06-16-2010, 06:54 PM
<!--quoteo(post=101779:date=Jun 16 2010, 05:40 PM:name=MrSheps)-->QUOTE (MrSheps @ Jun 16 2010, 05:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I too always seem to agree with Brenly and I think these Cubs teams, even when they've been good and make the playoffs, are weak on fundamentals, hustle and baseball IQ. If today Brenly was brought in to take over the team I'd love it. I'd love to see him kick a little ass and bring in a better approach. It's easier said than done, but I don't even hear Lou's staff talking big about the little things. When they do it doesn't sound legit to me.
It's not even about wanting Lou out for me as much as just wanting to see a manager who is obsessed with doing things "right" in there. I think Brenly is one of those guys, or at least he appears to be. Plus he's the right age in my mind, not too old and not too young, he knows the players throughout the system as well and anyone they'd hire, he has a ring and had a successful career, and he seems like he doesn't take much shit. Do it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sheps post pretty much sums up how I feel.
When he was with the D-Backs, Brenly had a rep as a kind of easy-going "player's manager," but I seriously doubt he'd be that way now. He was a young first-timer, inheriting a <i>really</i> veteran team.
In fact, I think he deserves some credit for guiding that D-backs team. That would be a truly intimidating clubhouse to be thrown into: Raging egomaniacs like Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, set-in-their-ways guys like Mark Grace and Jay Bell, the steroid-crazed Matt Johnson, <i>really</i> curious personalities like Danny Bautista and Byung-Yung Kim...not the easiest ship to steer. And he led them to a championship.
And I think he's learned a lot<i> since</i> then.
It's not even about wanting Lou out for me as much as just wanting to see a manager who is obsessed with doing things "right" in there. I think Brenly is one of those guys, or at least he appears to be. Plus he's the right age in my mind, not too old and not too young, he knows the players throughout the system as well and anyone they'd hire, he has a ring and had a successful career, and he seems like he doesn't take much shit. Do it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sheps post pretty much sums up how I feel.
When he was with the D-Backs, Brenly had a rep as a kind of easy-going "player's manager," but I seriously doubt he'd be that way now. He was a young first-timer, inheriting a <i>really</i> veteran team.
In fact, I think he deserves some credit for guiding that D-backs team. That would be a truly intimidating clubhouse to be thrown into: Raging egomaniacs like Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, set-in-their-ways guys like Mark Grace and Jay Bell, the steroid-crazed Matt Johnson, <i>really</i> curious personalities like Danny Bautista and Byung-Yung Kim...not the easiest ship to steer. And he led them to a championship.
And I think he's learned a lot<i> since</i> then.
There's nothing better than to realize that the good things about youth don't end with youth itself. It's a matter of realizing that life can be renewed every day you get out of bed without baggage. It's tough to get there, but it's better than the dark thoughts. -Lance