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  1. Mike Sixel
    so he should lie to the masses, because they don't know better? I'm not sure what you are saying here.
  2. Mike Sixel
    But if he keeps his job, keeps doing what he has been doing, and nothing changes, how is that any different than me saying I take responsibility? What do those words mean, if there is no change?
  3. Mike Sixel
    How us signing one legit FA a short cut?
  4. Mike Sixel
    I don't care what Beane did, I care why the Twins are bad.....they are bad because they don't have players. They don't trade guys at their peak, like Beane, they don't sign a cuban for big bucks like Beane, but I don't care..... They are bad because they have no players in their prime, they have zero starting pitchers they have drafted and developed in a long, long time. That is why they are bad. You can come up with whatever explanation you want for why that happened, but it is what it is. And, now that Smith regimes' good moves will start paying off next year, Ryan will get credit for Sano, Gibson, Rosario....
  5. Mike Sixel
    How many years of losing 95 plus games is the "black abyss"? How is signing one legit FA panicking?
  6. Mike Sixel
    No, sigh. The lack of talent is laid on the fact there are no guys in their prime from the farm system. The last good SP developed from the farm systems is from a decade ago. It is not about Smith not making two good trades.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Well, it is a start. Plenty more chaff to get rid of. Not sure why they don't just keep going at this point.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    Does MLB really think west is good at his job?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Excellent exaggeration and straw man at the end there. Who has ever said that? And, one year does not a trend make, if SF continues to struggle, it won't be because of analytics, it will be because they applied them and the scouting both incorrectly.
  10. Mike Sixel
    How about he successfully fix the "number 3" starter one year? We aren't asking for "aces" here (well, I am, but let's say others aren't), but how about good pitching? If he had fixed 1 spot last year, he could fix one more this year, and then get lucky with a young guy, and boom, things are better. But saying "he couldn't fix it all in one year, so don't judge the moves he did make", that makes no sense to me, and that seems to be the argument many are making.
  11. Mike Sixel
    So Gardy does not coach during the season? And paragraphs are your friend.
  12. Mike Sixel
    The arrogance of the first part is disturbing. The "scouts are statisticians" part is depressing in its lack of understanding.
  13. Mike Sixel
    So the Yankees missing the playoffs for the first time in like 2 decades shows they are not well run? The fact that a team won the WS, then lost 86 games the next year shows they are not well run? I don't get those arguments. I agree with Mackey, the Twins are stuck in 1971.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Jim, if you are rebuilding, and have a lot of young players, I think the answer is "yes", it is part of a coach's job to coach players. I'm kind of baffled this is even up for debate. People don't stop learning when they get a full time job.
  15. Mike Sixel
    How about "who gets better the longer they work with this staff"? Because that's the issue for me.
  16. Mike Sixel
    If he doesn't, why keep Gardy, why not pay Seth 1/5th the money? Clearly the manager matters.
  17. Mike Sixel
    What evidence is there that the coaches have a shorter tether? They just lost 95+ games for the third year in a row, and all got to keep their jobs.
  18. Mike Sixel
    If Gardenhire was trying new things, and being innovative and failing, that would be one thing. But he's not. He is an awful game manager. He is stuck in 1971 in terms of understanding strategy and tactics. His pinch running decisions alone show that, let alone his refusal to platoon players, or his ability to RUN THE TEAM, as opposed to letting Mauer decide where he plays. You, Seth, you have been saying for years they don't do the little things well. If there is one thing a coach should be able to control, it is that. He can't make a guy a great hitter if he's awful, he can't make a horrible starting pitcher a great one, but he can teach a team how to run bases, where to position themselves, and how to hit the cutoff man correctly. Some will say "these are pros, they shoudl know that already". Well, if so, what is the point of a manager / coach then? There just isn't evidence that he and his staff have done a good job of making the players better the longer they have worked with them. That's their role. Lastly, talk is cheap. TR keeps saying this is his fault, but he still has his job. If all that happens next year is that some guys come up from the minors, and no real FA impacts happen again, will we give him another free pass?
  19. Mike Sixel
    So Ryan knew they were not going to be good this year? Because that's not what he has said in numerous interviews before and during the season, and even recently. He said they'd be competitive, and that he was disappointed how bad the offense was.....that it was much worse than he expected.
  20. Mike Sixel
    The Berrios ranking excites me the most, this team needs pitching badly. I am actually surprised it is that high, and pleased.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I was going off what someone said in a thread in the minor league forums.....I have no idea.....
  22. Mike Sixel
    I was interested to see how Gardy's pay compares to other managers, only to be surprised that manager pay is not public...... NFL salaries: on line NBA salaries: mostly on line NHL salaries: moslty no on line Interesting.....
  23. Mike Sixel
    They were in compete mode, not trade off players mode. The issue with this team is they have no players in their prime.......those players would have been acquired under the previous Ryan regime. Not even sure how this is debatable. It just is.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I'm not convinced these coaches can recruit enough to compete, frankly. X's and O's, hard to tell, I've stopped watching the games. I agree with the general sentiment, this leadership seems unwilling to focus on results with Kill so far. I would guess that will change when next year is as bad as this year looks to be.
  25. Mike Sixel
    What does a manager do, if not make the players better? I mean, if he is not responsible at all for the onfield play, why pay them so much? Why have one at all?
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