WhiteSox2023 Posted Thursday at 02:52 AM Share Posted Thursday at 02:52 AM 6 hours ago, Balta1701 said: They probably decided that LaRussa could handle that role. Probably. Their [Jerry’s] second mistake involving TLR. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted Thursday at 05:02 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:02 PM https://soxmachine.com/2024/10/sources-rangers-bench-coach-donnie-ecker-dodgers-bench-coach-danny-lehmann-in-mix-for-white-sox-manager-job/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted Thursday at 05:25 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:25 PM 23 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: https://soxmachine.com/2024/10/sources-rangers-bench-coach-donnie-ecker-dodgers-bench-coach-danny-lehmann-in-mix-for-white-sox-manager-job/ I have no problems with the people they interview/contacted. After reading that blurb, Ecker sounds very interesting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downtown Brown Posted Thursday at 08:16 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:16 PM someone mentioned to me the sox have another internal candidate they are considering from the scouting side. Had him out in arizona in full uniform the last week or two coaching up the young players to see how it went. might not end up as manager, but cant imagine a scout wearing full uniform if he didnt think he was under consideration for a spot on the staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted Thursday at 08:19 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:19 PM These long searches are dumb. Just pick a guy. And make it Rick Renteria. Hire him and apologize for getting rid of him before. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted Thursday at 09:00 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:00 PM (edited) 44 minutes ago, Downtown Brown said: someone mentioned to me the sox have another internal candidate they are considering from the scouting side. Had him out in arizona in full uniform the last week or two coaching up the young players to see how it went. might not end up as manager, but cant imagine a scout wearing full uniform if he didnt think he was under consideration for a spot on the staff. I heard that guy missed his interview because he was too busy test driving some Jeeps, so he’s out of consideration now. Edited Thursday at 09:00 PM by WhiteSox2023 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downtown Brown Posted Thursday at 09:42 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:42 PM 41 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: I heard that guy missed his interview because he was too busy test driving some Jeeps, so he’s out of consideration now. Why pick between taking customers on test drives in a beautiful new Jeep Wagoneer at sunset and working for the sox when for some reason you are allowed to do both. Am i right @Harold's Leg Lift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted Thursday at 09:52 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:52 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Downtown Brown said: someone mentioned to me the sox have another internal candidate they are considering from the scouting side. Had him out in arizona in full uniform the last week or two coaching up the young players to see how it went. might not end up as manager, but cant imagine a scout wearing full uniform if he didnt think he was under consideration for a spot on the staff. Mike Gellinger? Ncorgbl? Edited Thursday at 09:54 PM by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted Friday at 03:29 AM Share Posted Friday at 03:29 AM Ecker Sounds dope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted Friday at 09:26 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:26 PM What if they went Ecker as manager and Ellis as bench coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey21 Posted Friday at 10:19 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 10:19 PM 53 minutes ago, Boopa1219 said: What if they went Ecker as manager and Ellis as bench coach? Or Venable as manager, Ecker as hitting coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted Saturday at 01:42 AM Share Posted Saturday at 01:42 AM Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted Saturday at 01:46 AM Share Posted Saturday at 01:46 AM 4 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said: Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? I don’t think there is such a guy available. I do remember everyone being excited about Hinch but stupid Jerry blew that up and hired his relic of a best friend instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted Saturday at 02:44 AM Share Posted Saturday at 02:44 AM 1 hour ago, BigHurt3515 said: Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? No, I do not believe there is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted Saturday at 03:16 AM Share Posted Saturday at 03:16 AM 1 hour ago, BigHurt3515 said: Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? A new owner? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted Saturday at 10:25 AM Share Posted Saturday at 10:25 AM An actual GM would have been nice a little over a year ago, but JR blew that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted Saturday at 10:59 AM Share Posted Saturday at 10:59 AM 33 minutes ago, JoeC said: An actual GM would have been nice a little over a year ago, but JR blew that one. When I saw the name Chris Getz, I immediately thought two things… 1.) What the f***? You can’t be serious. 2.) Isn’t Getz the player Beckham wrote “is gay” about in the infield dirt once? No exactly a resounding reaction to a hiring. 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted Saturday at 07:02 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:02 PM On 670 today, Bruce Levine said that Dodgers 1B coach Clayton McCullough is still a serious candidate and that Will Venable and George Lombard have interviewed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted Saturday at 09:03 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:03 PM I would not want to hire anyone dumb enough to take on this job. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted Sunday at 04:01 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:01 PM On 10/18/2024 at 8:42 PM, BigHurt3515 said: Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? No, because a good hire for this White Sox franchise would be unexciting. The White Sox desperately need someone who can be a modern thinker. Someone who understands how the game has changed and who works to teach this to players. Someone who is the opposite of the “classic baseball people are back in charge” mentality Iof 2024. If they hire the perfect person it will not be exciting. It will show up as players being smarter, better approaches at the plate, fewer ground balls, less swinging hard in case you hit something. Better bullpen performance from pitchers who understand their roles and how they will be used. Guy who are better conditioned and who use the IL when they’re hurt rather than playing through one injury until it leads to a worse one. Fewer LaRussian Locker room rivalries and less articles ripping the org every August. Never ever talk about the importance of bunting again. Gradual improvement over multiple years. If your house is flooded with sewage, the arrival of a cleanup crew isn’t exciting. It may be a relief, but starting the sewage cleanup isn’t exciting. Finishing it is exciting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted Sunday at 05:04 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:04 PM 20 hours ago, JoeC said: I would not want to hire anyone dumb enough to take on this job. Pep Guardiola. Pull a reverse Ted Lasso on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted Sunday at 05:23 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:23 PM 1 hour ago, Balta1701 said: No, because a good hire for this White Sox franchise would be unexciting. The White Sox desperately need someone who can be a modern thinker. Someone who understands how the game has changed and who works to teach this to players. Someone who is the opposite of the “classic baseball people are back in charge” mentality Iof 2024. If they hire the perfect person it will not be exciting. It will show up as players being smarter, better approaches at the plate, fewer ground balls, less swinging hard in case you hit something. Better bullpen performance from pitchers who understand their roles and how they will be used. Guy who are better conditioned and who use the IL when they’re hurt rather than playing through one injury until it leads to a worse one. Fewer LaRussian Locker room rivalries and less articles ripping the org every August. Never ever talk about the importance of bunting again. Gradual improvement over multiple years. If your house is flooded with sewage, the arrival of a cleanup crew isn’t exciting. It may be a relief, but starting the sewage cleanup isn’t exciting. Finishing it is exciting. Yes it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted Sunday at 08:27 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:27 PM Learning about how Katz and Bannister pushed Ecker and Getz to meet, and the interview going well, I think he’s the guy they hire. These interviews with the Dodgers should still definitely happen to get into and more ideas but we’ll see. Lavine still says the Sox have strong interest in their 1B coach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted Sunday at 09:06 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:06 PM On 10/16/2024 at 10:00 AM, Harold's Leg Lift said: They did interview a number of people last time and are interviewing a lot of people this time but the people doing the interviewing this time is very different and unlike last time they are narrowing the list down to 4-5 candidates and doing a second round of interviews with others joining the interviews. They have a much better chance of hiring the right guy this time than they did the last time. Just interviewing the bench coach of the Royals indicates a flawed process. Along the same lines, what is Phil Nevin doing in the interview group this time around? (To be fair, perhaps he isn't; I just saw his name on one of the lists). The other guys look like the type of candidates that we should be interviewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted Sunday at 10:57 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:57 PM 1 hour ago, GreenSox said: Just interviewing the bench coach of the Royals indicates a flawed process. Along the same lines, what is Phil Nevin doing in the interview group this time around? (To be fair, perhaps he isn't; I just saw his name on one of the lists). The other guys look like the type of candidates that we should be interviewing. The Royals look a lot smarter now than previously simply for being in the right position to draft Witt Jr and out spending pretty much the entire AL Central in the off season....certainly their three main competitors. That said...at least they picked some of the right additions, especially on the pitching side. And getting Ragans, one of the 5-10 best starters in the AL now for Ragans was a coup as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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