Fire Lou

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=99497:date=Jun 2 2010, 10:13 AM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Jun 2 2010, 10:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=99494:date=Jun 2 2010, 10:10 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Jun 2 2010, 10:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=99476:date=Jun 2 2010, 08:27 AM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ Jun 2 2010, 08:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=99461:date=Jun 2 2010, 07:11 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Jun 2 2010, 07:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->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.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Did you know that Theriot only had one walk? I understand that it's not your job to keep track of Theriot's walks, but guess what? It's not Lou's job either! It's Lou's job to track how well his players are doing and he knew Theriot wasn't walking much already and that he was in a big slump. Think about this for a second: you're slamming him because he didn't know exactly how bad Theriot's walk total in a given time frame. To say he "has to be told by a reporter what was going on on his own team" is huge, HUGE stretch. Do you expect him to know off hand how many extra base hits Aramis has had in the last four weeks? Or how many outfield assists Soriano has had in the last 6 weeks? Like I said before, if that's your big beef with the guy than you're looking for reasons to dislike him at this point.
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I expect the manager of a major league team to know EXACTLY what every player is doing on his team. Lou had no idea how bad it was with Theriot. He may have known Theriot was struggling, but he didn't have an inkling of how bad it was. He was absolutely, completely, and totally clueless.
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You're making assumptions. You can't state assumptions as fact.

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt seeing as he's been doing this for 23 years.
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I don't give a shit how long he's managed. He may have been a great manager at one time, but it was aa long time ago. He's lost it. He's done. He needs to retire to Margaritaville, as if he hasn't already done so in his mind. He's lost control of the ship.

Two years ago, I loved Lou, but this isn't the same guy. Time to let go.