Saturday, October 6, 2007
Placing Blame
After a bad season MLB owners go overboard. They are mad about the failure of their team and look for someone to take the blame. That's where the managers come in. They place the blame on the manager and fire him. Every year we see a manager get canned for the failure of the players. For example, recently Walt Jocketty, Cardinals General Manger, was fired. This is rare that the GM takes the blame, but with the reputation of Tony La Russa the owner could hardly place the blame on him. I think that managers have the best and worst job. They get to manage a professional team and make the decisions in the clutch of the game, but they also have the worst job security. Their jobs are usually determined by a 162 game record. If it is on the side over .500 the manager gets too much credit for the success. If it is under .500 the manager gets the blame thrown at him. This needs to stop. Managers have a minimal effect on the winning or losing of a team. Finally teams are starting to realize this, starting with the New York Mets. After the collapse out of the playoffs the owner heavily considered canning Willie Randolph. It was covered by SportsCenter and discussed thoroughly. The analysts backed up my view that he should not take the blame for the teams collapse and the owner did too. Hopefully more owners catch on and stop placing blame where it doesn't belong.
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I might have to disagree with you on this one. I know it seems like the managers don’t do much in the major league baseball world but in reality they do. They pick players, they tell batters whether to bunt or not, they change pitchers when they feel is necessary. If the game of baseball didn’t invole any mangers the whole game would change completely. They are the coach of the team. Yes it may be a players fault for a specific error on the field or home run given up but the fact is, the manager obtained those players. The manger put them at their positions, The manager is responsible for every decision made. Imagine basketball without a head coach, or NFL coaches get fired every year because they don’t win enough games. In order to win the most games, you most be the best coach.
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