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Was Ventura a good hire?  

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  1. 1. Was Ventura a good hire?

    • Yes
      48
    • No
      29


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QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 7, 2011 -> 08:32 AM)
This is not true, and I'm tired of people saying it. Girardi was a bench coach, and the vast majority of managers in at least the last 30 years gained experience as coaches or minor league managers before becoming big league managers. You have to start going 50 years back to get a good amount of managers who had no experience whatsoever.

I know the "right from player to manager" bugs you or the no coaching experience thing, but has baseball changed so much in the last 50 years ? Sure there's a DH now but it's the same game. Played between the white lines, power speed pitching wins most games not anything a manager does. You execute on the field and have the studs and you win. The Sox probably don't have the horses to win unless we see a drastic down around from Dunn. Ventura will make mistakes like all managers do . When something you do goes right you're a genius and when your call goes sour you're an idiot. Just like it's always been .

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 7, 2011 -> 09:21 AM)
Wow, 18-11 in favor of the hire so far. I am surprised. I want to hear more from the quiet majority! Why is this good/

I think Sox fans just like a former Sox player and a well liked player as manager. Of course that's not all there is to it. Being the polar opposite of Ozzie helps a bunch too. Sure it was very surprising but we've heard good things from former players about him being a player/coach (ploach) . It's not much to go on but enough for many of us. Even if we do get shouted down by the vocal minority.

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