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  1. Brownie19
    C'mon man. Media talk isn't meaningful, true or even interesting. Could Charlie have said something like "I think we're all disappointed in our performance and we need to regroup and get back to playing better baseball'? Sure he could have - would that have changed anything? Obviously the message he gives to the players behind closed doors and the actions he's taking to right the ship are 1000% more important and impactful to the team. If the final straw was the message that Charlie provided to a random interview comment, then we need a new FO immediately because that's f***ing stupid.
  2. Brownie19
    Then how do we know that Charlie isn't talking to the players or being the alpha in the dugout?
  3. Brownie19
    I guess we'll see. I'm always take what the media says with a massive grain of salt.
  4. Brownie19
    How is this even a discussion? As Charlie said in the post game interview - the video room told me to challenge, so I challenged it. End of f***ing story. That's literally their only job and they've been pretty good at it this year. Vlad can pretend all he wants that he knew the answer, but players are wrong about this all the time.
  5. Brownie19
    You think the FO fired him because of his PC response to the f***ing media? Really? C'mon man.
  6. Brownie19
    But is he the alpha who will tear a strip off players who make mental mistakes and errors? (I mean if he was, wouldn't he do that as the bench coach already? or was a muzzled by the presence of Alpha Montoyo?)
  7. Brownie19
    Managers are kind of like RBI's in 1998. When the players in front of them play great and do their jobs, than that player racks up RBI's and people think he's doing a good job. If the players in front of him suck, people think he sucks. Are Maddon and Girardi good managers? Angels and Phillies don't think so, but maybe it's just because the team in front of them sucks.
  8. Brownie19
    Ah - that's not really what you wrote, but if that's what you meant than OK. You said you're surprised the pitching coach wasn't fired because that's been the problem....haha. All good.
  9. Brownie19
    It must be all that media pressure that Barker and Blair put on him.
  10. Brownie19
    Personally - I had no issue with Charlie this year. I don't really blame him for the results. I believe most of the calls, direction and decisions are collectively made by the FO, high performance team and the coaching staff. That said, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it and we've seen these types of moves work before. Whether it's a new voice in the clubhouse, or simply the players taking a look in the mirror that their s***** play just caused someone to lose his job (and taking that personally) - they turn it on and start winning. Fingers crossed that's what happens.
  11. Brownie19
    How do you assign blame for poor pitching? Is it the GM's fault for signing/trading/drafting s***** pitchers and not providing the necessary depth? Do you blame the players for poor performance that is below their projections and historic results? Do you blame the pitching coach for not - um...coaching good enough? I don't know how some of you assign blame onto one person so easily.
  12. Brownie19
    That would be a terrible decision - at least the Shapiro portion.
  13. Brownie19
    Can you elaborate? You think based on his performance this year that he'll be a solid #4 for the Jays this year? or you think if he returns to prior form that he's just a #4 pitcher? or you think ideally he's our 4th starter?
  14. Brownie19
    I wonder what the White Sox players think of LaRussa. They see him make these bizarre in game decisions that suggest he's gone senile....then when they make an error or mental mistake (or just when they have fun in context of the way the game is played today), they get this guy berating them and disciplining them (to be honest I'm completely assuming LaRussa yells at players, berates them and disciplines them - but I have no idea). It must be a confusing feeling....you know this guy's been around, seen everything, had a ton of success and once demanded a ton of respect, but you also know he's a dinosaur who's losing it, so how do you take him seriously.
  15. Brownie19
    Fans need to realize that everyone deals with stress and pressure in different ways and no one way is 'correct'. It's like folks who laugh or crack jokes at funerals. For some - trying to be super serious during a 'slump' would only extend and make matters worse. If Vlad knows he (and perhaps other teammates) plays better when he plays loose and has fun - then you keep doing that. Of course if he hasn't tried the alternative and isn't taking it seriously, that's an issue, but I have no idea how a fan would know that.
  16. Brownie19
    So Berrios struck out 13 in 6 innings last night. Can anyone smarter than me determine if this was just a fluke or did he made some tangible changes that may suggest he's returning to prior form? I know someone showed a graph to illustrate his release point had dropped significantly this year. Did that change last night? xFIP is now down below his career average, but xERA is still awful. Good to see the K/9 rise up above 8, trending towards career averages. Any thoughts?
  17. Brownie19

    NHL Thread

    Brownie19 replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    I don't follow hockey much at all - certainly not advanced stats. You're saying the underlying advanced stats suggest Murray is way better than Campbell? What about Ilya Samsonov? His numbers don't look great to me? Am I missing something?
  18. Brownie19
    Doesn't matter. He's an alpha who yells at his players when they make mistakes
  19. Brownie19
    The f***? You say that because Ryu is s***? The guy was awesome from 2018-2020. So bizarre.
  20. Brownie19
    His sideburns look like pubes. Good trade.
  21. Brownie19
    Hopefully Moreno can go replace his wet noodle with a baseball bat in AAA.
  22. Brownie19
    Joe Jimenez would be an ideal fit.
  23. Brownie19
    Regardless of whether Barker is improving at his job or not - why would anything the media says every impact what the FO does? I guess people think that if the media is more critical of the Jays, then fans will believe them and get more angry and if fans get angry the FO will impart change? I find it really sad if this actually happens in cities.
  24. Brownie19
    Why do you think it's just one extreme or the other? I guess I should caveat my position by saying there are different types of 'yelling'. There's the guy who yells at the entire team and calls people out in front of the entire team. I don't think that's effective. But if you want to call someone into your office to have a very stern conversation about their performance and what you need out of them - that's another story. If you set clear expectations and tell them what will happen if they don't do it - and you follow through with that - I think that's a much more effective approach. I have no idea what Pop and Sutter do - or Charlie for that matter. There's also the reality that even GREAT coaches like Pop could have some real flaws that are overlooked because they do other aspects of the job really well.
  25. Brownie19
    Which MLB managers sit starters after a base running blunder, after missing the cut off man or making a mental error? How often do they bench players for this? Every time it happens? I think I remember LaRussa doing that this year? or maybe that was because someone flipped a bat?
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