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    Braves continue to assess manager situation for 2018

    An Article from jon heyman

    https://www.fanragsports.com/heyman-...tion-for-2018/

    "Current manager Brian Snitker, who has only a team option year left on his contract, is said to be uncertain to return. If they do change managers, word is they would pick from current coach Ron Washington and front office executive Bo Porter, two in-house candidates who interviewed for the job when Snitker was extended through the year.

    Snitker has an option for 2018, and while he is beloved throughout the organization and higher-ups also appreciate the improvement made since Snitker took over for Fredi Gonzalez (Atlanta was 9-28 under Gonzalez in his final year before finishing 59-65 last season, and has a record of 65-78 this season), they may decide that either Washington or Porter fits their mold better. If Snitker is replaced, he’d be expected to stay in the organization, where he’s worked dutifully for four decades."


    Leave it to Atlanta to possibly get rid of one old, anti-statistics player's manager to look at two more people of the same ilk. You may as well keep Snitker for 2018, let him go then, and re-assess the available managers in 2019. I would love for the Braves to look at Dave Martinez in the Cubs organization.

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    that is like dumping you fat ugly GF who never talked back for you new GF that is just as fat and ugly but has not teeth. You think you are upgrading in one area, but really you are no better off... I think we should get rid of anyone who was apart of/talks about/ thinks about what the Braves did in the 90s.. looking at you Bibby..
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    This "powerhouse" FO is single handily holding us back at nearly every turn

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    Snit definitely needs to be canned. Of course, everybody in Boston's front office ought to be embarrassed and chastised for not firing John Farrell and letting Lovullo slip through their fingers, right? And there's no doubt that anyone running baseball operations outside of LA are idiots because they didn't hire Dave Roberts years ago.

    The Manager discussions are so funny because they're more window dressing than the President - both "control" about the same percentage of actual outcomes.
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    Dave Martinez seems to be mentioned every season.

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    Fredi was treated so badly despite whatever people here think of him. He was always a company man and a loyal soldier. If Fredi was dealt the same roster as Snit this year were competing for the second wild card spot for sure
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    Quote Originally Posted by Forever Fredi View Post
    Fredi was treated so badly despite whatever people here think of him. He was always a company man and a loyal soldier. If Fredi was dealt the same roster as Snit this year were competing for the second wild card spot for sure
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    I don't see the point in firing Snit and then hiring Washington or Porter.

    This is just another instance of the FO making changes in an effort to shift blame and keep their jobs.

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    Fredi and Snit really are the ultimate company guys. They're like old party apparatchiks in the USSR. They put in time, get promoted through loyalty and service to the bosses, then instead of an honorable retirement, they end up taking a bullet for the bosses.

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    I was hoping they would go outside for a new manager after last season, but I understood the decision to bring Snitker back. Gum-flapping aside, I think the front office knew we weren't contenders and Snitker had earned the loyalty of the guys in the clubhouse so while the team wouldn't be that good, they would at least play with some urgency (which they had totally discarded under Fredi). I frankly don't know what a stathead manager is. I think most managers use their angles and play match-ups with what they've got. For all the old-school stuff attributed to Cox, he was in the forefront of playing match-ups when he was in Toronto. Where Snitker screws up is in his use of the bullpen and his reluctance to pull Kemp when the team has a late lead (although he has done that more often lately). Other than that, he's got an odd mix of players and a starting rotation that has performed well below expectations for most of the season. You could fuse Casey Stengel's and Joe Maddon's brain into a super baseball megabrain and this team still wouldn't get to .500.

    I don't think Porter or Washington are the answers. I was partial to Lovullo after last season, but I believe the front office wanted a company man for at least one more season to stay with whatever rebuilding plan they've concocted. I wouldn't be surprised if Snitker gets another go in 2018 for the same reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    but I believe the front office wanted a company man for at least one more season to stay with whatever rebuilding
    What's Eddie Haas up to these days? ; D

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knucksie View Post
    What's Eddie Haas up to these days? ; D




    He must be looking at a ball in the air!

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    We should just go with manager by committee. Every time the manager makes a move we don't like we fire him and move to the next. So 162 managers a year.
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    We could always go with the early-1960s Chicago Cubs' College of Coaches approach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Coaches

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    I would like to see a team managed by an iPhone app using nothing but expected outcomes and player rest.

    Once a lineup is optimized, there are very few decisions a manger has to make in any given game, and most of them are beyond obvious.

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    I am going to start a petition for these changes

    GM: Horse Hide -- he would never stop trading
    Marketing director: TheThe -- slam dunk for player marketing!!
    Manager: FrediForever -- big chief
    Pitching coach: Enscheff -- put them sheets to use man
    Hitting coach: Nsacpi -- dude is crushing homers left and right in Ynot's
    Bench coach: ClvClv -- no other reason than to put blackjack and double wide seller in the same dugout
    1st base coach: Mstate -- he is from Mississippi, so 3rd might be too hard
    3rd base coach: FiftyPounds -- only because he talks about how old he is and we might get a 'Lasorda' moment next year.
    Last edited by bravesfanMatt; 09-14-2017 at 01:58 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    I am going to start a petition for these changes

    GM: Horse Hide -- he would never stop trading
    Marketing director: TheThe -- slam dunk for player marketing!!
    Manager: FrediForever -- big chief
    Pitching coach: Enscheff -- put them sheets to use man
    Hitting coach: Nsacpi -- dude is crushing homers left and right in Ynot's
    Bench coach: ClvClv -- no other reason than to put blackjack and double wide seller in the same dugout
    1st base coach: Mstate -- he is from Mississippi, so 3rd might be too hard
    3rd base coach: FiftyPounds -- only because he talks about how old he is and we might get a 'Lasorda' moment next year.
    I'd be holding up runners because I'm so old I can hardly windmill anymore with all of this bursitis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    I'd be holding up runners because I'm so old I can hardly windmill anymore with all of this bursitis.
    but coach.. that was a homerun..

    50: I don't care damnit.. you stay right there.. and stay off my lawn.
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