Insight into how Players perceive a manager.

[weams]

It was a word he had used in his first clubhouse meeting with the Astros this spring and in subsequent conversations, and by the time he employed it in that champagne-saturated clubhouse in Arizona, its meaning had grown to include kinship, a work ethic, respect and affection.

The blue-collar word distinguished Hinch for the players, and helped to separate him from any of the baggage than might've been attached to him in the past, because being Stanford-educated and well-versed in analytics and front-office machinations isn't uniformly perceived among players as a good thing.

This was a problem in Hinch's first go-round as a manager in Arizona, where he was thought by players to be too closely aligned to his bosses rather than an independent force who could be trusted. With the Astros, Hinch has smartly forged his own identity and a separate, important relationship with his players. In an era in which lineup and game decisions are determined by front office-driven analytics, the manager's ability to build a persona and credibility with the players, separate from the front office, has become a crucial element of success.

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Maybe some of the things we hear about Buck are carefully staged? Perhaps we take a vote.

[Redskins Rick]

Its not unheard of, for any adult in the work place to grow as a supervisor/boss, after failing at it somewhere.

They critique themselves and figure out where they went wrong.

Sports world, managers and head coaches are prime examples.