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Post by Fish Troll on Dec 2, 2007 0:00:56 GMT -5
Name:
Team:
Strategy: (What's his usual game strategy?)
Relationship: (Is the team owner please of having him as manager?)
Intelligence: (Does he know what he is doing out there?)
Rate it: (From 1-5)
Fans Approval: (Does the fan base accept him in general?)
Rate It: (From 1-5)
Overall Rating: (From 1-10)
Any other comments:Name: Freddi Gonzalez Team: Florida Marlins Strategy: Never yell at a player, there decision is final. Relationship: As long he say yes to anything Loria ask, there is no problem here, even if the Marlins finish last in there division. Intelligence: Not enough info,way too wimpy to make his own decision without making a player angry. Rate it: 1 Fans Approval: below average, fans disapprove his cowardness to the players. (Even players them self had reported that they wish to see more motivation from Freddi Rate It: 1 Overall Rating: 2 Any other comments: I got a feeling Feddi is going to stay here for a long time.  |
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Post by Zack Attack Troll on Dec 2, 2007 0:20:06 GMT -5
Name: One Trey Hillman
Team: Royales
Strategy: Play to the team strengths. (that's what he said)
Relationship: Well, he approved him. So I guess that's good. The owner is actually starting to be pretty good in the past two years.
Intelligence:
Rate it: (From 1-5) He seems like a smart guy.
Fans Approval:
Rate It: (From 1-5) Anybody but Bell (ABB!)
Overall Rating: (From 1-10): N/A!
Any other comments: Great track record for first time manager.
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Post by cardsfan643 on Dec 2, 2007 13:08:42 GMT -5
Name: Tony LaRussa
Team: St. Louis Cardinals
Strategy: Use white relievers in their early 30's a lot, never steal bases, visit the mound often, and don't talk to your players.
Relationship: Tony likes crappy veterans, who usually come cheaply. What's not to like?
Intelligence: 5
Fans Approval: 3
Overall Rating: 8
Any other comments: I'm a little bit too hard on him. He has had a great run as a Cardinal manager. His DUI is only a big deal to idiots who live by what ESPN says. Nobody in St. Louis cares about it. That whole subject pisses me off, with the way people react.
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Post by diehardmetsfan on Dec 2, 2007 13:17:45 GMT -5
Name: willie randolph
Team: Mets
Strategy: steal lots of bases, use speed to their advantage, but never hit and run (??)
Relationship: very good
Intelligence:
Rate it: (From 1-5) seems smart enough, sometimes makes some obviously bad moves, but good most of the time
Fans Approval:
Rate It: (From 1-5) its about half and half, maybe a little more on the liking side
Overall Rating: (From 1-10): 8
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Post by seaver41 on Dec 2, 2007 14:15:21 GMT -5
Name: Willie Randolph
Team: Mets
Strategy: Wait for a 5-run homer. Completely oblivious to the concept of small ball.
Relationship: Let's the veterans get away with murder, younger players can't even sneeze without getting chastized. Overly defensive with the media. Not the best of friends with Minaya.
Intelligence: 1
Fans Approval: 2
Overall Rating: 5
Comments: He can't manage a lineup to save his life. If it weren't for Rick Peterson making all the pitching decisions (which he does), Randolph would be screwing up that . The stuff he says in the post-game interviews is laughable.
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Post by Fuck Mike Brown on Dec 2, 2007 14:27:55 GMT -5
cardsfan, why is it not a big deal. La Russa has to set an example for not just his players, but all of the fans. Although it rarely happens, a DUI can kill people it is a very serious offense.
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Post by cardsfan643 on Dec 2, 2007 18:23:01 GMT -5
A DUI is definitely a big deal. I know a lot of people that were killed or injured from drunk drivers.
But the fact that Tony took and is still taking so much heat for something that 3/4 of Americans do every day pisses me off. He pleaded guilty, apologized right away, and took his punishment without argument. He moved on, his players moved on, and his fans have moved on. Nobody around here says anything about it anymore. Especially considering he just fell asleep at a stoplight. He didn't kill anyone, and it wasn't all because he was drunk. It was spring training for Christ's sake. Do you have any idea how busy the coaching staff is during spring training? He had gotten up at 5:00AM, and was coming home at like midnight. He was mostly just tired.
His license was taken away for half of a year, he has to do community service, and everyone in America knows what happened. The video of his arrest is now circulating around news websites. Why the fuck do we have the right to see the video of his arrest? It was months after it happened. It's all just to make a mockery of a proud man. ESPN and even the Post Dispatch have been shoving that down people's throats every time he is mentioned. It pisses me off beyond all belief, as you can see.
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Post by seaver41 on Dec 2, 2007 19:33:31 GMT -5
A DUI is definitely a big deal. I know a lot of people that were killed or injured from drunk drivers. But the fact that Tony took and is still taking so much heat for something that 3/4 of Americans do every day pisses me off. He pleaded guilty, apologized right away, and took his punishment without argument. He moved on, his players moved on, and his fans have moved on. Nobody around here says anything about it anymore. Especially considering he just fell asleep at a stoplight. He didn't kill anyone, and it wasn't all because he was drunk. It was spring training for Christ's sake. Do you have any idea how busy the coaching staff is during spring training? He had gotten up at 5:00AM, and was coming home at like midnight. He was mostly just tired. A lot of people murder, rape and steal. Is the severity of those crimes any less because of the number of people who do it? He was driving after he was drinking and was legally drunk. There's no reason to do that. He still could have killed someone. It makes it no better if he was up early and busy all day. A DUI is a DUI. Don't act like it's not as big as it really is. |
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Post by cardsfan643 on Dec 3, 2007 21:32:26 GMT -5
My point wasn't that a DUI isn't a big deal. Where in there did I say that it wasn't a big deal? In fact, I mentioned that it is a big deal.
Do you know who Leonard Little is?
He is a St. Louis Rams' defensive end.
After a drunken birthday in 1998, Little crashed into and killed another motorist, Susan Gutweiler in St. Louis, MO. When tested, his blood alcohol level measured 0.19 percent, a level considered intoxicated in the state of Missouri. Little received 90 days in jail, four years probation and 1000 hours of community service.
Six years later, Little was again arrested for drunk driving and speeding. Little was acquitted of driving while intoxicated, but was convicted of the misdemeanor speeding charge. Killing someone was not enough to get him more than a day's news on ESPN, much less the DUI a year later. I bet most of you guys had never heard that story.
Tony had a BAC barely over the legal limit, did one wrong thing in his entire HOF managing career, and did EVERYTHING right to make it better. His license was taken away for half of a year, he has to do community service, and he hasn't said a damn thing about it. He apologized the next day on national television. Why can't people let that go?
I hate all of these self-righteous sports fans talking about Barry Bonds. Who gives a shit about Barry Bonds and steroids? "Oh no, it hurts the integrity of the game." What integrity? This game has lost all of it's integrity.
These guys don't have to perfect. Who wants to watch a bunch of David Ecksteins and Sean Caseys? Nobody. You want to see talented people. If anything, it's better for kids to look up to players who have made mistakes. It allows them to learn from their mistakes, rather than be ignorant about what's going on.
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Post by Fuck Mike Brown on Dec 3, 2007 21:37:34 GMT -5
I have hear the Little story BTW.
That Bonds comment is not true. Why should he be allowed to get all of the fame and money in the world by breaking a USA and MLB law? I don't think most regular people can do that. It's not like everyone does steroids. Some people actually have natural talent. It also doesn't help that Bonds is an ass.
La Russa has never come off as a good guy to me. Like how he came out with recorders and cameras all around him and trashed Aaron Harang for throwing at Bennet. Harang is the least likely on the Reds to do that sort of thing. There is standing up for your guys, but he went too far there
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Post by cardsfan643 on Dec 3, 2007 22:25:57 GMT -5
Steroids don't make someone a good hitter. Bonds was a HOF before he took steroids, he's a HOF after. Not that the HOF means anything anymore. Bonds may be the best hitter ever. He just wanted steroids to help him with the home runs a little. I don't think Bonds is great because of his home runs. He is just a great player.
As for LaRussa, he isn't a nice guy. He is a good guy though. LaRussa can go overboard with "protecting" his players, but that doesn't make him a bad guy. Trust me, I realize that Tony isn't a friendly guy. But he doesn't deserve the crap that he still gets.
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Post by diehardmetsfan on Dec 3, 2007 22:49:35 GMT -5
redswin, if the entire country hated u, u'd be an ass too
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Post by Fuck Mike Brown on Dec 3, 2007 22:54:49 GMT -5
I haven't done something to be hated
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Post by diehardmetsfan on Dec 3, 2007 23:05:38 GMT -5
thats a good point, but still...maybe he hasnt done roids...then i'd be fuckin pissed too
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