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  1. nicksaviking
    Radio on while running an errand: PA was on KFAN saying Brandel was taking snaps at center, and Ed Oliver was taking snaps at tackle. This is crazy. Both teams should consider punting on first down and seeing if their defense can win the game for them with a turnover or two.
  2. nicksaviking
    The Twins wouldn't pay for a mid-tier reliever let alone a closer even when they WERE willing to spend money. Any tier reliever they sign this year will be of the bottom variaty. But it doesn't matter, you can't buy a bullpen, you need to develop one through familiarity and then trial and error. There is next to no possible way this team can have a better than average bullpen prior to 2027.
  3. nicksaviking
    Based on these responses, expectations are going to be so low, Rockies and White Sox kind of low, that it actually won't be terribly difficult for a new manager to exceed them.
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    If you're someone like me, and suspect that the blah prospect development can at least be partially blamed on the manager and coaching staff, than you'd also have to believe that it's possible a new manager and coaching staff may be capable of unlocking more potential than the current players have demonstrated. But yeah, it's still not an enviable position. It's almost an entire roster of post-hype prospects, which I'd guess don't historically have a high rate of turning it around.
  5. nicksaviking
    I did watch it, and I did post about it in another thread and I disagree that nothing was said there. Falvey's exchange with Darren Wolfson was telling: Darren Wolfson: "OK so why fire him?" Falvey: "That's a good question Doogie. Uh that's a conversation that works directly with ownership uh and ultimately a collaborative conversation for the right reasons to make the change." Dissecting that word salad says that the decision was made by ownership, not Falvey. https://www.fox9.com/video/1716270 If a largely hands-off ownership truly is the one telling the POBO to fire the manager, that has to be an encouraging sign about the POBO's lack of job security. The organization is probably in too much of a mess right now to look for a new POBO; maybe if Dave St. Peter still had the job Falvey would have also been replaced. But at least this possibly means if or when things are settled with ownership, more change is on the table if things aren't looking better.
  6. nicksaviking
    So the Browns clearly needed to bench Flacco, but it really feels like they're doing the Vikings a favor but doing it this week while traveling over seas. Dillon Gabrial can move as opposed to Flacco, but the Vikings are already in Europe, and Flores' defense is not rookie QB friendly even under the best of circumstances. Still, the Browns defense is also awesome. I don't expect it, but it's not out of the realm of possibility that their D outscores the Vikings offense. But this looks like a roller coaster season for the Purple, I'm guessing this will be an 'UP' game.
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    I wouldn't close the door on any of the coaches on the pitching side; the rotation and bullpen have been good for years when healthy. And not traded to every corner of the country. But I'd leave those decisions to the new manager. But based on how many times Derek Falvey said 'collaboration' in his last press conference, I'm quite confident the new manager isn't picking his coaches.
  8. nicksaviking
    I know what traits I want but not who has them. Lombard sounds like a good one to interview based on Hinch's recommendation though:
  9. nicksaviking
    Oh my god. Falvey: "This off season we invested in, brought in some guys that could really help us. Harrison Bader was a great fit for this club. Danny Coulombe played a really nice role. So did Ty France."
  10. nicksaviking
    Listening to Falvey's press conference now. Darren Wolfson: "OK so why fire him?" Falvey: "That's a good question Doogie. Uh that's a conversation that works directly with ownership uh and ultimately a collaborative conversation for the right reasons to make the change." Dissecting that word salad says that the decision was made by ownership, not Falvey.
  11. nicksaviking
    Ha, for sure. But to be fair to him, I don't think St. Peter and the Pohlad's knew what they were doing with the TV deal until the last minute. Nor do they know what they are doing now.
  12. nicksaviking
    The fact that Provus is predicting a Buxton trade but in his interview didn't predict a Baldelli firing makes me think Provus isn't as in tune to what's happening behind the scenes as we may think. No players called out Baldelli, but plenty called out the 'culture'. I'm thinking this move may fall into the Buxton Likes column as opposed to the Buxton Dislikes column.
  13. nicksaviking
    An overhaul all at once would have been best. Piecemeal changes will drag things out, but at least it's a start. Maybe Favley would have been out too if Dave St. Peter hadn't (100% justifiably) been pushed out. With the chaos surrounding ownership and the organization as a whole, getting a new POBO might have been a logistical challenge. Plus, Joe Pohlad is obviously not equipped to make the decision about new one.
  14. nicksaviking
    I'm not going that route. Stealing from the Rays and Joe Maddon's lineage is how we are where we are now. And really, a lot of what Baldelli did seemed to be what he thought Maddon would do, but without the nuance OR big picture thought behind the moves. I don't want the next manager to simply be thinking, what would Terry Francona do?
  15. nicksaviking
    Corey Koskie was a butcher in the field. So was Michael Cuddyer. And I remember in Justin Morneu's second season people were thinking Matthew LeCroy of all people was the better person to put at 1st bast. Both of those guys would have been looked at as oafs. David Oritz, Jason Kubel and Brian Buchanan as well. Other than Koskie none were ever great fielders, but they also didn't draw the ire of fans that we've seen the last several years. Their errors didn't tend to be mental mistakes and they played their positions at a passable level. But still I'm burying the lede, because I mostly care about improving the hitting aspect. I am concerned it was a top down policy as well, and agree, there's only one way to find out. Or maybe we never find out, because I do think between Joe Pohlad, Rocco Baldelli and Derek Falvey, Falvey is the one with some self awareness and has a history of changing up what wasn't working. Maybe not on a broad level like we need here, but at least on the strategic level. And again, not a Derek Falvey endorsement.
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    The Twins have had managers do that in the past, but it's probably more a responsibility of the coaches. But what the manger is/was failing to do was putting the players in position to learn and develop their athletic instincts. Micromanaging is going to stop them from learning to hit opposite handed pitching, and learning when to take a pitch and when to swing, when to steal a base or take an extra one, when to cheat toward the line or when to play back a step, when to gun a throw home or hit the cutoff man. If it's a clutch game in the 9th inning, these guys aren't going to learn how to handle the pressure and get the game winning hit or get the best jump of their life off of first and score the winning run if they were pulled from the game three innings ago. They need consistent reps in big situations, and consistent reps making their own decisions. Sure, there's plenty of times where team strategy requires you to do something specific, but it's not every pitch of every game of every inning.
  17. nicksaviking
    Even if the manager doesn't allocate his time that way, he can allocate OTHER people's time that way. And both Molitor and Gardenhire DID allocate their time that way. Kelly did too until he delegated that assignment to Gardenhire. But for the record, I care way more about the young guys consistently hitting the ball than I do anything else.
  18. nicksaviking
    I don't think about Nelson Cruz and think of 'fundamentally sound' baseball. Which is something I'm repeatedly seeing as a requirement from most of these posts.
  19. nicksaviking
    This is nonsense. Do you even remember who Baldelli's mentor was? It was JOE MADDON. I want Favley replaced, but this Falvey is the devil and is terrible at everything and is selfish and doesn't want the Twins to win and kicked a dog and took candy from a baby hysteria is getting old.
  20. nicksaviking
    If McCarthy is healthy and after the Browns game maybe. The Browns game still counts. I don't think you can go with Brosmer and McCarthy though, they'd certainly have to bring in another vet. And honestly it's probably a bad idea to have Brosmer active when McCarthy is back. Soooooo many Gopher fans think Brosmer is the next Tom Brady because of a preseason game against the Titans 3rd stringers. Currently Wentz is acting as a really good buffer to insulate McCarthy from an all out hysteria of unreasonable local fan expectations for Brosmer. McCarthy will be getting booed and Brosmer chants will happen the first 3-and-out or interception McCarthy throws after he returns. He's got to stay inactive. And I'd guess the KOC feels the same.
  21. nicksaviking
    Joe Maddon would be a cool add. But while he's a big name and would add some excitement, the people who hated Baldelli's in game moves would quickly realize Maddon's are just as upsetting to 'old school' fans. Relievers as openers, pulling pitchers before the third time through the order, defensive shifts, not aggressively stealing bases; these are Maddon staples, hell he may have invented half of them. And obviously it's where Baldelli drew his inspiration. I'm not one of those people though, I doubt Joe Maddon is un-retiring for the low amount the Twins will offer, but I'd be interested.
  22. nicksaviking
    And just about all those hitting prospects came out of the gate hot, the other teams adjusted to them, and then the players never adjusted back. That's on the players and probably more specifically the MLB staff. And 'fundamentals' wasn't the biggest issue with the prospects, the biggest issue is they couldn't hit the damn ball with any regularity. Even so, tell Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire and Paul Molitor that you don't improve fundamentals at the MLB level. Your education isn't done when you hit AAA.
  23. nicksaviking
    I'm not looking to promote from within, but blaming the minor league managers for not transitioning the prospects to the majors doesn't track. The prospects played well under them, the MLB coaches were the ones who clearly didn't help the players adjust at the MLB level.
  24. nicksaviking
    I'd prefer someone who's managed, but I don't know that I'm looking for MLB managing experience. Salty old veteran MLB managers likely aren't going to be a fit for a young rebuilding team. Minor league or maybe even a college manager who likes to work with and teach kids is probably a better fit.
  25. nicksaviking
    Looks like the Saints play the Jets and Titans back to back in week 16 and 17. That battle royale will probably decide draft order. Between those three teams, the two wins up for grabs might be the only ones for the three combined all year.
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