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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88 View Post
    Found this article about the Braves hiring Washington. The comments from A's fans makes me excited to have him with us.

    http://www.athleticsnation.com/2016/...raves-3b-coach
    Talked to some Ranger fans as well. They loved Ron. Glad we have him. I liked the Snit retention even more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    The cynic in me sees all kinds of sketchy reasons for hiring Snit.

    I can't remember the last time a new manager got a 1 year deal with a new club, so they couldn't possibly be more non-committal to Snit without just leaving the interim tag on him (comparing the Cox and Snit situations is comical). When the Braves predictably go 75-87 next year, the FO can fire Snit and delay their accountability for losing by another year. They wanted Martinez as the pitching coach, and hiring an organizational yes-man allowed them to install the pitching coach they wanted.
    Yeah, that's pretty dang cynical.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
    Eh, or it's, 'You did a great job, and now we want to see you for a full year without the interim tag. He's your shot, continue what you did last year and you're our guy.'
    That's the way to look at it.

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    Washington is insurance.

    If Snit doesn't pan out we have him there.
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    IMO, Brian Snitker will not disappoint. There aren't many baseball managers that can come into a situation like Brian inherited and completely change the culture of the team. The way he handles the players and just let's the play, it is very reminiscent of Bobby Cox. Fredi didn't have that gift. When players are willing to run through a wall for you, there are no limits. I'm a Dolphins fan as well, and back in 2012 when Miami was looking for a coach to replace Tony Sparano, the guy I wanted was Mike Zimmer. Everything I read about that guy suggested that he made the kind of connection with his players that would make them run through a wall for him. Look at his Minnesota team now. They are down their starting QB, All world RB, LT, RT retired in training camp, lost their top receiver before their last game, and they still dominate.

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    I'm ok with this.

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    Gonna be amazing when Snitker leads us to a division crown and a spot in the NLCS.
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    That awkward moment when Washington slips up and refers to Snitker as "Sniff" instead of "Snit".

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    Quote Originally Posted by goldfly View Post
    i love bobby but wish his influence wasn't anywhere near the front office
    Yeah, he's done nothing for this organization.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Forever Fredi View Post
    Gonna be amazing when Snitker leads us to a division crown and a spot in the NLCS.
    Winning a playoff series would be so...memorable.
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    im fine with this, would have liked to have seen someone new. to end the good old boys braves way but whatever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    Yeah, he's done nothing for this organization.
    where did i say he hasn't done something for this organization?

    what does any of what you said have anything have to do with what i said and what the organization should do going forward?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs. Meta View Post
    Winning a playoff series would be so...memorable.
    Winning a playoff series would be really nice. lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by goldfly View Post
    where did i say he hasn't done something for this organization?

    what does any of what you said have anything have to do with what i said and what the organization should do going forward?
    You said "I wish Bobby's influence wasn't anywhere near the front office" and that's silly since the front office and indeed the whole organization was built with his influence. Coppy and the 2 Harts have Bobby's baseball DNA in their brains and that's a good thing. It also implies Bobby is an unwanted medler and I judge that he has far too much integrity and character to be that person. You can be sure that he knows his place.

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    Hiring Snitker over Black was not a Schuerholz/Hart/'good old boy' move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Perfect Cell View Post
    im fine with this, would have liked to have seen someone new. to end the good old boys braves way but whatever.
    Kind of my feeling as well. I like what we've done at the scouting/player development side of things and thought some fresh blood on the on-field side of things would have been nice.

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    Garcia better not be hitting 2nd, and I'd love to see Ruiz get a chance to platoon if he's earned it in Spring Training. Having Garcia hit 2nd towards the end of the year and barely playing Ruiz the last three weeks was ridiculous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WaitingFor2017 View Post
    Garcia better not be hitting 2nd, and I'd love to see Ruiz get a chance to platoon if he's earned it in Spring Training. Having Garcia hit 2nd towards the end of the year and barely playing Ruiz the last three weeks was ridiculous.
    Despite the 10-2 record the team posted with Garcia at 3B after he was added to the roster.
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    Well, why don't we discuss multi-hit games while we are at it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gilesfan View Post
    But, the players and fans aren't who determines to keep him or not. How often does a new manger get a 1 year deal?
    I can't summon a list at the moment, but a number of managers went from year to year over the history of the game. Not that uncommon once upon a time.

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