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With the Caveat that I'm not a fan of Matheny as the manager for the bullpen management, etc. (plus, there are just better candidates out there), "the sky is falling if he's hired" surprises me. Edgar - to the end - was a mental midget on tactical matters and never was easy to like for many due to his public abrasiveness, but despite his reputation in Milwaukee, he actually did grow as a human being and went from tight, nervous and player-unfriendly to a players manager for the most part. Turns out, that was what the team needed, despite my objections to his continuing as the Royals manager into their WS years. I'm OK with being wrong...he was the right guy for that group and he had a bullpen he couldn't screw up.
Having said that, don't discount that Matheny might have been put through some sort of protocol over the past year to grow as a manager of people. People can change and do change. Happens all the time. I'm surprised that so many people - that I assume would want to be given the benefit of the doubt in being teachable and changeable - would use their issues with Religion or outright religious bigotry as a means of denying the same for Matheny. Maybe let this play out before being a bunch of nancies about the possibility of a terrible clubhouse manager being given a 2nd chance. I hope it's not with the Royals for reasons stated above, but I won't go "sky is falling" like so many on CP seem to do as a reflex to everything.
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