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To summarize:

  • Starting pitching has been dreadful
  • Fielding has been inconsistent at best and under par overall
  • Base running has been atrocious
  • Hitting has been even more one-dimensional than ever

Maybe  the coaches aren't to blame, but someone has to take the fall, and as the old saying goes, you can't fire all the players. 

Do you think any of Buck's coaches will be shown the door? If so, who and why?

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1 hour ago, mdbdotcom said:

To summarize:

  • Starting pitching has been dreadful
  • Fielding has been inconsistent at best and under par overall
  • Base running has been atrocious
  • Hitting has been even more one-dimensional than ever

Maybe  the coaches aren't to blame, but someone has to take the fall, and as the old saying goes, you can't fire all the players. 

Do you think any of Buck's coaches will be shown the door? If so, who and why?

If they ask him to drop one of his coaches, he might bolt like he did in NY.  Is Big Pete as tough as (calzone-munching) Big George?  :ph34r:

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Just to pick a nit, how is the offense "more one-dimensional than ever?"   BA is up (.261 vs. .256 last year), runs/game is up (4.72 vs. 4.59), HR/G are down (1.48 vs. 1.56).

I think if Dan and Buck are staying, there will be no changes to the coaching staff.

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No changes to the coaching staff.   The quality of the pitching is the main problem.  On defense going from Hardy to Beckham causes  more errors.   Going from Wieters to Castillo weakens the defense.   Actually Trumbo to Smith in right was an upgrade.  And if they go to Hays it will be another upgrade.

Coaching is not the problem.  Its the players.

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1 hour ago, wildcard said:

No changes to the coaching staff.   The quality of the pitching is the main problem.  

Coaching is not the problem.  Its the players.

Come on, you know McDowell is to blame for the horrible pitching this year. Besides, coaches make wonderful scapegoats.

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