The Athletic: Buck Showalter's Job No Longer Secure

[Rene88]

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1557796

 

"Showalter's voice no longer resonates  in the clubhouse and front office"

Edited by Tony-OH: This piece just uses the report from Ken Rosenthal from the The Athletic so I edited the title to give proper credit.

[Rene88]

Link:

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1557796

[Hank Scorpio]

Who wants to manage this ridiculous tire fire? 

[Can_of_corn]

I don't see the point in changing who is at the helm when his contract is up after this season anyway.

Unless of course they think they can get whomever it is they want to marshal the team through the rebuild.

I'd rather they just hire a GM in the offseason and have them hire the next manager.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Hank Scorpio said:

Who wants to manage this ridiculous tire fire? 

I'll do it.

So will many other people.

It's still one of thirty.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't see the point in changing who is at the helm when his contract is up after this season anyway.

Unless of course they think they can get whomever it is they want to marshal the team through the rebuild.

I'd rather they just hire a GM in the offseason and have them hire the next manager.

And get rid of Brady or at the very least don't let him have input on roster decisions.  

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

And get rid of Brady or at the very least don't let him have input on roster decisions.  

That would be my preference yes.  I do think you would have to get rid of him, the way the FO "works" just removing those responsibilities won't do anything.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

That would be my preference yes.  I do think you would have to get rid of him, the way the FO "works" just removing those responsibilities won't do anything.

Yeah, that will be a problem since Brady is tight with the Angelos brothers.  Any decent GM candidate is going to ask for Brady to be jettisoned.  

[atomic]

I am not sure what is the point of his job might no longer be secure.  Either fire him or let him go after the season. 

[Hank Scorpio]

32 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

"Showalter's voice no longer resonates  in the clubhouse and front office"

I guess that happens when you convince someone to spend $161MM on a guy who falls off the planet shortly thereafter. 

That's a fireable offense in and of itself!!!

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

I guess that happens when you convince someone to spend $161MM on a guy who falls off the planet shortly thereafter. 

That's a fireable offense in and of itself!!!

Or not use the best pitcher in baseball in a win or go home playoff game.  

[wildbillhiccup]

24 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

And get rid of Brady or at the very least don't let him have input on roster decisions.  

A frickin Men

[atomic]

27 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

And get rid of Brady or at the very least don't let him have input on roster decisions.  

Make him assistant to the trainer.  And take his locker out of the locker room.  Or he could join Davis as bullpen catcher.  

[wildbillhiccup]

Showalter really shouldn't be brought back. His stubbornness in terms of playing "his guys" and his antiquated philosophy of how to win games (i.e., chicks dig the long ball) doesn't play well in this era. We need to bring someone in who understands the importance of defense and the ability to manufacture runs. And agree with the others who said we should hire a GM first then let them pick the manager. And Brady's gotta go. 

[gtman55]

Is there any way of cleaning house from Angelos to Brady to DD to Buck down to the water boys? This whole organization is horrendous.

The ghost of Jerry Hoffberger would be a huge improvement over the crap we have now.