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Originally Posted by bluejays
Whenever year end meetings happen, and no matter what the outcome of this year ultimately is, I hope Atkins and Shapiro scold Schneider for that move. I'm still incensed this morning. Casual viewers knew Little was a bad choice before it all started and you have a pro manager making that move. It's simply a terrible decision that cannot be understated. His explanation was him going with a gut feel for no logical reason. Company guys are pooping on him, it was that bad. Crazy to think two years in a row they'll potentially lose because of Schneider.
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Nah, even if they do, it will ring pretty hollow coming from above.
Schneider more has to worry about those who play the game in the clubhouse that he’s in charge of, losing some trust in him short term and long term over this. If enough vets tell Jays upper management that they can’t trust him going forward, that will be a problem.
When former players, and Roger’s employees, Siddel, Joseph and Pillar went full blown torch mode on him on live TV in the minutes after the game, that same sentiment had to go through many in the room.
In the biggest spot of probably his managerial career to this point, and the biggest moment of many of these players’ career, he got cute trying to play chess with all baseball logic and and reason, and got badly badly burned and put all his players behind the eight ball.