LBJKB24MJ23 wrote:C Court wrote:This is what I discovered from podcasts and articles written by Jays beat media, who are universally critical of Atkins.
Atkins is correct in that he does 'not' attend Schneider's pre-game planning meetings. But, Atkins has a front office representative attend every pre-game meeting on his behalf.
Does anyone really believe that Atkins has no input into what the front office employee says at Schneider's meeting or that Atkins is not de-briefed after the meeting - particularly in a win or go home play-off game?
As well, Atkins meets with Schneider after every game. Does anyone believe that Atkins didn't bring up the Berrios/Kikuchi strategy after losing game one?
Schneider says that it was an organizational decision, even though the coward Atkins says it was the manager's decision.
Who ya' gonna believe?
You, and most of the speculative fans here, have pretty much 0 evidence of such accusations of blaming 1 person.
Until or when the truth comes out, let’s see what the organization does in the off-season in terms of improving this ugly offense. They obviously need fine tuning of their analytics and the conclusions they are coming up with to warrant that change.
It seems that both Schneider and Atkins are back next year so I hope both improve in all aspects. We are not in control so why be negative. lol
We are the ones who pay their salaries. We should absolutely be critical of their performance and demand better.