Sandberg Gone
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It's hard to be an effective manager when the front office doesn't give you much to work with. Amaro should be following Sandberg out the door.
He should but it seems that Sandberg was a complete dick to the team all the way through. I don't feel bad for him in the least. He never had the team but a couple weeks ago when he basically defended the umpire when Franco was getting screwed every AB he lost everyone. It was just stunning. Bye.
He didn't even inform the team. They are learning from people on twitter.
Quite often "hall of fame types" do not make good managers. Maybe because the game was "easier" for them ? They need, a seasoned manager, tough but understanding. I think "Bowa" may be ready for that role one again.
The blow up by the pitcher yelling at the coaches last week in Pittsburgh showed me the players had zero respect for him.
The bullpen phone off the hook in Baltimore was one I won't forget for awhile. It was a symptom more than anything but it became a symbol of the dysfunctional family that is the Phillies and Sandberg its patriarch.
I had heard at a game back in May from a long time Phils fan who lives down there that the players "didn't want to play for him." (his words). That's about the worst endorsement he can get. I don't know what he said in the PC, I guess I'll hear it tomorrow.
I had heard at a game back in May from a long time Phils fan who lives down there that the players "didn't want to play for him." (his words). That's about the worst endorsement he can get. I don't know what he said in the PC, I guess I'll hear it tomorrow.
Not a great personality but this team was not constructed in a way where any kind of success was possible.
I am not a lover of his personality but the bullpen phone being off the hook was not his fault and neither is this wretched roster he was given to manage.I am not upset with his departure but he is pretty much blameless in my book. Anybody with any baseball acumen can see this team was a disaster on paper.
The dreadful state of the roster is not his fault, however he has been a poor tactical manager and his personality does not seem to motivate or connect with the players. I can see why the Cubs passed on him twice.
Yeah they traded him for Ivan DeJesus. Part of the reason I didn't want him here. The Phils have given the fans too many retreads on the backside of great careers who are no longer any good, and Sandberg was a similar deal. They traded him for next to nothing and brought him back after a HOF career with somebody else. He's not a Phillie, they blew their chance with him, and they can't paint it any other way. Didn't like him being here at all.
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