Originally Posted by
Runnin
Using the word "boneheaded" tells me all I need to know about your thought process. It's not dumb at all for a manager who is tapped into the heart of a team, having lived with them day in and day out for several months to make an unconventional, or even a conventional, managerial decision, one that seems to go against the advanced stat line. Not dumb or strange at all. In fact, I would assume that a good, sensitive and aware manager who pays attention to his players ups and downs to often go against the book. And considering that no one but him will answer for it in the end, he has that right. He puts in the hours and it's his right and his job to do that and the front office should expect him to make those decisions and not micro-manage every move he makes.
Managing is more of a human art than a science.