Raps in 4 wrote:Boogie! wrote:SharoneWright wrote:
It can be both at once. Who is going to pick up the deadweight? Will the manager rescue the players, or will the players rescue the manager? Nobody is stepping up.
The manager can't rescue stars from slumping or not performing up to expectations. Like I said there are certain team sports like basketball where chemistry is key. Guys have to play together, the coach can run certain plays to make guys more effective. When vladdy is up to bat in the clutch what is John Schneider gonna do hold his hand and swing with him? Yell things like "you got this vlad we believe in you?" He can't make guys hit or improve their hand eye coordination, strike zone recognition and plate discipline. Thats individual player ability.
Managers can hold players accountable for poor performance.
Managers can lose the locker room by constantly making mistakes that cost the team wins.
Hitting coaches can help change a hitter's approach at the plate.
When literally almost every single position player on your roster is having a down year, coaching might just be an issue.
Who's dvery single position player? Belt is having a great year. Bichette is having a great year. Whit merrifield is having a great year. Jansen has a career high in home runs. Davis schneider has been amazing.
Varsho has always been a **** hitter. Same for Chapman, very similar hitter to varsho for his career but more walks.
The only guys who are not performing to their expected standards are guerrero, springer and kirk... Springer is getting a little older. Guerrero save for the mvp year has actually not been superstar level and kirk having a down year isn't necessarily surprising... baseball is weird like that where a guy can be an all star one year and shkt the next, and only real stars are consistently good.
So are you gonna blame to coaches for the success of the other players or the **** of the stars? What about the sudden improvement of kikuchi and berrios coming back to form? Or are they only responsible for manoahs implosion?
Which one is it? Constantly bitchint about management and coaches for individual **** performances shows you're not really understanding how baseball works. Like I already said, there's definitely been tactical mistakes but they're not the reason certain guys are sucking.