And, for clarification, I have ALWAYS said he is a bad in-game manager. I have never left that off.
1. He was way more flexible than Bobby would've been. How many leadoff hitters did we have this year? Heyward leading off isn't obvious, and far from ideal, but was just the best option.
2. Disagree. Let's say he pitches Kimbrel 2 innings and we win. After a day off we're back in Atlanta and in the same situation, leading by a run in the 8th. Do you pitch Kimbrel 2 innings again? If he does he's suddenly putting a lot of stress on golden boy's arm - You know Kimbrel is gonna try and throw 100mph in both innings. He's also telling Carpenter he doesn't deserve to be the set up man, which Carpenter excelled at all year. If he doesn't it's the same criticism all over again. He protected both Carpenter and Kimbrel by using them the way he had all year.
Probably he should've brought Kimbrel in after Puig got on base. Not that big of a deal.
7. Boys will be boys. He promptly put out the fire and the drama disappeared in a day.
I believe I do have perspective. It's irrational and naive to think the manager should be able to help us beat superior teams. Even with our record we were no better than the 3rd best team in the NL in October.
I believe most teams and players prefer a conservative (aka consistent), or even somewhat stubborn manager. At least they will know what to expect out of him day in and day out.
I know Fredi is not going to win, but I hope he does just to piss everybody off
I think most would agree that Fredi isn't a super great manager, but you guys are in for a big let down if you think he's not going to be managing the Braves for the next decade.
Managers don't get fired when they are slightly better than average to good, possible great. They get fired when the team sucks or when they don't get along with upper management.
Fredi is by far the least of our worries. In the end, managers are judged by wins, and he gets alot of them.
ChapelHillMatt (11-07-2013), CrimsonCowboy (11-07-2013), Heyward (11-07-2013)
ChapelHillMatt (11-07-2013), Heyward (11-07-2013)
Fredi's in-game managing cost us our season, in my opinion.
From starting Garcia to not using Kimbrel. Just awful.
Dalyn (11-07-2013)
"You can't use your closer in a tie game on the road"
That should get anyone fired.
Dalyn (11-07-2013)
Teheran was mishandled from the start. That is on Wren and Fredi. And his start in the playoffs was BADLY managed. Just horrible. Medlen failed. He spoke up for himself and his teammates and was handed the reins (for himself). He responded by becoming our best pitcher for the rest of the year. But in the end he just had a bad game.
Last edited by Dalyn; 11-07-2013 at 02:50 PM.