John Gibbons Thread (+ Venting)

[Trouba95]

Great win by the Gibber!

 

pinch hitting Carrera for Valencia ... sticking with Cola for yet another game winning knock ... exceptional use of the pen etc. etc.

 

 

Not really. Left Hutch in far too long.

[CrackerJack]

Not really. Left Hutch in far too long.

 

yeah, should've given him the hook with bases loaded and none out in the first.

[Spanky99]

Great win by the Gibber!

 

pinch hitting Carrera for Valencia ... sticking with Cola for yet another game winning knock ... exceptional use of the pen etc. etc.

 

He f***ing won it himself...had nothing to to with the ballplayers, lol.

[pickoff22]

What an incredible game for Gibby. Pushed the right buttons at the right time. Pour yourself a triple jack Daniels tonight, you deserve it.

[Spanky99]

What an incredible game for Gibby. Pushed the right buttons at the right time. Pour yourself a triple jack Daniels tonight, you deserve it.

 

lol

[Daniel Labude]

Travis sits for Goins...really wtf

[Frenchsoup]

Travis sits for Goins...really wtf

 

ugh i hate Goins...

[flafson]

ugh i hate Goins...

 

Goins is hitting 3 for 5 with a HR and a BB against Walker.

[Deadpool]

Travis sits for Goins...really wtf

 

*shrug* I'd prefer Travis, but I can understand sitting him for this game. Travis has played the last 8 games after coming off an injury, not a horrible time to rest him for Goins. Also, if you want to play small sample size bingo, Goins is 3 for 5 with a home run against Walker...

[Daniel Labude]

*shrug* I'd prefer Travis, but I can understand sitting him for this game. Travis has played the last 8 games after coming off an injury, not a horrible time to rest him for Goins. Also, if you want to play small sample size bingo, Goins is 3 for 5 with a home run against Walker...

 

Rather Goins play LF...with Travis in the game as well. Carrera is just not good. Plus we have another day off tomorrow right

[nextyear]

I can't fault Gibbons for giving players days off. If the Blue Jays are to make a run for the playoffs their top players will have to remain healthy.

 

I like Goins' defense but Devon Travis has shown himself to be a better hitter and decent 2nd baseman. However, I don't think that starting Goins at 2B today will hurt the Blue Jays.

 

I think it would actually help the team to give Reyes 2 days off each week at SS and play Goins. Having Reyes fresh will be a big benefit for the Blue Jays over the coming two months.

 

Devon Travis will be available for pinch hitting if needed (assuming he doesn't have the flu that has hit a couple Blue Jay players)

[CaptMurphy]

Until Reyes is out of SS permanently, and until Collabello is out of LF permanently, this team is doomed to mediocrity. In other words, Gibbons must be fired and a manager with a functioning brain must be hired. Move Reyes to LF. You keep his bat but lose all the grounders through his legs. Reyes cannot play a worse LF than Collabello, (I might not be able to play a worse LF than Collabello), and with Goins at SS you get great D where it matters. Please fire Gibbons.

[ElNik2013]

*shrug* I'd prefer Travis, but I can understand sitting him for this game. Travis has played the last 8 games after coming off an injury, not a horrible time to rest him for Goins. Also, if you want to play small sample size bingo, Goins is 3 for 5 with a home run against Walker...

 

That's fine. I just wish they would give Reyes a day off here and there, wasn't it their plan to rest him more this year?

 

It might benefit him and the team to let him recharge his batteries for a game or 2 a week, but then again, Goins can't stick so...

[jays_fever]

Okay I'm on the fire Gibby train. This is getting ridiculous

[RealAccountant]

Okay I'm on the fire Gibby train. This is getting ridiculous

 

Managers are meaningless, they only select which pitcher to pitch and which batter to hit, and which positions are filled by whom. These things dont matter in Baseball.

[glory]

Okay I'm on the fire Gibby train. This is getting ridiculous

 

Welcome aboard.

 

You'll get accused of not knowing baseball when you question things like bringing in your 7th reliever in a tie game in the 9th, or giving your 24-year old 2B a day off when there is a team off day the following day, and so on, but it's for the greater good.

[FrozenRopes]

Sorry John, time to go. You and your pal AA are about to hit the bricks.

[TwistedLogic]

John Gibbons is legitimately a s*** manager right now. Maybe he's always been and I've just been oblivious, but benching Travis and bringing in Tepera and Loup ahead of Osuna, when RODNEY is warning up in the pen and you have an off day tomorrow, none of those moves can be justified with any logical explanation.

 

I don't really care whether or not they fire him because most managers are just as bad and make just as many questionable calls, but Gibbons is terrible at his job.

[5minutesforframing]

John Gibbons is legitimately a s*** manager right now. Maybe he's always been and I've just been oblivious, but benching Travis and bringing in Tepera and Loup ahead of Osuna, when RODNEY is warning up in the pen and you have an off day tomorrow, none of those moves can be justified with any logical explanation.

 

I don't really care whether or not they fire him because most managers are just as bad and make just as many questionable calls, but Gibbons is terrible at his job.

 

Gibby seems to rarely, if ever, make the right call.

[Daniel Labude]

John Gibbons is legitimately a s*** manager right now. Maybe he's always been and I've just been oblivious, but benching Travis and bringing in Tepera and Loup ahead of Osuna, when RODNEY is warning up in the pen and you have an off day tomorrow, none of those moves can be justified with any logical explanation.

 

I don't really care whether or not they fire him because most managers are just as bad and make just as many questionable calls, but Gibbons is terrible at his job.

 

Agreed.....my problem with Gibby is that he is a f***ing terrible manager, that we all ready fired once. I might be more giving and less harsh if the f***ing idiot managing our playoff hopes was anybody that we hadn't fired within the last 15 yrs.

[Boxcar]

Yeah Gibbons is pretty bad. Playing the wrong guys is pretty much the only way managers can impact the game and he is doing it far too often now. I just don't know if there's someone good looking for a job. Most managers are really dumb.

 

I was watching the Rockies and Reds and Walt Weiss called for DJ LeMahieu to bunt in the third inning after a Blackmon lead-off double, while playing in Coors and down by 2. Gibbons isn't optimal but let's remind ourselves that there are worse out there.

[glory]

Agreed.....my problem with Gibby is that he is a f***ing terrible manager, that we all ready fired once. I might be more giving and less harsh if the f***ing idiot managing our playoff hopes was anybody that we hadn't fired within the last 15 yrs.

 

He managed a team with the best pitching in baseball and a 90+ Pythag and fired at below .500.

 

Now he's managing a team with the most runs scored and best run differential (or close to it) in baseball and is .500.

 

Nepotism has hurt a perfectly good chance of making the playoffs this year.

[o2cui2i]

Yeah Gibbons is pretty bad. Playing the wrong guys is pretty much the only way managers can impact the game and he is doing it far too often now. I just don't know if there's someone good looking for a job. Most managers are really dumb.

 

I was watching the Rockies and Reds and Walt Weiss called for DJ LeMahieu to bunt in the third inning after a Blackmon lead-off double, while playing in Coors and down by 2. Gibbons isn't optimal but let's remind ourselves that there are worse out there.

 

if we had a good GM the manager would be less relevant. A manager can't play the wrong guys if they aren't on the team.

 

both teams played s*** today. Jays just made the last mistake.

[guylaroche5]

I really hope they can him in the offseason, I've been OK with Gibby for the past 2 years but this season has been a complete disaster. So many games could have been won with better managing. Play the best f***ing player available, not your god damn hunches and personal favorites.

[Nabru]

Being a Blue Jay fan hurts. The franchise has long been broken and is dying to be fixed.

[jays_fever]

Yeah Gibbons is pretty bad. Playing the wrong guys is pretty much the only way managers can impact the game and he is doing it far too often now. I just don't know if there's someone good looking for a job. Most managers are really dumb.

 

I was watching the Rockies and Reds and Walt Weiss called for DJ LeMahieu to bunt in the third inning after a Blackmon lead-off double, while playing in Coors and down by 2. Gibbons isn't optimal but let's remind ourselves that there are worse out there.

 

Dave Martinez has been passed over numerous times for who knows what reason. Just because there's worse doesnt mean we should be content with incompetence.

[Angrioter]

Yeah Gibbons is pretty bad. Playing the wrong guys is pretty much the only way managers can impact the game and he is doing it far too often now. I just don't know if there's someone good looking for a job. Most managers are really dumb.

 

I was watching the Rockies and Reds and Walt Weiss called for DJ LeMahieu to bunt in the third inning after a Blackmon lead-off double, while playing in Coors and down by 2. Gibbons isn't optimal but let's remind ourselves that there are worse out there.

 

I like your signature!

[pickoff22]

As much as I've poked fun at people who have needlessly jumped on Gibby at every moment the past couple of years, this year he's taking away that brand of sarcasm from me. Too many poor decisions to ignore at this stage.

[TilsonBritoFan]

You could give Gibby the f***ing all-star team and he'd guide it to a .500 season, with a +200 run differential

[Boxcar]

Dave Martinez has been passed over numerous times for who knows what reason. Just because there's worse doesnt mean we should be content with incompetence.

 

I think the worry that they would hire someone even worse is legitimate.