Ok, so, we fire Scioscia and then...

[Jason]

Firing Scioscia will not make a difference for a while. It would take a new regime some time to get their system into place.

[nate]

Please anyone but Erstad.  Don't want another hard nosed swing happy manager.  Want someone that understands advanced statistics and the quality of taking pitches.  The ability to adjust to your opponent.

[tdawg87]

REGGIE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WILLITS

[Tank]

welcome back to anaheim, player-manager mike napoli.

[Turd Ferguson]

Just out of curiosity, for the people who advocate against firing Scioscia, what would he have to do/not do for him to be fired? 

[Tyler]

Just out of curiosity, for the people who advocate against firing Scioscia, what would he have to do/not do for him to be fired? 

 

Add a quality starting pitcher. Crisis averted, future saved.

[Turd Ferguson]

Didn't we have "quality pitching" last year?  Or were supposed to? 

 

Add a quality starting pitcher. Crisis averted, future saved.

[austin724]

Yeah its a knee jerk reaction when you fire a manager with two losing seasons out of thirteen. I for one don't like what has happened this year but I am not convinced the blame lies entirely on Scioscia. I more or less blame Butcher, Eppard and Piccolo. 

[Tyler]

Didn't we have "quality pitching" last year? Or were supposed to?

You need to catch up on your reading here

[tdawg87]

Yeah its a knee jerk reaction when you fire a manager with two losing seasons out of thirteen. I for one don't like what has happened this year but I am not convinced the blame lies entirely on Scioscia. I more or less blame Butcher, Eppard and Piccolo. 

 

His team has also missed the playoffs 3 years in a row, and is off to one of the worst starts in franchise history this year. "Losing seasons" (he has had 3 of them by the way) aren't just about the record. When you have this kind of payroll and expectations, not making the playoffs is a "losing season".

 

Is this all Mike's fault? Of course not. No one is, or should be, suggesting that. The point is after missing the playoffs for 3 straight years, and looking like they could miss the playoffs for a 4th, something has to change. We've been over these arguments on this board ad nauseam so I don't feel like dragging out another one. But saying that firing him would be "knee jerk" is silly. Firing him after 2010 would have been knee jerk. Firing him after 2010, 2011, 2012, and so far, 2013, is not.

[gurn67]

Please anyone but Erstad.  Don't want another hard nosed swing happy manager.  Want someone that understands advanced statistics and the quality of taking pitches.  The ability to adjust to your opponent.

I got the perfect guy. Tony Phillips!!! Who understands working a count better than that guy and he played practically every position on the field. Hiring a former crack head has worked wonders in Texas so get it done Jerry!!!

[HaloFan85]

Firing Sosh right now would probably add even more pressure to perform which isn't what this team needs right now.  Sosh is the captain of this ship and will sink or sail with it.  If changes are to be made, it will be during the off-season.  As for who, that's the million dollar question.  It would more than likely be someone without much managerial experience at the MLB level, if any at all.

[Chris]

a manager in sync with Dipoto would be good

[tdawg87]

A manager 'N Sync with Dipoto would be even better.

[Tank]

A manager 'N Sync with Dipoto would be even better.

 

so, joey fatone anyone?

[tdawg87]

so, joey fatone anyone?

 

so, joey fatone

 

 

joey fatone

 

 

 

fatone

 

 

fat one

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got nothin'.

[HaloMagic]

We've got a Mikey Fatone already.

[AZMike]

We've got a Mikey Fatone already.

We also have a manager who's a bit rotund as well.

[tdawg87]

Either I'm too good with subtlety or I completely suck at it.

[HaloMagic]

Your subtlety was perfect. I was just driving it home with a blatant juvenile Fat Scioscia joke. Since we all hate him so much. Obviously.

[m0nkey]

I don't care about the name calling, but someone else brought it up in another thread.  Calling scioscia "fatty" is inappropriate but calling lackey a horse isn't. Got it

[RePLAY]

BSB > N'SYNC

[Brandon Wing]

a manager in sync with Dipoto would be good

This. Getting everyone on the same page would be a nice start.

[fan_since79]

Is David Eckstein available?

 

Really.

 

 

[tdawg87]

I hear he's coaching basketball for an inner-city school in LA.