MVP2110 wrote:MickeyDavis wrote:Big Dog Yank wrote:
Why don't you want him as manager? I don't have any info or thoughts on Weeks either way. Just curious.
I've discussed this before but since you asked, he lost his starting spot and was being platooned with Scooter Gennett, with Gennett getting most of the playing time. Team had some injuries and Khris Davis was struggling and Weeks was asked if he would consider playing left field. Weeks refused. I get that changing positions during the season would have been a challenge but he wouldn't even give it a try to help the team. That rubbed me the wrong way. When he was made bench coach it was assumed he would be taking over for Murphy as manager. Now he's bailed on that job. Perhaps, I don't know this, he assumed Murphy would only manage a year or two and got tired of waiting. The fact he wasn't replaced probably means he wasn't adding any value in the dugout anyway. In any case I don't want anything to do with him as manager.
There are alot of assumptions in the bolded part
That part is all assumption. That's why I said "I don't know this". It does seem odd that he was brought in as bench coach to eventually replace Murphy and now was reassigned to scouting duties after he discussed with Arnold "his career path".
“As I talked to Rickie about his future and the Brewers’ future, I felt like he and I were aligned on what he thought would be best to help the organization and build his resume professionally,” Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold said. “It’s a really cool opportunity. He’s obviously worn a lot of different hats for us.”
Asked whether the change was initiated by Weeks or by the Brewers, Arnold said, “A combination. We talked at the end of the season about, ‘Where do you see this going in your career?’ I think it was a combination of conversations for both of us.”
Hopefully that career path takes him somewhere other than the managers seat.
