Bob Melvin fired

[hardcorecubfan]

Didn't we want him at one time

[Schwarber Fan]

bye bye Brenly?

[Brian]

I highly doubt it. I don't see a team that is struggling to start the season bringing back the guy that they recently fired under the same circumstance.

[Andy]

I highly doubt it. I don't see a team that is struggling to start the season bringing back the guy that they recently fired under the same circumstance.

His immediate predecessor, no less.

[Sammys Boombox]

IMHO, this is ridiculous. It's early May and Brandon Webb is injured. Not to mention they would have had back-to-back postseason appearances if the Dodgers didn't play unstoppable at the end of last year. Granted the division wasn't that great, but he did a fine job with all those young guys.

[17 Seconds]

i'm sure darron sutton is devastated

 

but yeah, this is ridiculous. like it's melvin's fault that the roster is atrocious

[Cubswin11]

Yeah it's not like Melvin has a team of great players. Outside of Webb and Haren their rotation is crap, their bullpen is below average and their offense is young and very flukey. I could see them firing him if they felt he wasn't helping their young players develop well (Young, Upton, Scherzer, Petit, Jackson, Reynolds, etc.) But I think he has done a better than average job with the players he has had, especially with a predominately young offense full of guys who are going to have a lot of peaks and valleys. Not to mention having to put up with/be around Eric Byrnes all day everyday.

[shnsajax]

IMHO, this is ridiculous. It's early May and Brandon Webb is injured. Not to mention they would have had back-to-back postseason appearances if the Dodgers didn't play unstoppable at the end of last year. Granted the division wasn't that great, but he did a fine job with all those young guys.

 

I really don't think he has done all that much with the progression of the kids they got.

[illiniguy]

Whose choice was it to get rid of Quentin in favor of Byrnes? That guy should be canned. Edited May 8, 2009 by illiniguy

[Post Count Padder]

AJ Hinch named interim manager. I forgot he ever existed.

[NCCubFan]

I highly doubt it. I don't see a team that is struggling to start the season bringing back the guy that they recently fired under the same circumstance.

His immediate predecessor, no less.

That would have been exactly what the Carolina Hurricanes did in hockey this year. A few years ago they fired Paul Maurice and replaced him with Peter Laviolette, who led them to a surprise Stanley Cup a couple of seasons later after returning from the strike. Since then they missed the playoffs the last two years (the only Stanley Cup champion ever to miss the playoffs the next two years) and they were off to a slow start this year. So they fired Laviolette and replaced him with.........Maurice. Under Maurice they made the playoffs and appear to be headed to the Eastern Conference finals (they currently lead Boston 2 games to 1). So sometimes hiring a previously fired coach or manager works.

[fromthestretch]

Outside of Webb and Haren their rotation is crap

 

That's simply not true. Garland and Davis are solid options at the back of the rotation. Scherzer has some talent and has pitched well in his brief career. The main issue with the rotation is Webb's injury.

 

Their bullpen, however, has not pitched well, and their offense has been terrible.

[Sammys Boombox]

IMHO, this is ridiculous. It's early May and Brandon Webb is injured. Not to mention they would have had back-to-back postseason appearances if the Dodgers didn't play unstoppable at the end of last year. Granted the division wasn't that great, but he did a fine job with all those young guys.

 

I really don't think he has done all that much with the progression of the kids they got.

 

I was discussing how they played really well for a good chunk of last season. It's hard to keep that going with a bunch of young players for multiple reasons. Mainly, they don't have many 162-game seasons under their belt and can become streaky because in general they let themselves get too high and too low depending on the current streak they're in.

[hardcorecubfan]

I highly doubt it. I don't see a team that is struggling to start the season bringing back the guy that they recently fired under the same circumstance.

 

 

Aaah young one, I must remind you of the Billy Martin and the Yankees of the 70's

[hardcorecubfan]

IMHO, this is ridiculous. It's early May and Brandon Webb is injured. Not to mention they would have had back-to-back postseason appearances if the Dodgers didn't play unstoppable at the end of last year. Granted the division wasn't that great, but he did a fine job with all those young guys.

 

That is what I thought but this owner looks like he manages from the bleachers and listens to the latest Tweet or blog about his team

[mul21]

MLB network was talking to John Heyman last night about the whole deal and he was saying that management was unhappy about the inconsistent play, particularly the hot start last year and then playing like 10 games under the rest of the season. He also said they were unhappy about player development, particularly that of Carlos Quentin and Bonifacio since they have both gone elsewhere and done well.

[Post Count Padder]

MLB network was talking to John Heyman last night about the whole deal and he was saying that management was unhappy about the inconsistent play, particularly the hot start last year and then playing like 10 games under the rest of the season. He also said they were unhappy about player development, particularly that of Carlos Quentin and Bonifacio since they have both gone elsewhere and done well.

That's a bit of a stretch.

[illiniguy]

MLB network was talking to John Heyman last night about the whole deal and he was saying that management was unhappy about the inconsistent play, particularly the hot start last year and then playing like 10 games under the rest of the season. He also said they were unhappy about player development, particularly that of Carlos Quentin and Bonifacio since they have both gone elsewhere and done well.

That's a bit of a stretch.

Couldn't they go Dan Uggla and Brian Barden as well? Although I guess Uggla would be more a reflection on Brenly than Melvin.

[fromthestretch]

MLB network was talking to John Heyman last night about the whole deal and he was saying that management was unhappy about the inconsistent play, particularly the hot start last year and then playing like 10 games under the rest of the season. He also said they were unhappy about player development, particularly that of Carlos Quentin and Bonifacio since they have both gone elsewhere and done well.

That's a bit of a stretch.

 

No kidding. There's nothing special about Bonifacio, his .602 OPS this season, or his career .703 minor league OPS. The guy is fast; that's about it.

[fromthestretch]

MLB network was talking to John Heyman last night about the whole deal and he was saying that management was unhappy about the inconsistent play, particularly the hot start last year and then playing like 10 games under the rest of the season. He also said they were unhappy about player development, particularly that of Carlos Quentin and Bonifacio since they have both gone elsewhere and done well.

That's a bit of a stretch.

Couldn't they go Dan Uggla and Brian Barden as well? Although I guess Uggla would be more a reflection on Brenly than Melvin.

 

Brenley never got the chance to really manage Uggla though, as he was never called up to the big leagues while in Arizona's system.

[The Other 15]

IMHO, this is ridiculous. It's early May and Brandon Webb is injured. Not to mention they would have had back-to-back postseason appearances if the Dodgers didn't play unstoppable at the end of last year. Granted the division wasn't that great, but he did a fine job with all those young guys.

 

I really don't think he has done all that much with the progression of the kids they got.

 

I was discussing how they played really well for a good chunk of last season. It's hard to keep that going with a bunch of young players for multiple reasons. Mainly, they don't have many 162-game seasons under their belt and can become streaky because in general they let themselves get too high and too low depending on the current streak they're in.

Wouldn't that be the primary objective of a manager who heads a young team? To teach how to handle the highs and lows and life in the bigs in general? The young guys they had have simply not taken the next step. A case can be made that they are all doing OK, but much more than OK was expected from that group a couple of years ago. They didn't need all of them to take that next step, but one or two could have won them the division last year.