Friday High Fives: Next Manager Fired
This week we asked our writers, "Who will be the next manager fired?" We had a lot more consensus than last week, maybe because the formula for these events is annoying obvious. The top five vote-getters are:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Points | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Trembley | 4 | 1 | 24 | 5 | |||
| Jerry Manuel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | ||
| Ken Macha | 3 | 2 | 18 | 5 | |||
| Lou Piniella | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Brad Mills | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
Jeff Zimmerman: IMO Trembley will be done. 4th year with the team, struggled all the years. A perfect recipe for getting fired.
Jeff Sullivan: Generally speaking, I oppose the reactionary firing of managers, but Manuel, Trembley, and Mills seem to be in the most obvious situations.
Daniel: Trembley has been around for a few years now, the team continues losing, and from what I've seen Dave isn't a particularly good manager. I think the thing best keeping him on the team is the lack of a readily available interim replacement.
So what do you think -- who will be the next to go? Who should be the next to go? What's a valid reason to fire a manager mid-season?
Full results and everyone's commentary after the jump.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Points | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Trembley | 4 | 1 | 24 | 5 | |||
| Jerry Manuel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | ||
| Ken Macha | 3 | 2 | 18 | 5 | |||
| Lou Piniella | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Brad Mills | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Don Wakamatsu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Ozzie Guillen | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Dusty Baker | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Fredi Gonzalez | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Manny Acta | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Ned Yost | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Trey Hillman | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| John Russell | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Terry Francona | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| A.J. Hinch | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Justin Bopp: Dusty Baker should be fired on principle alone, but he won't be sniffed around until Cinci's inevitable collapse is in the rearview.
Fredi Gonzalez will probably be fired because FLA needs the HanRam more than him.
Trey Hillman was so bad he should be fired again.
Paul Cousineau: Managers presiding over teams with either high payrolls or high expectations (or both) top this list, where the disappointing starts in some larger markets (NY, CHI) and one that needed a fast start (MIL) are going to put some heads on the chopping block.
Once "Hanley-Gate" subsides in Florida and after Gonzalez has been given his share of "votes of confidence" and organizational backing, the record of the team (and Mr. Loria's impatience) may do him in, but not quite yet.
Dan Turkenkopf: The Mets have been treading water for a few years and need a good house-cleaning.
The Brew Crew probably should be in the Wild Card hunt and Macha will take the blame for their early failures.
I'd love to see Guillen fired. I know a lot of people find him interesting, but I think he's just a blowhard.
Jeff Sullivan: The Indians could fire Manny Acta, but I don't think anyone would notice for weeks.
J-Doug: Dusty Baker--how is this guy still managing?
Sky: I'm surprised nobody else mentioned AJ Hinch. Maybe it's because the bullpen is such an obvious scapegoat.
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I didn't mention Hinch because I think they'll give him more than 2 years to be successful, considering how long he was groomed for
The Wilpons have no idea what's going on with their team
Otherwise they would have gotten rid of Manuel, Minaya, et. al. at the end of last year.
Is Fredi G a bad manager? I usually hear positive things about him but maybe there’s more to the Ramirez story than him just being an ass
by NU Wildcat Offense on May 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT reply actions
this (about the Wilpons)
they have the fastest declining attendance in the majors and are losing revenue like crazy yet they haven’t fire either, if they haven’t done it by now I’m not sure what will push them over the edge to do it.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
Fredi is an average manager
The knock on him is that he’s too passive, but this Hanley thing showed his aggressive side. But he’s traditional about his batting lineups, to the point of hitting a player like Gload/Helms second last season for an extended period of time.
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