WEFFPIM wrote:You're right, we don't know what goes on behind closed doors. All we can base our opinions on is what happens during games and what is said to the media. But can you sit there and say that you're okay with how Yost manages a game and handles the media?
If you're mad at three starters batting below the Mendoza Line (which obviously Yost can't control), why did it take this weekend for a switch in the lineup to occur (something which Yost controls)? What was being utilized clearly wasn't working for three starters, why not change the lineup around to find something that does work? And we can go into bullpen use if you wish, but frankly, I'm not in the mood for carpel tunnel syndrome.
You know why? Because Ned Yost is too damn stubborn and too damn stupid. The only opinion he takes is his own and he does what Ned Yost thinks is best and if you question him you obviously know nothing about baseball.
I agree, not everything can be put on Yost. When you only have 2 or 3 guys who can make consistent contact and a pitching staff that belongs in Nashville you aren't going to be successful. The thing is that we've obviously gotten everything out of Yost that we are ever going to get out of him. We wouldn't have even sniffed .500 last year if it wasn't for the beginning of the season where we feasted on lollipops and everyone thought we were actually good.
The point is that there is nothing bad that can happen from firing Yost. What is going to happen? This team is already unbearable to watch. Is he going to go somewhere else and become manager of the year? It'll be a cold day in hell for that to happen.
Yost is unfairly scrutinized sometimes, but when you are small market team who only has so much of a window to be a winning team you just can't afford to be stuck in neutral. And when you have a guy like Yost who spins every problem and won't own up to any of his mistakes it just makes it clear he isn't a successful big league manager.
