05-12-2009, 12:16 PM
<!--quoteo(post=37281:date=May 11 2009, 05:28 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ May 11 2009, 05:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I like Lou, but I think he was sort of an over correction. Dusty was seen as too permissive, so Hendry felt like he had to get a hardass.
I don't know if there is a "perfect" manager, but I've felt for a while that I'd like our manager to be an ex-Cub -- someone who really understands the culture surrounding the team and the unique pressures involved with playing for the Cubs.
Whenever Ryno feels like he's ready, I'm ready for him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm a little torn on Ryno. On one hand I would love to see it. On the other, once he inevitably fails to manage a winner, the media will gut him and he will be run out of the job. I would hate to see a Cubs legend that admire go out on a bad note like that. I want him to be our version of Tommy Lasorda, but that won't happen unless he wins... and he won't win... no one will ever win. Fucking Cubs.
I don't know if there is a "perfect" manager, but I've felt for a while that I'd like our manager to be an ex-Cub -- someone who really understands the culture surrounding the team and the unique pressures involved with playing for the Cubs.
Whenever Ryno feels like he's ready, I'm ready for him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm a little torn on Ryno. On one hand I would love to see it. On the other, once he inevitably fails to manage a winner, the media will gut him and he will be run out of the job. I would hate to see a Cubs legend that admire go out on a bad note like that. I want him to be our version of Tommy Lasorda, but that won't happen unless he wins... and he won't win... no one will ever win. Fucking Cubs.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.