Gerald Perry fired

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<!--quoteo(post=44153:date=Jun 14 2009, 08:03 PM:name=MALou18)-->QUOTE (MALou18 @ Jun 14 2009, 08:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=44145:date=Jun 14 2009, 08:42 PM:name=chitownwinninitall)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chitownwinninitall @ Jun 14 2009, 08:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Just a question, but is there any correlation between a guys playing career and coaching career. Leo Mazzone and Dave Duncan sucked as players but are two of the better pitching coaches in the last decade. I do know I had never heard of guys like Soto, Fox, Hoff, and Scales until they got to AAA and they put up good numbers and got their shot in the bigs, maybe he knows how to show a guy how to hit but can't hit himself, it wouldnt be the first time something like that happened. I say give him a chance, why not?. I think some of these major league coaches really don't do shit for established guys so is this really a big deal?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

It's a good question, I guess I just assumed that a hitting coach should be somebody who knows about hitting and was proficient at it. Then again I think it was Milwaukee, fired Rod Carew as hitting coach because the players weren't hitting. One would assume Rod Carew would be damn good hitting coach, but alot of it is the ability to communicate. Heck you are probably right, a few of my football teams I coached were really decent but I really and totally sucked as a football player.
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Star players, or great hitters are not usually great coaches because they didn't have to overcome as much struggle as the average ballplayer. Patience is key. A lot of those guys struggle as coaches because they can't relate to the players.