06-02-2010, 08:11 AM
Lou has the demeanor of a man who's already given up. When I look at him, when I listen to him, I see and hear someone who appears to have retired a couple years ago. He looks like a drunken hobo. He stammers like Ozzy Osbourne. He has no clue about what's going on on his own team. He instills zero confidence.
Are those sufficient reasons to fire him? Probably not, but sometimes perception is reality, and the perception of Lou that I have is that he's a dottering old fool.
I didn't watch the game last night (why would I?) but I heard after future Hall of Famer Neal Walker hit the go-ahead home run, Lou shrugged. He shrugged as if to say, "What are ya gonna do?" If that's true, then it tells me all I need to know. He has to go.
And Scarey can defend Lou all he wants, but the fact of the matter is that Lou had absolutely no idea that Theriot had only one walk in May. He was genuinely flummoxed. This is a man who's given computer print outs on a daily basis and yet still had to be told by a reporter what was going on on his own team.
The Cubs are gonna lose 90 games this year, but Lou won't get fired.
Are those sufficient reasons to fire him? Probably not, but sometimes perception is reality, and the perception of Lou that I have is that he's a dottering old fool.
I didn't watch the game last night (why would I?) but I heard after future Hall of Famer Neal Walker hit the go-ahead home run, Lou shrugged. He shrugged as if to say, "What are ya gonna do?" If that's true, then it tells me all I need to know. He has to go.
And Scarey can defend Lou all he wants, but the fact of the matter is that Lou had absolutely no idea that Theriot had only one walk in May. He was genuinely flummoxed. This is a man who's given computer print outs on a daily basis and yet still had to be told by a reporter what was going on on his own team.
The Cubs are gonna lose 90 games this year, but Lou won't get fired.
Wang.