06-09-2010, 10:13 AM
<!--quoteo(post=100564:date=Jun 9 2010, 09:04 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jun 9 2010, 09:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Lou needed to crack some skulls weeks ago and try to shake things up, try anything he could, but that wasn't going to happen.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Rok, I love you, but this is insane. He moved Zambrano to the pen. He benched Theriot. He sat 5 guys from our opening day lineup. He took Gorzelanny out of the rotation. He pulled Wells after 16 pitches. He tried sitting ARam. He tried playing ARam. He moved Lee down in the order. He moved Byrd ALL OVER the order. He's put Colvin in the starting lineup. He tried Cardidad in the 8th. He tried Grabow in the 8th. He tried Zambrano in the 8th. He tried Marshall in the 8th. He's trying Cashner in the 8th. He's tried leaving starters in rather than go to the bullpen.
NONE of this made any difference. The Cubs continue on their merry way, scoring 1 or 2 or occasionally 3 runs.
Put aside whether you (or I) think he should be fired. The idea that he hasn't tried to "shake things up" is simply false. It's not that he hasn't shaken things up. It's that the shake ups have had ZERO effect.
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He's tried various things, but in each case, he went back to the status quo rather quickly. Not my idea of shaking things up. Theriot was benched, then inserted back in the leadoff or #2 slot a few days later. Z was moved to the pen for whatever reason, and now he's back after not being properly stretched out as promised. ARam should have been benched or DL'd a long time ago. Something definitely stinks there. Just about every other attempt to shuffle things around comes off as desperation to me (except for calling up Castro and Cashner, but even those could be argued). I'm not blaming Lou for the lack of performance, but he has allowed a lot of things drag on for far too long to the point where now the situation is unfixable IMO.
Rok, I love you, but this is insane. He moved Zambrano to the pen. He benched Theriot. He sat 5 guys from our opening day lineup. He took Gorzelanny out of the rotation. He pulled Wells after 16 pitches. He tried sitting ARam. He tried playing ARam. He moved Lee down in the order. He moved Byrd ALL OVER the order. He's put Colvin in the starting lineup. He tried Cardidad in the 8th. He tried Grabow in the 8th. He tried Zambrano in the 8th. He tried Marshall in the 8th. He's trying Cashner in the 8th. He's tried leaving starters in rather than go to the bullpen.
NONE of this made any difference. The Cubs continue on their merry way, scoring 1 or 2 or occasionally 3 runs.
Put aside whether you (or I) think he should be fired. The idea that he hasn't tried to "shake things up" is simply false. It's not that he hasn't shaken things up. It's that the shake ups have had ZERO effect.
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He's tried various things, but in each case, he went back to the status quo rather quickly. Not my idea of shaking things up. Theriot was benched, then inserted back in the leadoff or #2 slot a few days later. Z was moved to the pen for whatever reason, and now he's back after not being properly stretched out as promised. ARam should have been benched or DL'd a long time ago. Something definitely stinks there. Just about every other attempt to shuffle things around comes off as desperation to me (except for calling up Castro and Cashner, but even those could be argued). I'm not blaming Lou for the lack of performance, but he has allowed a lot of things drag on for far too long to the point where now the situation is unfixable IMO.