Ah nice to see the devil doing his good work in a batting coach thread.
You can only roll with the same coaches/advisers/consultants for so long (pardon the pun). I don't care what the organization is. You don't trash mgmt or employees when you still have the opportunity to alter the consultant class. Some of you don't agree with this philosophy, but you would indeed be in the minority in corporate America.
They don't fire employees they get traded away. You either stick with you mgmt structure or you don't. The Steins felt Joe and Brian were the right people for the job at hand. Thus the shaking up the coaching staff. Beyond looking at the personnel changes, you also need to think about impact of all these coaches and players trying to figure out the dynamics at play. Girardi is the big winner, the full focus and mantle of leadership is on him now. Its going to be interesting to see how this group develops.
As we all reserve the right to agree to disagree. I don't really doubt but 1 or 2 words you said Tom, all good input.
Yet, flipping this coin, like Harvey Dent, I see: "One who believes the majority conventional thought, often fall in time, due to a lack of a minority paradigm shift". People on the average evade, and despise paradigm shifts in business. Why because they fear what they cannot comprehend. so no, the majority is not always correct, in fact in more times than not, the majority is lacking tremendously in many areas of thought, execution, or instruction and procedure...especially when it comes to redefining a businesses project/program plan, when its imperative to bring in people who can and do specialize in thinking outside the box.
In MLB sure some do indeed get fired, never to find their way back to even a Minor Lg job. Alot of those guys you will see as analysts or play by play TV announcers; ie: Buck Martinez for one of several. No, its not the majority, as you said, those get relocated; to new teams, as you said.
As for Martinez, the Jays were desperate in hiring him, and were just in firing him. The TV stations, are pitiful for hiring Buck, as much as some MLB games, ie Play Station, et al. I wanted to puke everytime I played a MLB PS game, with Buck as the commentator. Thank God I could shut the sound off....
PS: I wouldn't consider a player or coach, Mgr. going into the TV business as being relocated. Due to the fact, they are not on the Baseball Field, giving instruction, advice, or having any input into the games outcome.....just saying I agree with 90% of what you said Tom.
