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Originally Posted by browna
Not exactly the same but also not dissimilar; Padres went old school with Bob Melvin (who has won manager of the year 3 times) after a few “young and cool” managerial choices since Bud Black, and it’s gotten that talent to a LCS.
As I mentioned earlier, Schneider has been great and saved the season from the nosedive that Charlie put it in and couldn’t recover from…but if this team is going to take it to the next level, they need to have the roster look to a top manager with proven experience and ideally playoff success…and that isn’t Schneider or a Phillies hitting coach.
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I tend to agree to a large extent. Right now I’m sure their confidence is shot, and an old guy who’s been there can bring some hard love as well as speak from experience. I’d personally like to see that as well. But truly, it would be pretty crappy of them to promote Schneider where he was presumably comfortable in the minors, and only give him 120 games to prove himself, and ultimately lose both jobs. It’s a tough biz and all but he’d definitely be getting the short stick there.