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Originally Posted by BDj23
I like Shildt outside of the Carp use, but I feel it's dictated from the FO some too. Sometimes he does something boneheaded and we are quick to get pissed because we are still dealing with shellshock from Matheny.
As for Mo? Catapult him into the sun for all I care.
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Every manager of every team in every sport is going to do things that piss you off. Routinely.
If your favorite manager/coach/whatever took over the team you root for daily, you'd see a whole lot of warts you didn't see when you weren't watching them like a hawk.
I learned my lesson after Matheny took over for LaRussa and I realized what a true mouth-breather looked like. After years of focusing primarily on what LaRussa did poorly rather than what he did well, we ended up with a manager who ONLY did things poorly. And I can't help but think we kinda deserved that.
So with Shildt I have taken a more relaxed approach and really the one I should've taken with LaRussa more often than I did. I have to give him a fair, 1,000 mile view of his overall body of work. And with that in mind, occasional gaffes notwithstanding, it's hard not to conclude that he's done an outstanding job.