It's Maddoning

[NOLA]

Plus, he strikes me as a "gut" decision maker. No evidence of this, but he just seems very old school thinking.

[Banedon]

Plus, he strikes me as a "gut" decision maker. No evidence of this, but he just seems very old school thinking.

 

Would you say this is a gut feeling for you?

[NOLA]

Plus, he strikes me as a "gut" decision maker. No evidence of this, but he just seems very old school thinking.

 

Would you say this is a gut feeling for you?

I feel safe in saying yes. Then again, I'm not managing the Chicago Cubs.

[Andy]

He just seems like the kind of guy that is going to heavily (Dusty level) favor some players over others, and not necessarily based on talent. I base this solely on the ~100 or so words I've heard him speak.

My main concern with him is that he is way to buddy buddy with Rizzo and Lester. Would Ross take out Lester if he was clearly out of gas but a couple of outs shy of a win? Would he jump Rizzo's ass for getting thrown out easily trying to stretch a double into a triple?

I don't think these concerns are without merit - and I'm not arguing for Ross as manager - but if he's to be believed in his book, he never had a problem 'jumping someone's ass' for screw-ups as a player, so I doubt he'd have a problem doing it as a manager.

[Cubswin11]

Can interpret this a bunch of ways but man he’s setting up that bouncing Maddon will be the big move with a few roster tweaks and adds and basically run it back, isn’t he?

 

[Sammy Sofa]

The image of Ross breaking up a meeting on the mound with some spontaneous power horsefeathering is pretty amazing.

[weis21]

Somebody send GRCubs the link to this thread. There may be enough Ross bashing for him to dip his toes back in NSBB waters.

[weis21]

Can interpret this a bunch of ways but man he’s setting up that bouncing Maddon will be the big move with a few roster tweaks and adds and basically run it back, isn’t he?

 

I know it’s “just” twitter and we all mess up time to time blah blah blah

 

But a freaking national reporter using “here” instead of “hear” makes me cringe.

[CoolHandLuke]

Can interpret this a bunch of ways but man he’s setting up that bouncing Maddon will be the big move with a few roster tweaks and adds and basically run it back, isn’t he?

 

I know it’s “just” twitter and we all mess up time to time blah blah blah

 

But a freaking national reporter using “here” instead of “hear” makes me cringe.

 

It's a quote, though, so this is actually on Theo.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Can interpret this a bunch of ways but man he’s setting up that bouncing Maddon will be the big move with a few roster tweaks and adds and basically run it back, isn’t he?

 

I know it’s “just” twitter and we all mess up time to time blah blah blah

 

But a freaking national reporter using “here” instead of “hear” makes me cringe.

 

It's a quote, though, so this is actually on Theo.

 

Lol, what?

[ConstableRabbit]

I know it’s “just” twitter and we all mess up time to time blah blah blah

 

But a freaking national reporter using “here” instead of “hear” makes me cringe.

 

It's a quote, though, so this is actually on Theo.

 

Lol, what?

Don’t judge man. You didn’t here it.

[David]

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[Deeg]

Don't sleep on John Farrell. He'll be in the mix.

[UK]

I think Josh Bard would be a dark horse candidate.

[OleMissCub]

I'm a believer in the whole stupid, "horsefeathers journeymen catchers make decent coaches/managers" thing. Bring on Ross, that [expletive] scumbag.

 

It's damn near scientific at this point is it not?

 

Hinch

Snitker

Cash

Melvin

Ausmus

Bochy

Yost

Servais

[17 Seconds]

i like ross because he talks like a nice homeless person

[OleMissCub]

I think Josh Bard would be a dark horse candidate.

 

He passes the journeyman catcher litmus test. I’m down.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm a believer in the whole stupid, "horsefeathers journeymen catchers make decent coaches/managers" thing. Bring on Ross, that [expletive] scumbag.

 

It's damn near scientific at this point is it not?

 

Hinch

Snitker

Cash

Melvin

Ausmus

Bochy

Yost

Servais

 

Man, how do you leave out Torre.

[Derwood]

Or Maddon (though he never "journeyed" above A-Ball)

[We Got The Whole 9]

Am I alone in thinking Counsell would manage this Cubs team to 95-100 wins? The Brewers started Almora and Russell equivalents all season, one of them at lead off. They had like 2 or 3 remarkable pitchers and then he just rotated the other parts in and out effectively, many times pulling starters after 3 or 4 innings. The defensive positioning is spot-on. They reduced most of our big bats to ash.

 

It's absolutely insane that they have that awful of a RD and are still gonna get into the playoffs.

[UK]

Am I alone in thinking Counsell would manage this Cubs team to 95-100 wins? The Brewers started Almora and Russell equivalents all season, one of them at lead off. They had like 2 or 3 remarkable pitchers and then he just rotated the other parts in and out effectively, many times pulling starters after 3 or 4 innings. The defensive positioning is spot-on. They reduced most of our big bats to ash.

 

It's absolutely insane that they have that awful of a RD and are still gonna get into the playoffs.

 

Managers don't make that big of a difference. With that said, he's one of the best and better than Maddon.

[OleMissCub]

I'm a believer in the whole stupid, "horsefeathers journeymen catchers make decent coaches/managers" thing. Bring on Ross, that [expletive] scumbag.

 

It's damn near scientific at this point is it not?

 

Hinch

Snitker

Cash

Melvin

Ausmus

Bochy

Yost

Servais

 

Man, how do you leave out Torre.

 

Going with current.

 

Also Torre wasn't a journeyman, he was a borderline HOF catcher.

[chopsx9]

I'm a believer in the whole stupid, "horsefeathers journeymen catchers make decent coaches/managers" thing. Bring on Ross, that [expletive] scumbag.

 

It's damn near scientific at this point is it not?

 

Hinch

Snitker

Cash

Melvin

Ausmus

Bochy

Yost

Servais

 

In that case John Baker...come on dowm!!

 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Am I alone in thinking Counsell would manage this Cubs team to 95-100 wins? The Brewers started Almora and Russell equivalents all season, one of them at lead off. They had like 2 or 3 remarkable pitchers and then he just rotated the other parts in and out effectively, many times pulling starters after 3 or 4 innings. The defensive positioning is spot-on. They reduced most of our big bats to ash.

 

It's absolutely insane that they have that awful of a RD and are still gonna get into the playoffs.

 

I would be very careful attributing positive differential between RD and wins to the manager. The whole point of Pythagorean Wins is that they're more predictive than real wins, because there doesn't seem to be anything intrinsic about the team (which the manager is) that makes the difference happen.

[Sammy Sofa]

 

It's damn near scientific at this point is it not?

 

Hinch

Snitker

Cash

Melvin

Ausmus

Bochy

Yost

Servais

 

Man, how do you leave out Torre.

 

Going with current.

 

Also Torre wasn't a journeyman, he was a borderline HOF catcher.

 

Yeah, but he's butt ass ugly, so he counts.