OT- Tigers to hire Brad Ausmus as new manager
Today was awful, but maybe this cheers some people up.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/11/tigers-to-hire-ausmus-as-manager.html#disqus_thread
Source: #Tigers to hire Ausmus as manager. First reported @AdamSpolane.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 3, 2013
November 2nd, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
Is this good?
November 2nd, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
I want Gibson. Maybe the Lions might make the playoffs. This fall is sucking ass right now.
November 2nd, 2013 at 11:55 PM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:05 AM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 11:58 PM ^
Do you wanted 162 games of unnecessary roughness?
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:32 AM ^
Some wins would be nice though.
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:00 AM ^
Thankfully you didn't get your wish.
Seriously, Gibson is awful, if he never played for the Tigers nobody would be calling for him.
He still believe grit is important lol.
November 3rd, 2013 at 8:14 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
I was under the assumption that Gibby was under contract with Arizona for 2-3 more seasons. Plus who's to say Ausmus wont be a good manager? I trust Dombrowski's hiring ability more than some armchair GM's.
Let's give Brad Ausmus a chance before he's written off. As Michigan fans we should know with Rich Rod what happens when you write a coach/manager off before they even get a chance.
November 2nd, 2013 at 11:55 PM ^
Will he take back his old number from Andy Dirks?
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:39 AM ^
unless the Andy Dirks of 2012 shows up in Florida. The 2013 version of Dirks was a black hole in the batting order.
November 2nd, 2013 at 11:56 PM ^
I was really expecting Gibson, but honestly Ausmus seems to have a good resume and was sought after elsewhere, so hopefully he works out.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
Why were you expecting Gibson after Arizona said they wouldn't let him out of his contract.
November 3rd, 2013 at 10:54 AM ^
What are you trying to do, distract everyone from complaining about the Michigan game?!!!
For those that may not understand my reference. It is from the movie Up. Everytime someone wanted to distract the dogs, they would yell squirrel! This was meant in a joking reference to the Michigan thread meltdowns and this thread offering a distraction to those.
Ausmus seems like an ok hire, but I don't know enough about him as a manager yet!
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:06 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:02 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:03 AM ^
Though he is a former catcher, who seem to fit into the managerial role pretty well. Not sure how this will turn out.
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:03 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:05 AM ^
has nothing to do with their managerial skills. Clown move bro
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:06 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:07 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:08 AM ^
Not sure if that is what you're implying, but he was traded in 2001. 2003 was the year you're talking about. Ausmus was a solid big league catcher.
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:09 AM ^
1. It wasn't Brad Ausmus.
2. That's seriously the most retarded logic one can employ. Think before you post something completely moronic.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:20 AM ^
Brandon Inge and Matt Walbeck.
Also, maybe your dumb ass should go check out what a Hall-of-Fame caliber player Sparky Anderson was.
November 3rd, 2013 at 11:19 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:18 PM ^
You do realize that talent as a professional as no correlation with how good of a coach/manager you are. Isiah Thomas was a great NBA coach wasn't he?
Joe Maddon - former minor league catcher, never made it past single A ball.
Terry Francona - former 1b/of from 1981-1990; career .274 avg 16 hr, 143 rbi
Mike Matheny - former catcher from 1994-2006; career .239 avg 67 hr 443 rbi
John Farrell - former pitcher from 1987-1996; career 36-46 4.56 era
Guess those guys cant manage. They had shitty careers.
November 3rd, 2013 at 6:01 PM ^
There's probably an inverse correlation, to be honest. Marginal big-leaguers have innate experience in maximizing a minimal amount of talent. Star players for whom everything came easier will have tough time imparting the hows and whys to anyone but fellow stars. Ted Williams was a famously lousy hitting coach. He had such a natural swing that he couldn't teach others how to do the same because he never had to actually learn.
November 3rd, 2013 at 6:27 PM ^
Excellent post. There are very few examples of great players who turned into good coaches. The only example I can think of is Larry Bird who did decent coaching and pretty well in the front office. But, he wasn't naturally a great athlete.
November 3rd, 2013 at 6:28 PM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:03 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:04 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:10 AM ^
reputation, a real "up and comer" as they say. Former Tiger is a plus, obviously lack of experience a negative. Interesting if true since an interview I saw had Dombrowski go out of his way to express he preferred experience.
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:12 AM ^
They just can't stay away from that guy.
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:14 AM ^
Ausmus was catcher for that year I believe it was Inge and Malusky who they traded Ausmus for him and Roger Cedeno the year or two before that year.
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:57 AM ^
Ah yes, the days of Randy Smith as GM, when all of the team's trades were made with either San Diego or Houston - and all seemed to involve Ausmus.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:35 PM ^
Ausmus was traded with Nelson Cruz for Roger Cedeno and couple other nobodies. Cruz went on to destroy the Tigers in the ALCS a few years later.
November 3rd, 2013 at 6:06 PM ^
Different Nelson Cruz. The one traded with Ausmus was 39 in 2011 and played his last big-league ball in 2003.
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:16 AM ^
He's probably going to need to hire a veteran bench coach since this his first managerial job. I like the new blood approach from Dombrowski, we'll see how it goes.
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:22 AM ^
Lamont will stay on as bench coach, he had Ausmus have worked together before and have a good relationship.
November 3rd, 2013 at 12:42 AM ^
Ahh, a bit worried. Think the team needed someone who proved he can win and control a bunch of egos. They instead hired someone who has never managed in MLB before.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:18 AM ^
Look at STL with Mike Matheny. Zero experience in managing MLB team and is a former catcher. Brad Ausmus is exactly like him before the season started.
Wait before you judge. Dombrowski has said that he wanted someone who can command respect of the vets and has experience. Ausmus must have wowed Dombrowski in the interview and Ausmus has some relationship with the Tigers in some capacity this year.
November 3rd, 2013 at 6:57 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 10:31 AM ^
did really well in his first season, finishing 2nd in AL Central 3 games behind the Tigers. Last year was bad. The White Sox overall talent level is really bad as whole and players who had their career year in Ventura's season regressed to the means. Not his fault that the team is a dumpster fire.
November 3rd, 2013 at 8:06 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 10:33 AM ^
but I'm providing a counter example to the rebuttal about Ausmus's lack of experience managing MLB. Ausmus will have a great starting pitching rotation, top of the order who can hit. The Tigers should be fine as long as they have both. They just need to fill holes in bullpen (and hope Rondon is ready for primetime which I think he is) and find bottom of the order hitters who can hit.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:04 AM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:23 AM ^
You're going to hate our hottest pitching prospect, Justin Verlanski. He's reminiscent of Sidd Finch.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:12 AM ^
I'm excited about this hire. Yes, he's young and inexperienced, but I'll take that a manager who is a tired retread. Everyone who talks about Ausmus says this guy knows what he is doing and has a great baseball IQ. It's time to get some fresh blood into the system, and not some guy who has bounced around the league for years. Out of the pool of guys that were actually available, Ausmus is the one.
I do hope he keeps around Jeff Jones. Also perhaps Lamont on the bench just because he knows the clubhouse well.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:10 AM ^
as someone who has followed Brad, I think this is a great hire for the Tigers, and I wish him all the best when he's not playing Houston or Boston.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:54 AM ^
I wish they would have hired me. I think baseball manager would be a pretty good gig... warm climate in the winter and chillin in the dugout....