10/2/18 NL WILD CARD Rockies (Freeland) @ CLERBS (Lester) 7:00 CST ESPN

[weis21]

 

Olney mentioned on his podcast today that there is speculation within baseball that Roberts and Maddon could be gone if they get bounced early.

Regardless of tonight's outcome, I still find it hard to believe the Cubs would fire a guy 2 years removed from a World Series title and in the middle of a 4 year playoff run. The only way it happens is if the rift between him and the front offense is irreconcilable.

He has 1 year left on deal, if there no interest in extending him, probably would be the best time to bump him and get someone else in now..

 

Girardi said he wants to manage again

[UMFan83]

I hope they publicly fire Chili Davis on the pitchers mound after the game so everyone can go home happy

[UMFan83]

Baseball is easily the stupidest sport ever invented

[cl smooth]

Girardi said he wants to manage again

 

no thanks

[Schwarber Fan]

Way too many Wrigley playoff games a lot like this one since the 2015 NLCS. Fortunately we won the 2016 World Series.

[imb]

feels like this is where big donk jon sees it go off the rails

[Brian]

we should trade for Molina and make him player manager, we don't have a player better than Trout that it would take to get it done though

[Old Style]

Does the budget for Harper go up with each successive limp dick AB?

[Cubswin11]

 

Olney mentioned on his podcast today that there is speculation within baseball that Roberts and Maddon could be gone if they get bounced early.

Regardless of tonight's outcome, I still find it hard to believe the Cubs would fire a guy 2 years removed from a World Series title and in the middle of a 4 year playoff run. The only way it happens is if the rift between him and the front offense is irreconcilable.

He has 1 year left on deal, if there no interest in extending him, probably would be the best time to bump him and get someone else in now..

 

Girardi said he wants to manage again

I’m sure he does, but he’s awful

[Andy]

Thought there were only 2 outs, this team is eliminating themselves so quickly I can't keep up

[Gilby]

Offer Bryce an ownership stake. Whatever it takes

[abuck1220]

like they’re for sure firing chili like immediately right? like this isn’t crazy knee jerk fan stuff...he’s 100% gone?

[Brian]

Way too many Wrigley playoff games a lot like this one since the 2015 NLCS. Fortunately we won the 2016 World Series.

 

goes back to '07-'08

[UMFan83]

Jesus could you imagine the change in clubhouse culture going from Maddon to Girardi?

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

we should trade for Molina and make him player manager, we don't have a player better than Trout that it would take to get it done though

[Cubswin11]

 

Olney mentioned on his podcast today that there is speculation within baseball that Roberts and Maddon could be gone if they get bounced early.

It would seem to be very unlike both teams/FO’s to make their decision based off the postseason. Off other reasons, sure. But just based off playoff performances I find that hard to believe. I still don’t think Joe is gone unless he decides to retire.

 

what makes you think it would be "based off playoff performances" in maddon's case? It's more likely (assuming this report is real, who knows) that they want to get rid of maddon but are wary of doing it if the cubs make an extended run in the playoffs again. Losing the division lead and then dropping 163 and the WC game at home would just allow them to more easily cut Maddon loose without too much scrutiny.

Based off the post I replied to and the other article today of it being based on how the playoffs go? If they want him to go fine, I’d completely get it. But the reason being how the playoffs go I 100% don’t buy.

[Sammys Boombox]

What an awesome display by our batsmen.

[chibears55]

Hope Lackey does the stretch and yells at them..

 

Hey Fu@#$Cards, wake your ass up and get some hits

[bcl412]

We’re down one and I’m tuning out like it’s 4 or something

[UMFan83]

like they’re for sure firing chili like immediately right? like this isn’t crazy knee jerk fan stuff...he’s 100% gone?

 

I mean it’s hard to compare the offensive numbers from last year to this year and look at the % of PA taken by players on the team in 2017 and not fire him. I’m sure Theo has some fancy advanced statistics that tell him how much Chili sucks too

[abuck1220]

maddon real proud of a couple of the cubs hard hit outs.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Jokes on the Rockies for wasting their best starter on the Cubs lineup

[DurbanJer]

 

Olney mentioned on his podcast today that there is speculation within baseball that Roberts and Maddon could be gone if they get bounced early.

Regardless of tonight's outcome, I still find it hard to believe the Cubs would fire a guy 2 years removed from a World Series title and in the middle of a 4 year playoff run. The only way it happens is if the rift between him and the front offense is irreconcilable.

 

I hate the Maddon is "the manager who won the World Series for the Cubs" when he did everything in his power to blow it.

 

whose call was the hitting/pitching coach firings?

[imb]

It would seem to be very unlike both teams/FO’s to make their decision based off the postseason. Off other reasons, sure. But just based off playoff performances I find that hard to believe. I still don’t think Joe is gone unless he decides to retire.

 

what makes you think it would be "based off playoff performances" in maddon's case? It's more likely (assuming this report is real, who knows) that they want to get rid of maddon but are wary of doing it if the cubs make an extended run in the playoffs again. Losing the division lead and then dropping 163 and the WC game at home would just allow them to more easily cut Maddon loose without too much scrutiny.

Based off the post I replied to and the other article today of it being based on how the playoffs go? If they want him to go fine, I’d completely get it. But the reason being how the playoffs go I 100% don’t buy.

 

"gone if" does not mean "gone because"

[ScrubMD]

I want them to replace Maddon with an 80's sitcom robot that just prints out probabilities on that tractor feed printer paper.