Piniella has to be canned

[rok]

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After the stats BT listed, I don't think there should be a camp that wants him canned (even though I was part of that clan).
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I still think he should be canned. You have a bunch of teams that were horrible (the vast majority of teams that change managers) with a few who were under performing. What if there were only 10 teams that were favorites to either win or content for their division/league title and 7 teams that turned it around were part of that group? Then you have a 70% chance of turning it around. (Obviously I'm making that up, but the story was used to show that the stat as given is almost irrelevant)

The point is, if a competent replacement is found, would we really be worse off? I don't think so.
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Please tell what competant replacement could be found at mid-season. If your answer is Ryno, please explain why he would be a good choice because I'm not sure that he is.
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I should have said, "I still think he should be canned if they can find a competent replacement." Who would that be? No idea. My main point was that the stat given doesn't really prove anything.
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The fact that canning the manager didn't result in a playoff run ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE TIMES out 119 doesn't prove anything? What in God's name would constitute "proof" in your view?
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Well, this is hardly something scientific we're talking about. Each case is unique and there are so many moving parts to every team, so you'd be hard-pressed to prove/disprove anything when it comes to manager firings.