OT: Tigers 8/28
August 29th, 2012 at 7:32 AM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 11:06 AM ^
Replacing a manager mid-season does no good for anyone involved, and the fact that you think it does shows how little baseball knowledge you have. Who comes in to replace him? I hate to break it to ya but Terry Francona is good friends with Leyland and it's going to show him up by taking his job from him with over a month to go. Gibson isn't coming here either, I'm certain he saw how we treated Trammel and having Tram on his current staff I don't envision this happeneing either.
People put so much blame on the guy that doesn't even play, how about for once blaming the people on the field that control the outcome of the game; JV was awful last night, just awful and he can't have that kind of start when his offense goes out and gives him a nice early cushion.
You can argue about some of Leylands in game decisions, hell we all do it and think we'd be better at his job, but he's a top clubhouse manager and he usually knows his stuff, and firing him does this team no good now or in the near future.
August 29th, 2012 at 8:39 AM ^
JV? Real fans don't turn the game off in the second inning, particurly when it obvious from the get go that the Tigers offense was going to put some runs on the board. Like I said earlier in thread, it's a dissapointing loss but at the end of the day it's only still only one loss. The doom and gloom/bash Leyland posts in these threads, when the Tigers lose are really getting old.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:08 AM ^
It's amazing to me how quickly people bash Leyland.
The team wins on Sunday: "Woohoo! The Tigers rock! Scherzer is looking like an ace! Cabrera is totes the best player evar! And we have Cecil Jr.!"
The team loses on Tuesday: "Ermagherd, Lerlernd serks mern! Ah can't berlerv howr terrerber thers term ers! Fer Lerlernd!!!!!111 Ert's allr hers ferlt!!!11"
Let me give you some advice if you want to be a fan of a major league baseball team: embrace the losses. Your team is going to lose games. Sometimes, they are going to lose more than they win for certain periods of time. Your instinct will be to overreact to those losses, and feel like there's no way your team is ever going to improve, and think that all is lost. But fear not! Look at the big picture. Understand that the MLB season is a marathon and that teams go up and down. And be thankful that you root for a team that has, overall, won more games than they've lost.
Also, understand that firing the manager has little effect on the team's performance.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:47 AM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 11:12 AM ^
Please, tell me how Leyland could be doing a better job. Tell me exactly where he is coming up short. And just saying "we should be better!" doesn't cut it. You're already saying we should be better, I want to know how.
August 29th, 2012 at 8:24 PM ^
Buck Killer = BRCE