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Seattle looks fraudulent
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You say that he does have some level of autonomy to make decisions. He has responsibility for some of the results because he makes some of those decisions. You also say that baseball managers matter “less than” we think they do. So what’s the harm in changing leadership? It couldn’t get much worse if managers don’t earn as many W’s as players (as you say). But what if it got better? The AL wild card was determined by one game. The NL WC ended in a tiebreaker. Half the divisions were settled by 4 games or less. Margins are small. Is a better manager worth a few more wins? Can’t we at least try?
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Yeah I think I grew to hate Seattle when the Vikings were sent there every year for a scheduled butt kicking. Then of course the playoff FG miss. But Detroit is going to be a problem.
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Lions looking good
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I’m going to guess that the vast majority of sports organizations have collaboration between front offices and coaching staffs. That’s how coaches get hired in the first place. Nobody interviews with a plan different from the desires of management and is offered the job. The twins are not unique in this regard. Every team has a plan and all mlb teams rely on analytics. Coaches also get fired all the time for all sorts of reasons. Are the ones getting fired the ones who strayed too far from the collaboration/plan Or, is it at all possible that many times, coaches get fired because they aren’t getting results? This whole argument is just a disconnect between people who think managers matter little and those who think they matter a good deal. But if you think they matter “a lot less”, then what’s the harm of trying something else? It couldn’t get much worse than it is now, if that’s what you believe. But maybe it could get a little better, no? And yes I know it’s been decided already.
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There have certainly been posts saying as much. “Moves are determined before games between the FO and coaching staff”. “He’s just doing what the FO has predetermined they want”. “Any new manager will simply follow what the FO wants” Are you suggesting nobody has said that? The post above me says exactly that. A lot of people seem to just sort of believe that the manager has been given no leeway to make in-game decisions. Has that ever been proven or are people just assuming? I’ll ask about the loss in Kansas City late in the season in particular because it was so impactful. Analytically, it really never made sense to pitch your closer in the 7th inning when his numbers outside of save situations were awful. So did Rocco brazenly go against the numbers or is he allowed to when he feels like it? Does anyone know?
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You are correct. I was just pointing out that the NFL is so copycat that you’d hope it wasn’t a “they figured out how to score on our defense” thing. Love had nearly 400 yards passing and after it looked like he could get pulled in the first half
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Problem is that some posters have already decided that managers matter very little. Yet, so far the only evidence supporting that claim is that they are paid less than players, even though it’s an apples to oranges comparison. Supply and demand, less people can play centerfield at the major league level than can manage. Players earn money for their teams. Of the teams with the top ten highest payrolls, 9 of them were in the top 10 for attendance. Not all even made the playoffs. Players careers are shorter than managers. Also, how do we know that the manager has no freedom to make decisions? How could every decision be made in a pregame meeting? There are too many variables. The way that one Kansas City game was handled was a 2 game swing. Pulled the starter and put in the closer in a situation he constantly performed poorly in. whats the harm in trying someone else? If they don’t really matter anyway?
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3 undefeated teams left and one plays tonight
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2001 was one of the best years ever. It was the first time I was old enough to even see a winning record after all those terrible 90’s teams I forgot they finished 14 back in 2022 😂 21-30 to finish the year. Still not as bad as this season -
Not nearly the only problem. But even going with the premise that managers don’t win or lose many games….the twins missed the playoffs by 4 games and were within a game or two right up through the last week. Did our manager’s decision making lose 4 more games than it won? Right now without even looking it up, I can think of at least 3 games in the last month or so where his late game decisions cost a ballgame. We’re talking about thin margins here. I will never believe that managers don’t win or lose games for their teams.
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Oh by the way, I asked about content you aren’t seeing because of the Rocco noise, and I told you exactly where to find that content and you just never acknowledged my point. Did you “give up out of exasperation” too?
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“Gave up out of exasperation”. good god man
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True in your mind. And I as I said to you, their collapse over a month a half shows a bit of their psyche in the clubhouse, does it not? Or do strong happy clubhouses blow 7 game leads in a month?
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Oh and by the way, I did respond to ashbury. Players get paid more than managers, not because managers aren’t valuable, but because stars make money for their teams. Nobody buys a ticket to watch the manager. He never responded so did he move the goal posts? Can you offer a rebuttal?
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Here’s you the other day on the Rocco thread that chief posted: ”That's the issue. The Rocco hate is irrational and omnipresent. There ARE irrational Rocco haters. There are no irrational Rocco cheerleaders at TD. The very notion that there are two "crews" is only coming from the crew that wants to pretend through equivocation that they are an equal opposite force rather than a hurtling comet of incessant stupidity hell bent on hitting every thread. What some people want is the ability to be critical without such an obtuse framework to operate in. We've been overrun by Sith-like Rocco haters.“ And you’re gonna lecture me about discourse? Have a good night, I’m sorry people don’t like Rocco. You’ll live.
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Just in the last week, on the main forum page, there are a couple threads on ownership, one on a lack of moves at the deadline, a thread each about Lee and Lewis, one about former twins, even one about Kepler. You’re posting on many of them. And yes, there are more than a couple on Rocco. I’m just not seeing how this topic in particular draws such a response from some. Topics aren’t going uncovered because people are talking about the manager too much. And besides this is a thread about the manager, you can’t be miffed that people are talking about it here or at this time. And by the way, everyone’s opinions are valid here. Or at least they should be. One doesn’t have more credibility to post something because they aren’t a negative unhappy fan. Having a positive, calm demeanor does not make one’s opinion more valid or correct. This isn’t directed at you but I see this written from time to time and it bugs me. Little too much gatekeeping goes on here sometimes.
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Let me ask, what content that you’d like to see is not being covered or lost here because everyone is posting about the manager? It’s odd to me that people who don’t want to hear about Rocco as much would post in a thread about…:Rocco?
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Ok well those things will happen when the team has it’s worst collapse in history, right? Like if the twins had kept up their pace and maybe got the 4th seed or overtook Cleveland, and everyone was whining about Rocco, I’d understand it. You play as bad the twins did yeah there’s going to be some repetitive topics.
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When is a better time to discuss the manager returning or being fired than the end of the season? Sure you can be indifferent and not be a defender. And you made your argument that you are not defending him. But, there are some whose intentions are different. I saw chief (the poster not the team) get absolutely clobbered by a couple fellow posters for his opinion on another thread just earlier today. It looked more personal than balls and strikes to me. That’s what I’m talking about. It’s right near the top of the page if you want to read it. Today was an end to a rough time for fans. Some people are understandably unhappy. Sheesh can’t we even have a week to complain?
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It’s not just this thread. Read all of them on the topic, I’ve read several today. Actually it’s been a months long thing on here where a certain group of posters do not enjoy the Rocco stuff (“drags down the commentary”) as Brock said. What? This is a message board.
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Looks like I hit a nerve 😂 No one is questioning your baseball acumen It’s crazy that people are unhappy. You’d think the team had just completed the worst collapse in it’s history or something! “And you do so to those who are really quite studied and on their game about things. ” 🙄 sorry I’ll study harder so I can question certain posters.
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Suggesting it won’t matter IS defending him. It’s not his fault they underperformed and collapsed then. It couldn’t be because his impact is minimal. Why are you taking it so personally if people are angry he’s being kept on? Why does it bother you? Who really cares?
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And the team responded with a solid effort today to close out the year
