Robin Ventura = White Sox New Manager

[bukie]

I'm not sure which Kenny Williams quote is funnier, that Ventura was at the top of his search list from the get-go, or that he wanted to get him quickly before some other team did.

[Butterscup1679666578]

uhh wow. this is from an LA Times article in June

 

he is a volunteer assistant baseball coach at Arroyo Grande High.

 

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/19/sports/la-sp-crowes-nest-20110620

[Butterscup1679666578]

who says he doesnt have experience?!

[Little Slide Rooter]

And this

 

The 44-year-old Ventura re-joined the White Sox this June as a special advisor to director of player development Buddy Bell.

[Guest]

I'd laugh if all of those hitters rebounded and Ventura got credited with turning the team around.

[Sammy Sofa]

Frank Thomas being a hitting coach would be [expletive] badass, though.

[El Duderino]

Frank Thomas was also doing espn college baseball this year. Maybe Kenny will hire Kyle Peterson as well.

[Laura]

They pulled a Ryne Sandberg!

 

Maybe if Robin Ventura had any sort of managerial experience at all. How do you think Ryno thinks that when he wanted to manage the Cubs asked him to go to A ball and work his way up through the minors managing, which he did without complaint, and then when the Cubs job opened he was passed over, and then he sees the White Sox hire a guy with no managerial experience at all?

 

I was anti-Ryno, and still am, but I can imagine it angers him to see that.

 

Ryno will see red.

 

I was joking, but you KNOW that will be the buzz -- if the White Sox can hire Ventura, why can't the Cubs hire Sandberg?

[Little Slide Rooter]

They pulled a Ryne Sandberg!

 

Maybe if Robin Ventura had any sort of managerial experience at all. How do you think Ryno thinks that when he wanted to manage the Cubs asked him to go to A ball and work his way up through the minors managing, which he did without complaint, and then when the Cubs job opened he was passed over, and then he sees the White Sox hire a guy with no managerial experience at all?

 

I was anti-Ryno, and still am, but I can imagine it angers him to see that.

 

Ryno will see red.

 

I was joking, but you KNOW that will be the buzz -- if the White Sox can hire Ventura, why can't the Cubs hire Sandberg?

 

Lets go for broke and hire Ernie Banks.

[SouthSideRyan]

They pulled a Ryne Sandberg!

 

Maybe if Robin Ventura had any sort of managerial experience at all. How do you think Ryno thinks that when he wanted to manage the Cubs asked him to go to A ball and work his way up through the minors managing, which he did without complaint, and then when the Cubs job opened he was passed over, and then he sees the White Sox hire a guy with no managerial experience at all?

 

I was anti-Ryno, and still am, but I can imagine it angers him to see that.

 

Ryno will see red.

 

I was joking, but you KNOW that will be the buzz -- if the White Sox can hire Ventura, why can't the Cubs hire Sandberg?

 

Lets go for broke and hire Ernie Banks.

 

Too busy child rearing.

[Flames24Rulz]

Kenny Williams isn't too bright, is he?

[bukie]

Kenny Williams isn't too bright, is he?

I remain wholly convinced that he has no idea how his 2005 team won the World Series.

[Derwood]

Kenny Williams isn't too bright, is he?

I remain wholly convinced that he has no idea how his 2005 team won the World Series.

 

Ozzieball, durr

[bukie]

It's funny, though, because I'm not so sure I wouldn't rather have Ventura as a Cubs manager than Sandberg. The manager's best quality in baseball is an ability to not muck things up by overmanaging, so hey, maybe Ventura can do that.

[UMFan83]

Kenny Williams isn't too bright, is he?

I remain wholly convinced that he has no idea how his 2005 team won the World Series.

 

GRINDERS WITH GRIT

[Backtobanks]

Obviously the rumors of the WS sitting out 2012 (playing the kids, riding out the bad contracts, etc.) are true. Why pay an experienced manager when you can go cheap.

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

Whoa random....one of my favorite players growing up and a really smart, tough guy. I hope he sucks there because [expletive] the Sox.

[bcl412]

This is kind of like when the Bulls hired Del Negro although he at least had front office experience.

[SouthSideRyan]

Obviously the rumors of the WS sitting out 2012 (playing the kids, riding out the bad contracts, etc.) are true. Why pay an experienced manager when you can go cheap.

 

They went super cheap when they hired Guillen too.

[kujay]

OP said it best. WTF?

 

I think this is a combination of several things, a few mentioned here. First, fan favorite, which I'm sure they think will help ticket sales. Second, they didn't want to spend a lot of money. And third, Kenny Williams is an idiot and is taking a complete shot in the dark on the off chance that it looks out and he looks like a genius. Sort of like when I bet on the horse with the highest odds at the track just because the payoff is so high.

 

But I never win.

 

Nolan Ryan was my favorite player as a kid, and he cemented it when he beat Ventura's ass.

[questionmarkgrace]

KENNY GETS HIS YES MAN!!!

 

fixed

[Sammy Sofa]

OP said it best. WTF?

 

I think this is a combination of several things, a few mentioned here. First, fan favorite, which I'm sure they think will help ticket sales. Second, they didn't want to spend a lot of money. And third, Kenny Williams is an idiot and is taking a complete shot in the dark on the off chance that it looks out and he looks like a genius. Sort of like when I bet on the horse with the highest odds at the track just because the payoff is so high.

 

But I never win.

 

Nolan Ryan was my favorite player as a kid, and he cemented it when he beat Ventura's ass.

 

This is what happens when a team isn't going to spend more money and gets desperate to appeal to the fans.

[Derwood]

OP said it best. WTF?

 

I think this is a combination of several things, a few mentioned here. First, fan favorite, which I'm sure they think will help ticket sales. Second, they didn't want to spend a lot of money. And third, Kenny Williams is an idiot and is taking a complete shot in the dark on the off chance that it looks out and he looks like a genius. Sort of like when I bet on the horse with the highest odds at the track just because the payoff is so high.

 

But I never win.

 

Nolan Ryan was my favorite player as a kid, and he cemented it when he beat Ventura's ass.

 

This is what happens when a team isn't going to spend more money and gets desperate to appeal to the fans.

 

It's also endemic of a sport that refuses to hire ANYONE as a manager who isn't a former player.

 

I mean, if you're going to hire a former Sox player, at least pick a catcher.

 

RON KARKOVICE, COME ON DOWN!

[TruffleShuffle]

did ventura ever say what he was doing when he pretty much put his head down and let ryan wail away on him? i'm convinced that he was on his way out to the mound, realized he was going after an old man who was a legend of the game, and just lost any heart he had to fight.

[chuckywang]

They pulled a Ryne Sandberg!

 

Maybe if Robin Ventura had any sort of managerial experience at all. How do you think Ryno thinks that when he wanted to manage the Cubs asked him to go to A ball and work his way up through the minors managing, which he did without complaint, and then when the Cubs job opened he was passed over, and then he sees the White Sox hire a guy with no managerial experience at all?

 

I was anti-Ryno, and still am, but I can imagine it angers him to see that.

 

Why would it anger Ryno that a completely different franchise does something his franchise wasn't willing to do?