Which Manager would you choose?

[veryzer]

i went with scioscia followed by gardenhire.

[Bricklayer]

<!--quoteo(post=45575:date=Jun 22 2009, 02:24 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Jun 22 2009, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->i went with scioscia followed by gardenhire.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Same here

[Bricklayer]

<!--quoteo(post=45554:date=Jun 22 2009, 12:15 PM:name=Fella)-->QUOTE (Fella @ Jun 22 2009, 12:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45553:date=Jun 22 2009, 11:14 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 22 2009, 11:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'd like a former Cubs player to be our next manager. I think it would be valuable to have someone in the dugout who understands the unique pressures of being a member of this team.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Yeah I agree, I want Ryno. I think he will be a good one.
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I think I'd rather have a person who understands the unique pressures of winning a WS.

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=45581:date=Jun 22 2009, 02:49 PM:name=Bricklayer)-->QUOTE (Bricklayer @ Jun 22 2009, 02:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45554:date=Jun 22 2009, 12:15 PM:name=Fella)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Fella @ Jun 22 2009, 12:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45553:date=Jun 22 2009, 11:14 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 22 2009, 11:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'd like a former Cubs player to be our next manager. I think it would be valuable to have someone in the dugout who understands the unique pressures of being a member of this team.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Yeah I agree, I want Ryno. I think he will be a good one.
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I think I'd rather have a person who understands the unique pressures of winning a WS.
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totally. i love ryno, but i'm not convinced that he'd be a good manager. i'm thinking if sandberg was a utility infielder his whole career, no one would be clamouring for him to manage.

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=45581:date=Jun 22 2009, 02:49 PM:name=Bricklayer)-->QUOTE (Bricklayer @ Jun 22 2009, 02:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45554:date=Jun 22 2009, 12:15 PM:name=Fella)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Fella @ Jun 22 2009, 12:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45553:date=Jun 22 2009, 11:14 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 22 2009, 11:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'd like a former Cubs player to be our next manager. I think it would be valuable to have someone in the dugout who understands the unique pressures of being a member of this team.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Yeah I agree, I want Ryno. I think he will be a good one.
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I think I'd rather have a person who understands the unique pressures of winning a WS.
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Just looking at Lou and Dusty -- I don't think either of them were remotely prepared for what they were getting themselves into. Managing the Cubs isn't like managing other teams and I don't think you can understand it until you experience it.

Sandberg never won a WS with the Cubs, but it was hardly his fault. He killed in both NLCS series he played in.

His postseason stats: .385/.457/.641

[Butcher]

Side note -- I don't know for sure that Sandberg is The Guy. But I do want a former Cub. Preferably a catcher (which is why Girardi was my first choice).

But I'd take Sandberg.

[Ace]

0 votes for Lou is telling.

[Butcher]

LaRussa has 6 votes.

This is the guy who batted his pitcher 8th so Pujols could "have an extra leadoff hitter in front of him."

He's clearly retarded.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=45588:date=Jun 22 2009, 02:58 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 22 2009, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->LaRussa has 6 votes.

This is the guy who batted his pitcher 8th so Pujols could "have an extra leadoff hitter in front of him."

He's clearly retarded.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I hate the guy more than just about anyone on the planet except Ozzie, but I'd be lying if I said that I'm not impressed with his track record. Then again, with Pujols and the team and Duncan turning absolute crap into gold like an alchemist, it's hard to give most of the credit to LaRussa alone. At the same time, if you get both Duncan and LaRussa as part of the package (maybe even pry away Pujols as a FA), I could get behind LaRussa in a Cubs uniform.

[Fella]

<!--quoteo(post=45581:date=Jun 22 2009, 01:49 PM:name=Bricklayer)-->QUOTE (Bricklayer @ Jun 22 2009, 01:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45554:date=Jun 22 2009, 12:15 PM:name=Fella)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Fella @ Jun 22 2009, 12:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45553:date=Jun 22 2009, 11:14 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 22 2009, 11:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'd like a former Cubs player to be our next manager. I think it would be valuable to have someone in the dugout who understands the unique pressures of being a member of this team.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Yeah I agree, I want Ryno. I think he will be a good one.
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I think I'd rather have a person who understands the unique pressures of winning a WS.
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I don't. I want a manager who has never won a world series. I want a manager that knows what the fans and lifetime Cubs players feel like. I want a manager that is hungry for a title, not a manager that won 3 WS elsewhere and doesn't understand what its like to be a Cub or the pressure of trying to snap a 100 year streak.

I agree with Butcher, I want a former Cubs player, preferably one who didn't have success elsewhere like Grace.

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=45589:date=Jun 22 2009, 03:04 PM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Jun 22 2009, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45588:date=Jun 22 2009, 02:58 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 22 2009, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->LaRussa has 6 votes.

This is the guy who batted his pitcher 8th so Pujols could "have an extra leadoff hitter in front of him."

He's clearly retarded.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I hate the guy more than just about anyone on the planet except Ozzie, but I'd be lying if I said that I'm not impressed with his track record. Then again, with Pujols and the team and Duncan turning absolute crap into gold like an alchemist, it's hard to give most of the credit to LaRussa alone. At the same time, if you get both Duncan and LaRussa as part of the package (maybe even pry away Pujols as a FA), I could get behind LaRussa in a Cubs uniform.
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Don't forget the large quantities of steroids that LaRussa pumps into the players on his team, that always helps.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=45611:date=Jun 22 2009, 03:40 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 22 2009, 03:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45589:date=Jun 22 2009, 03:04 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jun 22 2009, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=45588:date=Jun 22 2009, 02:58 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 22 2009, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->LaRussa has 6 votes.

This is the guy who batted his pitcher 8th so Pujols could "have an extra leadoff hitter in front of him."

He's clearly retarded.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I hate the guy more than just about anyone on the planet except Ozzie, but I'd be lying if I said that I'm not impressed with his track record. Then again, with Pujols and the team and Duncan turning absolute crap into gold like an alchemist, it's hard to give most of the credit to LaRussa alone. At the same time, if you get both Duncan and LaRussa as part of the package (maybe even pry away Pujols as a FA), I could get behind LaRussa in a Cubs uniform.
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Don't forget the large quantities of steroids that LaRussa pumps into the players on his team, that always helps.
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Duncan pumped plenty of PEDs into his own son as well, among other things.

[Mikey]

torre

[alpha]

Mike Scioscia. Don't think he would be going anywhere soon though, he signed like a 10 year extension last year.