Brain Damaged General Manager

[billroper]

The Cubs are apparently poised to hire Lou Piniella as their next manager. Personally, I think that hiring a manager who would rather be managing the New York Yankees is a big mistake, especially since that job will likely be vacant after 2007. We've already seen Piniella pitch a fit to get out of his contract with Tampa Bay; I'll be not at all surprised to see the same thing happen here in a year when Piniella gets tired of losing again.

Comments

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

I don't see why they're hiring him, when he has such a terrible track record. Are they crazy? He can out-whine his players. IMO, the Cubs should wait and hire Joe Torre. The Yankees are nuts.

[billroper]

Well, yes, the Yankees are nuts, but I think that Torre's pretty much ready to retire after next year anyway, so he wouldn't be a great solution for the Cubs. I favor Girardi.

[rook543.livejournal.com]

You'd be further ahead hiring Leon Panetta. At least he would proabbly stay put!

[tnatj.livejournal.com]

Do the Cubs have any managerial prospects within their own system? I think a club does better if they promote home-grown talent. I may be old-fashioned; but I think athletic clubs benefit from loyalty both in coaches and players.

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Oh, and it would be ironic if the Cardinals win the NLCS ... shades of the 1968 World Series!

Well, not really. That was the last non-divisional World Series, and the last one with real "characters" on the teams, IMHO. But then, back in '68 I was just starting college and still young and impressionable.

[billroper]

The Cubs don't really have any likely prospects in their system currently, although they did give them courtesy interviews.