Comments on: Another Twin killing

By: Ryan McCrystal

Ryan McCrystal — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:57:07 +0000

I completely agree. I generally believe managers don’t do enough good or bad over the course of the season to warrant any type of evaluation at all, and as a result I’m usually inclined to keep the status quo. But for that same reason I think making the switch from Acta to Alomar has to happen. Alomar can’t possible be worse than Acta (it’s probably a lateral move) but it would go a very long way towards appeasing the fans and generating some positive feelings toward the club entering 2013. In other words, if managers don’t matter, hire the guy the fans want (which in this case is obviously someone the team thinks fairly highly of as well). It seems like a no-brainer to me.

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Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:06:23 +0000

[...] this point outside of major institutional changes, and even those may do no good. I mentioned on Ryan’s post last night that I’m typically pretty conservative when it comes to firing a manager or [...]

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:18:30 +0000

It’s so hard to believe that it has been 5 years since we made the playoffs. I feel like it was yesterday I was watching the 07 ALCS as a giddy teenager. I then began to play the what-if game thinking about how Skinner held up Kenny at the third base. Sadly, as an Indians fan, “What if?” is not a slogan of hope as the TV commercials suggest, but a collection of painful memories from the past. I only hope that my list of Tribe “what if?s” is not as long as my fathers when I reach his age.

By: Linda Golba

Linda Golba — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:40:35 +0000

I’ve been a fan of the Tribe since the sixties so I have watched a lot of bad baseball but never as bad as the second half of this year. I think a good shake up is in order from the GM on down.(I wish I could include the owner, also). Time to see what Sandy can do!

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:03:54 +0000

At least in the NFL, there’s rarely anything that makes it clearer a coach/manager is about to get fired than by giving him a public vote of confidence. However, our owner is Dolan, and while I hate playing the “wah wah our ownership is so cheap” card, I believe it applies here.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:15:05 +0000

Agreed. Fire everyone but Sandy Alomar Jr. and let him hire his team. Imagine if he could get Albert Belle and Kenny Lofton to join as coaches? Maybe even Chuck Nagy as a pitching coach.

By: Homero

Homero — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:03:47 +0000

Very disappointing season. The last two years have been hard to watch. So much potential but we just can’t put all the pieces together at the same time. Asdrubal, Brantley, Kipnis, Santana and Shoo just can’t seem to get hot simultaneously. I believe we have the talent but something is unfortunately missing.

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:41:59 +0000

I’m typically fairly conservative when it comes to firing any members of a coaching staff (be it manager or coaches). I fully believe that they can’t hit, field, and pitch for the players and typically deserve some benefit of the doubt. The grass won’t always be greener, all of that jazz, etc.

With that being said, I’m at the point where I’m really hoping they just clean house. Something about the whole atmosphere around this team has just started to bother me…as far as I’m concerned, they can fire anyone whose name is not Sandy Alomar Jr.