Jays confirm Gibbons will return in 2017

[GodDonaldson]

http://www.tsn.ca/jays-confirm-gibbons-will-return-in-2017-1.588636

 

Probably the worst news of the day...

 

We are going to see him doing the interview like a drunk guy..

 

I don't want him to stay as a manager until he goes into his coffin

[RealAccountant]

Let me clue you in chum

 

It is very hard to make the playoffs in baseball

 

It is even harder to win a round or two and make the league championship

 

This team has had two consecutive league championship appearances

 

Lay the f*** off Gibby

[BTS]

I'm not upset about this, but I'm certainly not happy.

[flafson]

I'm perfectly happy with him.

Could we do better? Maybe, could we do worse? Definitely.

[intentional wok]

Two straight exciting playoff runs. They're not going to dump the manager. It would be bad optics and bad for the clubhouse.

 

Gibby makes his bonehead moves but he's not all that bad.

[sg11]

If I heard this yesterday I'd probably be enraged. Perfect scapegoat for an underachieving team next spring. (hopefully not the case on underachieving)

[intrigid]

You guys do realize that fans of 29 out of 30 clubs every year have disappointing ends to their season, right?

[youngtea]

Considering they didn't give Gibby an extension it means they want one more year to see what happens. I suppose if things go bad next year the first one to take the blame will be him.

[Dr. Dinger]

You shouldn't get fired after back to back LCS runs. This season was a success.

[glory]

Insert crying Jordan.

[Jonn]

I didn't expect him to get fired but would have been nice. Probably his last year though barring a dream season.

[Pendleton]

I don't see how anyone could be surprised by this, the team has been too successful for the past two seasons to justify a firing.

[G-Snarls]

Impossible to pry Francona away now, he's going to the Wold Series

[G-Snarls]

I don't see how anyone could be surprised by this, the team has been too successful for the past two seasons to justify a firing.

 

Exaclty

 

We could do better and we could do worse

[CrackerJack]

will be his 10th season as a major league manager.

[BTS]

Fun fact: Gibbons is 103rd all-time in manager wins and could move into the top 85 next year.

[Jonn]

I don't see how anyone could be surprised by this, the team has been too successful for the past two seasons to justify a firing.

 

But they have been successful in spite of him. Imagine a manager with this talent actually making good decisions. That would be awesome man.

[HERPDERP]

But they have been successful in spite of him. Imagine a manager with this talent actually making good decisions. That would be awesome man.

 

it really wouldn't have made much difference in this series, unfortunately.

[sg11]

it really wouldn't have made much difference in this series, unfortunately.

 

Agreed. This series was a battle with few mistakes and little to no margin for error.

[Grant77]

http://www.tsn.ca/jays-confirm-gibbons-will-return-in-2017-1.588636

 

Probably the worst news of the day...

 

We are going to see him doing the interview like a drunk guy..

 

I don't want him to stay as a manager until he goes into his coffin

 

Shapiro confirmed this last week and I posted it multiple times.

[Dick_Pole]

Here's a question for the people who are upset at Gibbons staying:

 

When was the last time the Blue Jays had a manager you liked?

 

Do you see where this question is headed? This is a case of the grass being greener on the other side.

[fatcowxlive]

If you guys think that managers make or break a season I have some bad news for you. Even with how well Francona managed his bullpen situation, put anyone in the Indians dugout that meshes chemistry-wise, they would have won the series versus the Jays. We did s*** against all their pitchers. Miller was just the cherry on top of the pie. But we scored 8 runs in 5 games, and I don't care who you put in our dugout, we'd still lose.

 

Even day-to-day lineups really don't make all that much of a difference. Didn't really see any difference when we flipped Tulo and Martin. And surprisingly enough, no one complained about Martin hitting 5th until the ALCS, and when we crushed Texas, Martin was hitting 5th and Tulo hitting 6th.

 

There are dumb things Gibby does, but so do other managers. I'd rather have a guy who was able to manage a team with so many egos like Bautista, Edwin, Martin, Tulo, etc. and not have them clash with each other throughout the entire season than take a risk on an analytics guy who might not be the best people person.

[JFD]

Let me clue you in chum

 

It is very hard to make the playoffs in baseball

 

It is even harder to win a round or two and make the league championship

 

This team has had two consecutive league championship appearances

 

Lay the f*** off Gibby

 

eat s***. Gibby sucks.

[WONDERBAT]

Long May he Reign!

 

1258 games and counting.

[jaysblue]

I think on a contending team with veterans like the Blue Jays have, Gibbons' laid back personality is definitely a positive. I guess this is a sign that the Jays will be all-in again for 2017. If they were going to do a short rebuild and retool for 2018, then I think Gibbons should be gone.

[Drumcliff]

To me, Gibbons is the Pat Tabler of managers: predictable, unimaginative, repetitive, pedestrian, a company man, etc. He knows what he knows, he likes what he likes, and he ain't changing.

 

You could do worse, I suppose, and many teams have, but you would really like to believe you could do better. Disappointing he's coming back, but hardly surprising.

[mikebel111]

Fine by me. Gibbons is a good manager and not the worst manager and worst person in the history of the human race as some people seem to say around here.

 

He has his odd moments but he is a nice manager for this team. He likes the team. Players love him. Good enough for me

 

Welcome back Gibby!

[polar bear]

I think on a contending team with veterans like the Blue Jays have, Gibbons' laid back personality is definitely a positive. I guess this is a sign that the Jays will be all-in again for 2017. If they were going to do a short rebuild and retool for 2018, then I think Gibbons should be gone.

I was shouting for him gone yesterday,calmed down a bit today.Hes definately a nice guy,and as you say

if it's not a rebuild,then I guess he will do another season.

[KingKat]

I was shouting for him gone yesterday,calmed down a bit today.Hes definately a nice guy,and as you say

if it's not a rebuild,then I guess he will do another season.

 

Yeah you were getting pretty heated for a polar bear.

 

 

 

(I'll show myself out.)

[G-Snarls]