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  1. Woof Bronzer
    "Everything is going to be great" articles or comments are hard for me to take. I guess we're in a stalemate. Why not try not to police what others think?
  2. Woof Bronzer
    I can't imagine those 3 having any interest in meeting every afternoon with Derek Falvey to hear how long today's pitcher should go.
  3. Woof Bronzer
    There are 30 MLB manager jobs on earth. The Twins tend to extend their managers a fair amount of leash, and they've been pretty clear that the next couple years will have nothing to do with trying to win so there won't be a demand for results. And there is absolutely zero media pressure in this market (did any journalist in town ever actually suggest Baldelli should go?). It's actually a pretty good gig if you set aside the Pohlad/Falvey stuff. Plenty of talented people will be interested.
  4. Woof Bronzer
    My eyes tend to glaze over anything Falvey says so I missed this originally...yikes. "Thinning the pool" is another way of saying "the process of hiring someone." It's much better to just not put much stock into what he says publicly. Who he hires will tell the story.
  5. Woof Bronzer
    They made the World Series in 2015, is that a big enough window?
  6. Woof Bronzer
    Does he hit well enough to play 3rd though?
  7. Woof Bronzer
    Yeah but did you know his dad was a coach?
  8. Woof Bronzer
    Interesting - for all the chatter around here about the role of a manager, it seems like Falvey believes that player development is indeed part of the manager's job.
  9. Woof Bronzer
    This is exactly the kind of guy I thought they'd hire: cheap, hungry, no experience, someone who will be thrilled to have a managing job but doesn't have his own philosophy or strategies so he'll be more than happy to let Falvey drive. I'm less interested in the actual hire but in what the hire says about Falvey's approach. Has he truly learned that his approach hasn't worked, and is willing to change course like he claims? Is he truly willing to hire a different voice, someone who might challenge him? Or is he just going to hire Rocco 2.0? Initial reports aren't promising but the next few weeks will be interesting to say the least...
  10. Woof Bronzer
    And a better record.
  11. Woof Bronzer
    It's quite the world you've constructed here, a land of sunshine and lollipops where the only thing that matters is competency, but unfortunately it's just a fantasy. The Mets made the NLCS is 2024. They made the World Series in 2015. They have unquestionably been more successful over the past 3 decades than the Twins. Since the last Twins series exactly 1 team in the bottom 1/3 of payroll has won a World Series. Payroll matters. It's not the only thing that matters. But to pretend it doesn't matter is delusional.
  12. Woof Bronzer
    Yes! One hundred million percent. Bring the receipts! I mean this is a family that 25 years ago tried to contract the Twins out of existence. But sure Tom, the Pohlads have an unwavering commitment to the team.
  13. Woof Bronzer
    He's a communications major who ran 2 previous Pohlad media businesses. He destroyed both of those businesses so badly the Pohlads ended up selling both off for pennies on the dollar, losing millions in the process. (Maybe this is where part of their debt comes from.) I know this wasn't what you wanted to hear. But, yeah, he's got experience running businesses all right.
  14. Woof Bronzer
    What seems clear to me is, whatever Falvey's role is, the Pohlads think he is performing it at a high level. Right? He's been here 9 years, been promoted, etc. They must really like what he does, which leads me to believe their performance indicators for that position have little to do with what happens on the field. Did you really pop in at 1 Twins Way to ask about their org chart? Because that is...awesome. Sorry about the Dew though.
  15. Woof Bronzer
    I am so tired of the Pohlads just lying to fans over and over again. Everyone associated with the ownership or FO thinks fans are idiots. The Pohlads lie like people rich enough to know that they will never face accountability for the lies or anything else for that matter. What's hilarious about this is in order to "defend" themselves against the ongoing train wreck that is the Twins, the Pohlads thought the smart approach was to lie and say "we are more incompetent at business than every other owner in baseball to the tune of $50m operating deficits year over year." When "we don't know what we're doing!" becomes your defense you might want to look inward a bit. And ya gotta love the shot at fans: "Lagging attendance." The Pohlads will never pass up an opportunity to blame fans for their incompetence. If they were losing $50mil/year they would have fired Falvey and St Peter a long time ago. Any business on the planet would do so. If they were losing $50 mil/year they would have sold the franchise for almost anything. Certainly would have sold it for the $1.5b that was on the table. Again - if they are telling the truth about the debt, then what they are saying is they turned down $1.5 billion dollars for a failing business losing a million dollars a week. Perhaps the stupidest business decision in the history of capitalism. If they were losing $50mil/year they wouldn't have attracted investors. If they are telling the truth about the debt than these investors are worse businesspeople than the Pohlads. "Hey, Mr. Hedge Fund, want to pay down this business debt for us for a nice profit?" "Sure, how are you going to make good on the loan?" "Revenues." "How's the business doing?" "We're losing $50m/year." "Sounds great, where do I sign?" Don't believe the lies of these petty, incompetent people.
  16. Woof Bronzer
    I mean, yes it's not an ideal situation for the new guy, but there are 30 MLB jobs on the planet and it pays extremely well. Tough job; many many people will be willing and hungry to take it on. The other thing worth noting is that the Twins have historically extended an enormous leash to their managers (the Molitor thing was weird with the new GM.) He'll be almost guaranteed 5+ years so that security might offset concerns about 2026.
  17. Woof Bronzer
    Let's ask it a different way. If a player demonstrates he is not adequately performing a particular skill or fundamental, whose responsibility is it to step in and help fix it? Does the manager play any role in this? If the answer is a position coach, ok, let's say the position coach works with the player and improvement still isn't coming. What next? Does the manager play any role in this?
  18. Woof Bronzer
    What does Rocco's mentor have to do with who Falvey wants to hire a manager? Falvey isn't the devil but he's a terrible GM, sorry if that offends you. He hasn't hired a single "old school" coach in his entire tenure. He hasn't hired a single "old school" front office person, or anyone with a different viewpoint/philosophy than his. He just fired his "old school" scouting department because he thinks analytics tell him all he needs to know. He has micromanaged Rocco and the coaching staff at every step. But sure, he's changed and now suddenly understands the importance of small ball and managerial independence and is going to hire a strong personality like Maddon or an old school guy like Francona or Larussa. Ok. Falvey loved Rocco and only fired him to save his own skin. He's going to hire another Rocco.
  19. Woof Bronzer
    Well...5% of 162 games is 8 games. Since just about every team wins between 60-100, and the difference between say 80 and 88 wins is likely a playoff birth, 5% matters! Especially for a mid sized market team like the Twins. They can't afford to give away games due to bad managing just like they can't afford to give away games due to bad defense or poor fundamentals. Little things matter a ton in MLB.
  20. Woof Bronzer
    Falvey would never ever hire an "old school guy" and especially not one who has actually won things in this league. Derek wants a guy who will unquestioningly go along with whatever extreme analytic strategy pops into his head on any given day. Maddon wrote a whole book questioning GMs who do this. Falvey would never consider hiring him.
  21. Woof Bronzer
    It SHOULD be someone outside the organization with proven success as a manager who balances old school fundamentals and accountability with analytics tools, who is trusted to hired his own staff and given the freedom to do the job as he sees fit. It WILL be someone who has never managed before and will therefore be very cheap, who is young enough not to have any equity built up to credibly push his own philosophy, who is hungry enough for one of the 30 MLB jobs on the planet that he'll defer to Falvey on everything.
  22. Woof Bronzer
    You seem to be confused as to the role of the commissioner. The commissioner works for the owners, and his only job is to ensure the owners get filthy rich. The league's financial structure is set up to allow - heck, to incentivize - owners to do what the Pohlads are doing. Same thing the Rockies, As, Pirates, Sox, Nats, etc are doing and have been doing for years. It's by design to allow smaller market owners hoard wealth too, not just the big market owners. Manfred not only doesn't care about the Pohlads cutting costs, he encourages it - what other lesson should an owner take after watching the As, Rockies, and Pirates blatantly do this for years? Rich, happy owners mean job security for him.
  23. Woof Bronzer
    Yeah it feels like he actually meant to say "I take NO personal responsibility for that." Slip of the tongue, maybe.
  24. Woof Bronzer
    Yes in fact it was "reported" that night the Red Sox squeaked by the Twins 13-1. Which was bizarre - the news didn't come from the Twins, and I don't think they ever officially announced it. So that means someone leaked the info - either someone in the org a bit unhappy with the club's performance, or maybe I guess Rocco, to make it harder to get fired in season? It makes no sense. What makes even less sense is, if Falvey did really extend him in the offseason, why wouldn't he announce it? Falvey loves Baldelli, and their AI machine needs as much practice as it can get, why wouldn't they use that for some harmless PR points? "We wanted to get this done so Rocco can focus on leading the team to a championship this year." So yeah I would love to know more about the timing of the extension.
  25. Woof Bronzer
    Yep, great comment. Rocco had to go, and his firing won't change anything. Both things can be true.
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