty much exactly what this article produced too. Even managed to do it about another team's manager in the same article! At some point when nobody can come up with a good argument for their position, maybe it's not a topic worth talking about.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Perhaps if the arguments sounded more like this....you'd be seeing less push back. Instead it's "He didn't do what his employer needed him too because he clearly didn't care about it" When that last part is added on, that's when you've ventured into much murkier water. Basically from fair criticism to wild speculation. The Twins are concerned, but what their specific concerns are have been kept pretty quiet. Which is how it should be so they avoid giving more fodder to people who want to attack Sano. Last year Sano was an All-Star. He overcame Tommy John surgery ahead of schedule. He overcame the death of a child and played baseball through it. He excelled playing through the minors. If he "didn't care" and was "lazy" - he'd have never made it to the expectations we hold him to. Perhaps you should consider all those factors as well when you are making assumptions about his character because of his struggles.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Baseball still holds on to a lot of traditions and the new wave of FO types are only beginning to settle in. I think a revolutionary approach to the dugout is only a matter of time. You'll still need a go-between of sorts and a person who coordinates the baseball specialists (hitting, fielding,pitching, etc.), but I believe we'll see major changes in what skill set is asked for that role. It'll be less about a baseball strategist and more about being a people strategist.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I did as well and I agree with your first paragraph. Unfortunately, we have very little way of knowing how good he is at that. I do also want to say to Mike's point, that managerial experience is a major factor. Even in a changing baseball world with a de-emphasis on the old-school thinking, managing people is a skill precious few people are really good at. Some level of experience at it in lower levels should be a prerequisite.
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    No, the stats guy won't do those things, but as you say there are other guys who might be able to do that. I don't know how the changes will ultimately look, but I do think they're coming. And part of that is the realization that managers aren't as significant as we've thought. (They were probably always less significant than we thought, but the gap is growing IMO)
  12. TheLeviathan
    How many decisions do you think Molitor, or some other analytics manager, makes during the course of any game that couldn't just easily be handled by a statistician? Or someone who can read a flow-chart for decision making? I think there will still be a "manager" but it will look nothing like it does now. If this was the year 2000 and I told you nearly every FO in baseball was going to be constituted as it is today, I'd have been laughed off as a heretic. It's coming to the dugout, it already is.
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    Well, I also consider NHL coaches in the same boat. Sports are becoming more and more about data and talent. If you have the best data and some of the best talent - you'll win. Pretty much regardless of your manager. If you don't, you won't. And since baseball is so driven by individual player matchups (unlike the NFL, NBA, and NHL) it reduces the impact of coaching in the moment. Comparing that to your average office building seems to have any number of major flaws.
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    I would assume it's not all that different than how things are worked out regarding the hitting, pitching, bench, bullpen, and whatever other coaching titles there are. I do think you still need a point man, but I think the skill set for that person has changed a lot. Not unlike the change we've seen in FOs by the way. The idea that every FO in baseball would be packed with Stanford stat nerds and not old Terry Ryan-type scouts would've been foreign to baseball even 10-15 years ago. I think the manager position meets the same fate eventually.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Wouldn't we be better off eliminating the manager position and just hiring 3-4 people who are experts at all of those jobs instead? It seems to me we still hire "baseball people" for a job that really has very little anymore to do with what happens no the field.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I will take the manager job. You can pay me 150k and I can promise to be +/- 3 wins from anyone else you hire. I'll also stay true to the time honored traditions of sitting around in my pajamas all day, I know how to use a rotary phone, and I will promise to use snazzy analytics terms while also saying things like "fundamentals", "that's how we played back in my day", and "eye for an eye" if that makes you old-timers feel warm and fuzzy. Oh, and if I don't already have the job, I promise anyone related to Nick Punto will never make our team.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Here is the goal for selling: Trade your human who plays baseball and you won't have for more than a few months for another human that plays baseball and you might be able to keep longer. That's it, that's the bar to meet for me. Don't sit on your hands. Don't trade them for cash. Get young baseball playing people - any really, I won't be picky - and I'll call the deadline a win.
  18. TheLeviathan
    You don't know any of this. This is the kind of post about Sano that really bothers me. Buxton too. You know nothing about them as young men, what they think, what they care about, and how they work. Criticizing them as people like that is quite reprehensible IMO.
  19. TheLeviathan
    We're efficient at blundering opportunities though!
  20. TheLeviathan
    I feel like we have a wave of TV writing that is trying too hard to be clever. The time jumping back and forth really hurt Westworld IMO. A more straight line narrative this season would've been far better for all involved.
  21. TheLeviathan
    The best thing to happen to Kohl Stewart was the firing of Terry Ryan and his organizational approach. Hopefully these guys can salvage this kid.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, I'd skip season 2. Terrible pacing, plotting, and an absolute mess of a narrative in the finale.
  23. TheLeviathan
    My wife and I are considering The Expanse as our next show to binge/get into. Anyone have a thought on it? (Westworld and Legion were both drop-offs, so we need something good)
  24. TheLeviathan
    It's over. Time to start rooting for trade value.
  25. TheLeviathan
    That lineup....good lord.
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