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Originally Posted by browna
They have to give him 3 years or it doesn't look good for organizational support.
He's not likely paid much in the manger world so yes, not a hindrance. But lack of playoffs the next two years (and probably not getting out of the first round if they make it) is almost cause for dismissal and Atkins can't be too far behind in that case.
Not how I would've handled it, to me reminds me of the Geoff Ward thing here where the new guy gets a postive inseason bump but long haul it doesn't work because players get too comfortable. Or more directly, extending Montoya last offseason because he almost got to the playoffs.
Scheidner seems like a good guy and smart baseball man but trusting him during this team window seems like path of least resistance more than the objective view of what the clubhouse needs to take it up a couple levels.
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I'm a little nonchalant on this. He hasn't done anything completely stupid. Sure some things can be second guessed, but there was a lot of "hunch" decisions that Montoyo continuously got wrong that annoyed most. Schneider seems to have his basics down right. I'm hoping behind the scenes he's a bit tougher on the guys, but who knows? I agree I'd like to see an older guy with experience brought in but the manager job is pretty easy and he seems to have it down right. I am concerned about the hitting coach and Pete Walker to a smaller degree. Walker has enough of a positive history of working with pitchers to do alright, so this year may have been bad luck. But the batting on the team was a disaster in my mind. I'd like some fresh person brought in with a new perspective on patience.