WhiteSox2023 Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 On 10/16/2024 at 8:01 PM, Balta1701 said: They probably decided that LaRussa could handle that role. Expand Probably. Their [Jerry’s] second mistake involving TLR. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 https://soxmachine.com/2024/10/sources-rangers-bench-coach-donnie-ecker-dodgers-bench-coach-danny-lehmann-in-mix-for-white-sox-manager-job/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 On 10/17/2024 at 5:02 PM, 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/ Expand I have no problems with the people they interview/contacted. After reading that blurb, Ecker sounds very interesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downtown Brown Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 (edited) On 10/17/2024 at 8:16 PM, 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. Expand I heard that guy missed his interview because he was too busy test driving some Jeeps, so he’s out of consideration now. Edited October 17, 2024 by WhiteSox2023 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downtown Brown Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 On 10/17/2024 at 9:00 PM, 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. Expand 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 (edited) On 10/17/2024 at 8:16 PM, 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. Expand Mike Gellinger? Ncorgbl? Edited October 17, 2024 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted October 18, 2024 Share Posted October 18, 2024 Ecker Sounds dope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted October 18, 2024 Share Posted October 18, 2024 What if they went Ecker as manager and Ellis as bench coach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey21 Posted October 18, 2024 Author Share Posted October 18, 2024 On 10/18/2024 at 9:26 PM, Boopa1219 said: What if they went Ecker as manager and Ellis as bench coach? Expand Or Venable as manager, Ecker as hitting coach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 On 10/19/2024 at 1:42 AM, BigHurt3515 said: Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? Expand 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 On 10/19/2024 at 1:42 AM, BigHurt3515 said: Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? Expand No, I do not believe there is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 On 10/19/2024 at 1:42 AM, BigHurt3515 said: Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? Expand A new owner? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 An actual GM would have been nice a little over a year ago, but JR blew that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 On 10/19/2024 at 10:25 AM, JoeC said: An actual GM would have been nice a little over a year ago, but JR blew that one. Expand 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. 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 I would not want to hire anyone dumb enough to take on this job. 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 20, 2024 Share Posted October 20, 2024 On 10/19/2024 at 1:42 AM, BigHurt3515 said: Serious question, is there anyone we can hire that will actually get the fanbase excited? Expand 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted October 20, 2024 Share Posted October 20, 2024 On 10/19/2024 at 9:03 PM, JoeC said: I would not want to hire anyone dumb enough to take on this job. Expand Pep Guardiola. Pull a reverse Ted Lasso on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 20, 2024 Share Posted October 20, 2024 On 10/20/2024 at 4:01 PM, 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. Expand Yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted October 20, 2024 Share Posted October 20, 2024 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted October 20, 2024 Share Posted October 20, 2024 On 10/16/2024 at 3:00 PM, 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. Expand 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 20, 2024 Share Posted October 20, 2024 On 10/20/2024 at 9:06 PM, 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. Expand 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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