Randy Shannon Must Go
Written by gologan, Monday October 11 2010
Every year I go into the football season wondering, is Miami back. After two high profile games against Ohio State and Florida State Miami was out of it by halftime. The new more docile ‘Canes that supposedly signed a statement that they would not carry guns otherwise they would be kicked off the team. I kind of miss the old thuggish ruggish ‘Canes that were just as dangerous on the field as they were off the field. Those were the days when there was a Miami player drafted in the first round of almost every draft throughout the nineties. Randy Shannon was once a member of those old “convict” ‘Canes and though he won one of Miami’s 5 national title he’s tried to go away from that image. I believe he has taken the heart with it.
Randy Shannon has proven to be a very good recruiter bringing in top rated talent since he has taken over as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes. However with that talent his biggest win in 2009 was over Georgia Tech who ended up playing for the ACC Conference Championship. The answer to the question for 2010 of whether or not Miami is back is an emphatic, hell no!
Randy Shannon is not in a position where he has been stuck with another coach’s players. This is Randy’s players. This is Randy’s team. The talent has grown exponentially from the previous coach. He has no excuses as to why he cannot win.
As a Cubs fan who has not seen a lot of winning in my lifetime I take pride in my adoration for the Hurricanes. I am a very loyal fan. I have sat through many arguments defending why I would choose to love a team for which I did not attend the school and have never seen the team in person. I have been to Miami once though it was to visit family. I say tell that to the little kid who fell in love with the ‘Canes after being dumped by his girlfriend and all he had was college football. I didn’t know they were number one at the time but I was introduced to winning college football and the meanest rivalry in the sport. I still think it was nuts to move to the ACC, though it has helped the basketball team. Unfortunately it has helped the basketball team more than the football team.
Randy Shannon must go. Miami has the talent and will have the talent for years to come to win Conference and National Championships. Being from Illinois I’ve seen what it’s like to have a head coach who is a great recruiter but terrible on game days. I really don’t want to see another Ron Zook. Call me a sneak all you want but I say we should fire Shannon now and win with his players. Or send him back to being a Defensive Coordinator so that we can keep getting the talented players from South Florida. And what’s wrong with your players being a little crazy? You don’t need guns to be dangerous.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
10/1/2010
yourSportsStory.com: Godfrey Logan
Godfrey Logan
The Sky is not Falling:
So many people including myself are calling the Bears lucky after their 3-0 start. The difference between them and myself is that I don’t expect the sky to fall in. I do believe that the Bears can right the ship, fix all of their troubles and go on to have a productive year. After a lackluster and winless pre season the Bears seem to be out to make up for it. They’ve gone as far as benching Tommy Harris, even though they don’t call it a benching.They’re using words such as, “accountability and show and prove.” It caused traffic to stop on the streets and people to have puzzled looks on their faces because it seemed since the Super Bowl season in 2006, 2007 the inmates were running the asylum.
Since then the Bears have made a number of questionable personnel decisions including letting former Super Bowl Champion Ron Rivera go to the San Diego Chargers and hiring Rod Marinelli after he went winless in Detroit. Right after they went winless in Detroit.Finally, they have a defense that resembles the Monsters of the Midway and we have offense that can put up points. Unfortunately I have to be the fly in the ointment. When it comes to the offense because it is simply horrible. I give the coordinators credit because despite the offensive woes such as the offensive line which is just that, offensive and a non existent running game, the Bears have been able to put up points. They have done what is meant to be done in whatever sport is being played, they outscored the opposition.
Fans and media alike excoriated as many members of the front office as they could for the decisions made in putting this team on the field. The preseason result did not do much to assuage the anger other than doing what they have been doing. The concern now is the fact that it hasn’t been pretty. At the same time we have given a break to one person who we wanted to run out of town as quickly as he got here, Jay Cutler. By this time last year the Bears were 3-1 but the story was about how many interceptions Cutler had thrown. I always wondered if there was a rash going around the locker room because at every press conference he would be scratching himself.
I honestly believe that when the Bears get things going in the right direction offensively they will be the darlings of the league and the question at the end of the season will be which one of the high profile coordinators on their staff will be leaving for a Head Coaching job.
yourSportsStory.com: Godfrey Logan
Godfrey Logan
The Sky is not Falling:
So many people including myself are calling the Bears lucky after their 3-0 start. The difference between them and myself is that I don’t expect the sky to fall in. I do believe that the Bears can right the ship, fix all of their troubles and go on to have a productive year. After a lackluster and winless pre season the Bears seem to be out to make up for it. They’ve gone as far as benching Tommy Harris, even though they don’t call it a benching.They’re using words such as, “accountability and show and prove.” It caused traffic to stop on the streets and people to have puzzled looks on their faces because it seemed since the Super Bowl season in 2006, 2007 the inmates were running the asylum.
Since then the Bears have made a number of questionable personnel decisions including letting former Super Bowl Champion Ron Rivera go to the San Diego Chargers and hiring Rod Marinelli after he went winless in Detroit. Right after they went winless in Detroit.Finally, they have a defense that resembles the Monsters of the Midway and we have offense that can put up points. Unfortunately I have to be the fly in the ointment. When it comes to the offense because it is simply horrible. I give the coordinators credit because despite the offensive woes such as the offensive line which is just that, offensive and a non existent running game, the Bears have been able to put up points. They have done what is meant to be done in whatever sport is being played, they outscored the opposition.
Fans and media alike excoriated as many members of the front office as they could for the decisions made in putting this team on the field. The preseason result did not do much to assuage the anger other than doing what they have been doing. The concern now is the fact that it hasn’t been pretty. At the same time we have given a break to one person who we wanted to run out of town as quickly as he got here, Jay Cutler. By this time last year the Bears were 3-1 but the story was about how many interceptions Cutler had thrown. I always wondered if there was a rash going around the locker room because at every press conference he would be scratching himself.
I honestly believe that when the Bears get things going in the right direction offensively they will be the darlings of the league and the question at the end of the season will be which one of the high profile coordinators on their staff will be leaving for a Head Coaching job.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Do Not Touch The Tournament! playerpress.com
Written by glogan, Thursday April 08 2010
I'm tired of people trying to find ways to change the NCAA tournament. I just watched oneof the best tournaments that I have ever seen in my years of watching the event. Though I made the mistake of picking Kansas and Villanova to be in the championship game and I had to watch as both of those teams were eliminated on the same day I cannot complain. Increasing the numbers to 96 teams is ridiulous. As ridiculous as saying Sarah Palin is a serious candidate to become president. Not in my lifetime. Some say it is not the best 65 teams in the tournament. Boo hoo. Yes someone always gets left out who many think are deserving but the beauty of it is its imperfection. Changing it now would do away with the NIT which I still think is vital to teams who want to keep playing in the post season though they didn't make the big dance. To be honest it is hard enough to sit through the tourney as it is. That might just be my ADD kicking in. I would lose interest even quicker if the number of teams would increase. My girlfriend already nags me for watching too much basketball during the season. Making any change to it now woud mean she would walk out on me and I actually like my girlfriend more than sports. Except on game days of couurse. I'm the Catholic School Nuns who whack kids on their hands for being bad. I hope someone comes with a giant ruler if they change my beloved tournament. And I would not be the only one who would stop watching basketball altogether. There is only so much a person can take before they start seeing orange basketballs and uncoordinated cheerleaders in his head at night. If you want to change something create a playoff system in college football and leave a perfect product alone.
Written by glogan, Thursday April 08 2010
I'm tired of people trying to find ways to change the NCAA tournament. I just watched oneof the best tournaments that I have ever seen in my years of watching the event. Though I made the mistake of picking Kansas and Villanova to be in the championship game and I had to watch as both of those teams were eliminated on the same day I cannot complain. Increasing the numbers to 96 teams is ridiulous. As ridiculous as saying Sarah Palin is a serious candidate to become president. Not in my lifetime. Some say it is not the best 65 teams in the tournament. Boo hoo. Yes someone always gets left out who many think are deserving but the beauty of it is its imperfection. Changing it now would do away with the NIT which I still think is vital to teams who want to keep playing in the post season though they didn't make the big dance. To be honest it is hard enough to sit through the tourney as it is. That might just be my ADD kicking in. I would lose interest even quicker if the number of teams would increase. My girlfriend already nags me for watching too much basketball during the season. Making any change to it now woud mean she would walk out on me and I actually like my girlfriend more than sports. Except on game days of couurse. I'm the Catholic School Nuns who whack kids on their hands for being bad. I hope someone comes with a giant ruler if they change my beloved tournament. And I would not be the only one who would stop watching basketball altogether. There is only so much a person can take before they start seeing orange basketballs and uncoordinated cheerleaders in his head at night. If you want to change something create a playoff system in college football and leave a perfect product alone.
Cubs Look Like Same Old Flubs playerpresscom
Written by glogan, Thursday April 08 2010
Don't tell me it's early and they've only played to games. The Cubs have not been beaten that badly on opening day since the early days of the franchise when they were called the White Stockings. Opening day starter Carlos Zambrano gave up nearly eight runs in an inning and a half. still wonder why the Cubs still call "Big Z" the ace of the staff after he won a whopping nine game last year. And he has done horrendously on opening days in the past. Even when he wins he can't go beyond 4 innings like he did a couple of years ago. The Cubs have new owners. If I were the Ricketts family I would be looking to trade that s.o.b. and let him be someone elses headache. As in past years he had come to spring training with a new atitude and new acquisition Marlon Byrd claims the Cubs will outscore the Phillies this year. So far we cannot outscore the pitching staff. The Cubs players still look like deer in headlights. They leave their heart on the bus. At leas they're not the Bears claimig the get off the bus running. The Cubs hired a new hitting coach and I'm still waiting to see that one pay off. I am a huge Cubs fan and everyone is still saying it's only two games. I wonder what they will be saying after game 162 and it's another season out of the playoffs.
Written by glogan, Thursday April 08 2010
Don't tell me it's early and they've only played to games. The Cubs have not been beaten that badly on opening day since the early days of the franchise when they were called the White Stockings. Opening day starter Carlos Zambrano gave up nearly eight runs in an inning and a half. still wonder why the Cubs still call "Big Z" the ace of the staff after he won a whopping nine game last year. And he has done horrendously on opening days in the past. Even when he wins he can't go beyond 4 innings like he did a couple of years ago. The Cubs have new owners. If I were the Ricketts family I would be looking to trade that s.o.b. and let him be someone elses headache. As in past years he had come to spring training with a new atitude and new acquisition Marlon Byrd claims the Cubs will outscore the Phillies this year. So far we cannot outscore the pitching staff. The Cubs players still look like deer in headlights. They leave their heart on the bus. At leas they're not the Bears claimig the get off the bus running. The Cubs hired a new hitting coach and I'm still waiting to see that one pay off. I am a huge Cubs fan and everyone is still saying it's only two games. I wonder what they will be saying after game 162 and it's another season out of the playoffs.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Chicago Sports Management Should Be Called Before Congress
Written by Godfrey, Friday December 11 2009 Playerpress.com
First of all let me say I love the Notre Dame hire of Brian Kelly. The man has a great offensive mind. The Fighting Irish will back on top again very soon. But unfortunately that's about the only positive I have to discuss right now. Neither of the biggest sports teams in the city of Chicago Bulls Bears Cubs or Whitesox will make the post season this season which ends in 2010 for the Bulls. The same Bulls who took Boston to seven games last season in the first round of the NBA playoffs considered the most exciting playoff series in sports I think besides the 2004 Red Sox Yankees series where the Red Sox came back from a three games to none deficit to win that series. The only time in sports that has ever happened.
Not only have our major sports teams under achieved but they have down right stunk. I believe that when a team makes changes to its roster believed to make the team better they should have something to show for it. Yet the Cubs are trying to get rid of the biggest pain in the ass baseball may have ever seen after being dumb enough to sign Milton Bradley to a contract of more than one year when teams that he's played for in the past were smart enough not to do that. For some reason the Cubs felt that it was alright to trade away one of their more popular players in Mark Derosa to make this happen. While Derosa didn'thave as good a year as he had the year before the Cubs sure could have used him when Aramis went down with a shoulder injury when they were leading the division. With Derosa filling the Cubs would have kept their lead in the division all the way to the end and would have had another chance to choke away another post season series. At least they would have been there. I'm not a White Sox fan so I cannot really comment on them but it was obvious that team was obviously too old to be playing baseball anyways.
While it was obvious in the final months of the season that the Cubs or Sox were not going to make the post season I started to focus on the Bears. After all we had a franchise Quarterback for the first time in decades according to the media who heralded the arrival of Jay Cutler. I though it was a good move and still do as we gave away the house to get him here. If you know Jerry Angelo's inability to get his first round picks to make an impact much less get on the field and the fact he does better in the later rounds finding gems like Jonny Knox, it set up well for the bears to go maybe 10-6 and lose in the second round. At least they would have made it and no one would be screaming for Lovie Smith to be fired.
Continuing on to the Bulls who as I said were involved in one of the most exciting and frustrating playoff series in sports history. I though with the changes they made in getting John Salmon and Brad Miller though it was years after letting the man go to another team becoming a star and trading to get him back when he is slower than an old woman using a walker. But he is nonetheless productive. Joakim Noah showed in the playoffs that he is better than the dud he'd looked like he would become when we drafted him out of Florida where he won consecutive national titles. Management still hadn't dealt with the lack of having a big man that could compete with the likes of Dwight Howard and Greg Oden. Yet they still looked like they could be a competitive team. Wrong!
Now I come to my point. The reason for all of the lack of success for these teams: Management. The General Managers who seem to ignore what really ails their teams and doing something to fix it. Every General Manager in charge of the teams I mentioned should be fired right now! None of the players they have put on the field or harwood has any heart. How many times can a team get their asses kicked year after before someone figures out what is wrong? How many times do we have to listen to the same responses during post game interviews with players haveing that ever present hang dog look on their faces? When do we stop blaming the players before we blame the numbsculls who keep putting them on the field year after year? Sure we all realize that Lovie Smith's defensive scheme does not work but maybe it isn't just that. Maybe it is the personnel he has on the field who don't know what the hell they're doing or where they should be. Or maybe it is Jerry Angelo's fault for not getting rid of Ron Turner who doesn't know how to run an NFL offense and put in someone who can score some points to keep up with the other team who moves the ball up and down the field as if they're out there by themselves. How about drafting a running back that can actually shake some defenders instead of running into the pile and falling down?
I watched the Cubs get beat around by the Colorado Rockies like how the Minnesota Vikings spanked the Bears. The looks on their faces said it all for me. This was just another game for them. If I have to listen to them say, "you have to give credit to the other team" again I will puke. Show some heart for crying out loud! Even if you're getting beat at least act like you're trying. Many of these athletes were kids who came from winning programs all through their youth wining mutiple state championships in their sports. What they should do is take it back to the days when if you lost your position your career was basically over. I'm not advocating for players to play with unimaginable injuries but the circumstance would make sure that you get the very best of your players every time they set foot on the field or the court. Heartless players and brain dead management is no way to run a franchise and all you're doing is playing the fans for fools when you raise ticket prices after every losing season and then have the nerve to say it is easy to sit there and think we know better than those who are actually out there playing the games. I say there is space on my couch where we can watch a ball game together because it's pretty obvious that you need to be where we are to see the crap that is going on and who is just out there to get a paycheck. Enough is enough. Let's not turn Chicago into Kansas City but even the Royals have seen a World Series more recently than the Cubs!
Written by Godfrey, Friday December 11 2009 Playerpress.com
First of all let me say I love the Notre Dame hire of Brian Kelly. The man has a great offensive mind. The Fighting Irish will back on top again very soon. But unfortunately that's about the only positive I have to discuss right now. Neither of the biggest sports teams in the city of Chicago Bulls Bears Cubs or Whitesox will make the post season this season which ends in 2010 for the Bulls. The same Bulls who took Boston to seven games last season in the first round of the NBA playoffs considered the most exciting playoff series in sports I think besides the 2004 Red Sox Yankees series where the Red Sox came back from a three games to none deficit to win that series. The only time in sports that has ever happened.
Not only have our major sports teams under achieved but they have down right stunk. I believe that when a team makes changes to its roster believed to make the team better they should have something to show for it. Yet the Cubs are trying to get rid of the biggest pain in the ass baseball may have ever seen after being dumb enough to sign Milton Bradley to a contract of more than one year when teams that he's played for in the past were smart enough not to do that. For some reason the Cubs felt that it was alright to trade away one of their more popular players in Mark Derosa to make this happen. While Derosa didn'thave as good a year as he had the year before the Cubs sure could have used him when Aramis went down with a shoulder injury when they were leading the division. With Derosa filling the Cubs would have kept their lead in the division all the way to the end and would have had another chance to choke away another post season series. At least they would have been there. I'm not a White Sox fan so I cannot really comment on them but it was obvious that team was obviously too old to be playing baseball anyways.
While it was obvious in the final months of the season that the Cubs or Sox were not going to make the post season I started to focus on the Bears. After all we had a franchise Quarterback for the first time in decades according to the media who heralded the arrival of Jay Cutler. I though it was a good move and still do as we gave away the house to get him here. If you know Jerry Angelo's inability to get his first round picks to make an impact much less get on the field and the fact he does better in the later rounds finding gems like Jonny Knox, it set up well for the bears to go maybe 10-6 and lose in the second round. At least they would have made it and no one would be screaming for Lovie Smith to be fired.
Continuing on to the Bulls who as I said were involved in one of the most exciting and frustrating playoff series in sports history. I though with the changes they made in getting John Salmon and Brad Miller though it was years after letting the man go to another team becoming a star and trading to get him back when he is slower than an old woman using a walker. But he is nonetheless productive. Joakim Noah showed in the playoffs that he is better than the dud he'd looked like he would become when we drafted him out of Florida where he won consecutive national titles. Management still hadn't dealt with the lack of having a big man that could compete with the likes of Dwight Howard and Greg Oden. Yet they still looked like they could be a competitive team. Wrong!
Now I come to my point. The reason for all of the lack of success for these teams: Management. The General Managers who seem to ignore what really ails their teams and doing something to fix it. Every General Manager in charge of the teams I mentioned should be fired right now! None of the players they have put on the field or harwood has any heart. How many times can a team get their asses kicked year after before someone figures out what is wrong? How many times do we have to listen to the same responses during post game interviews with players haveing that ever present hang dog look on their faces? When do we stop blaming the players before we blame the numbsculls who keep putting them on the field year after year? Sure we all realize that Lovie Smith's defensive scheme does not work but maybe it isn't just that. Maybe it is the personnel he has on the field who don't know what the hell they're doing or where they should be. Or maybe it is Jerry Angelo's fault for not getting rid of Ron Turner who doesn't know how to run an NFL offense and put in someone who can score some points to keep up with the other team who moves the ball up and down the field as if they're out there by themselves. How about drafting a running back that can actually shake some defenders instead of running into the pile and falling down?
I watched the Cubs get beat around by the Colorado Rockies like how the Minnesota Vikings spanked the Bears. The looks on their faces said it all for me. This was just another game for them. If I have to listen to them say, "you have to give credit to the other team" again I will puke. Show some heart for crying out loud! Even if you're getting beat at least act like you're trying. Many of these athletes were kids who came from winning programs all through their youth wining mutiple state championships in their sports. What they should do is take it back to the days when if you lost your position your career was basically over. I'm not advocating for players to play with unimaginable injuries but the circumstance would make sure that you get the very best of your players every time they set foot on the field or the court. Heartless players and brain dead management is no way to run a franchise and all you're doing is playing the fans for fools when you raise ticket prices after every losing season and then have the nerve to say it is easy to sit there and think we know better than those who are actually out there playing the games. I say there is space on my couch where we can watch a ball game together because it's pretty obvious that you need to be where we are to see the crap that is going on and who is just out there to get a paycheck. Enough is enough. Let's not turn Chicago into Kansas City but even the Royals have seen a World Series more recently than the Cubs!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thank You Dennis Green! The Bears Are Worse Than We Thought They Were!
Written by Godfrey Logan, Monday October 26 2009 playerpress.com
I don't want to hear about the Bears vaunted defense. Or ever hear the words, Monsters of the Midway" again! I don''t want to hear we get off the bus running ever again. The Bears are barely better than the Detroit Lions and by chance the last team they beat.
The Bears are average at best. The Bears defense hasn't been dominant since the days of Ditka and Buddy Ryan! It's getting hilarious to hear other teams say the know how good the Bears defense is but they still have to go out and play their game. This video of yesterdays game will make the rounds of every NFL lockerroom and possibly every blooper reel for the next decade. No they didn't get beat 59-0 like the Tennessee Titans and they are not winless like the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but they are way overrated and way over hyped. They have put so much money and personnel into this defense and going as far as hiring the former Detroit Lions head coach to work with their defensive line, yes the same coach of the same Detroit Lions who became the first team ever to go 0-16 last year. Is it the defensive scheme or is it the ones coaching it? Is it time for Lovie to go? I would say so but there are ten games left for him to help himself out the door without an uproar from the fans. Everyone thought the Bears would be better just because we got a franchise quarterback. But Jay cutler cannot play defense even though he is heling out the other defenses by throwing a bunch of picks. I still do not believe that this loss is his fault. You cannot win a ball game with just 35 yards rushing while your former running back goes for 189 yards and swears revenge has nothing to do with it. The offensive line has been a bust for years now and signing Orlando Pace and Frank Omiyale has done nothing for the offensive line. You cannot just say this was a bad day that happens from time to time or the Bengals just had a good day at home. For a team that has not scored this many points the entire season they just showed every glaring weakness the Bears have on both sides of the ball. I think the key word is preparation. They were not prepared to play against the Falcons or the Bengals and they had a bye week to do just that. It's not possible that I am the only one who saw this coming. But Dennis Green said it best in 2006 and it still holds true today. The Bears suck!
Written by Godfrey Logan, Monday October 26 2009 playerpress.com
I don't want to hear about the Bears vaunted defense. Or ever hear the words, Monsters of the Midway" again! I don''t want to hear we get off the bus running ever again. The Bears are barely better than the Detroit Lions and by chance the last team they beat.
The Bears are average at best. The Bears defense hasn't been dominant since the days of Ditka and Buddy Ryan! It's getting hilarious to hear other teams say the know how good the Bears defense is but they still have to go out and play their game. This video of yesterdays game will make the rounds of every NFL lockerroom and possibly every blooper reel for the next decade. No they didn't get beat 59-0 like the Tennessee Titans and they are not winless like the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but they are way overrated and way over hyped. They have put so much money and personnel into this defense and going as far as hiring the former Detroit Lions head coach to work with their defensive line, yes the same coach of the same Detroit Lions who became the first team ever to go 0-16 last year. Is it the defensive scheme or is it the ones coaching it? Is it time for Lovie to go? I would say so but there are ten games left for him to help himself out the door without an uproar from the fans. Everyone thought the Bears would be better just because we got a franchise quarterback. But Jay cutler cannot play defense even though he is heling out the other defenses by throwing a bunch of picks. I still do not believe that this loss is his fault. You cannot win a ball game with just 35 yards rushing while your former running back goes for 189 yards and swears revenge has nothing to do with it. The offensive line has been a bust for years now and signing Orlando Pace and Frank Omiyale has done nothing for the offensive line. You cannot just say this was a bad day that happens from time to time or the Bengals just had a good day at home. For a team that has not scored this many points the entire season they just showed every glaring weakness the Bears have on both sides of the ball. I think the key word is preparation. They were not prepared to play against the Falcons or the Bengals and they had a bye week to do just that. It's not possible that I am the only one who saw this coming. But Dennis Green said it best in 2006 and it still holds true today. The Bears suck!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Cubs Bring On Third Hitting Coach And I'm Expecting Nothing Different
Written by Godfrey Logan, Thursday October 22 2009 playerpress.com
The Cubs fired Gerald Perry who has had a ton of success with Lou Piniella in the past. He couldn't get the offense started this season though he was part of the reason for them winning 97 games in 2008.
Then they fired Von Joshua the man responsible for the hitting success of the young Cubs minor leaguers who have made an immediate impact since being called up. He is credited with being responsible for Geovanny Soto having his success in the minors which translated to being named Rookie Of the Year in 2008. None of these men had any success with helping the Cubs out of their late season slump and Soto barely batted .220 last year. My point is the Cubs not having the talent to win and the hitting coach having nothing to do with the lack of success. With all of the changes in hitting coaches Derrick Lee still had an amazing year. Is it possible that the guys on the field around Derrick Lee besides Aramis Ramirez are not major league talent? I would say yes. We do not have a major league quality short stop or second baseman thanks to Jim Hendry sticking with the Cajun Connection but they only fall apart at the end of seasons. He traded away Mark Derosa for nothing and he ends up on the division winning Cardinals. Alfonso Soriano is down right offensive in the outfield a spot Manny Ramirez has proven that you only have to be somewhat cometent to play the easiest outfield position in baseball. While it is true that the new hire for hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo from Texas has had a lot of success with the likes of Soriano and Milton Bradley whom it seems like will be with the team next season after having been told that he was on his way out I'm more concerned about what he will have to work with. Players have had success with Rudy Jaramillo in the past but I cannot think of the last time the Rangers made the post season in that weak American League West. Instead of replacing the hitting coach who might get replaced midway through the season anyways after having signed a three year contract with the Cubs because the players we have stink why not replace the general manager before he makes another bone head choice?
Written by Godfrey Logan, Thursday October 22 2009 playerpress.com
The Cubs fired Gerald Perry who has had a ton of success with Lou Piniella in the past. He couldn't get the offense started this season though he was part of the reason for them winning 97 games in 2008.
Then they fired Von Joshua the man responsible for the hitting success of the young Cubs minor leaguers who have made an immediate impact since being called up. He is credited with being responsible for Geovanny Soto having his success in the minors which translated to being named Rookie Of the Year in 2008. None of these men had any success with helping the Cubs out of their late season slump and Soto barely batted .220 last year. My point is the Cubs not having the talent to win and the hitting coach having nothing to do with the lack of success. With all of the changes in hitting coaches Derrick Lee still had an amazing year. Is it possible that the guys on the field around Derrick Lee besides Aramis Ramirez are not major league talent? I would say yes. We do not have a major league quality short stop or second baseman thanks to Jim Hendry sticking with the Cajun Connection but they only fall apart at the end of seasons. He traded away Mark Derosa for nothing and he ends up on the division winning Cardinals. Alfonso Soriano is down right offensive in the outfield a spot Manny Ramirez has proven that you only have to be somewhat cometent to play the easiest outfield position in baseball. While it is true that the new hire for hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo from Texas has had a lot of success with the likes of Soriano and Milton Bradley whom it seems like will be with the team next season after having been told that he was on his way out I'm more concerned about what he will have to work with. Players have had success with Rudy Jaramillo in the past but I cannot think of the last time the Rangers made the post season in that weak American League West. Instead of replacing the hitting coach who might get replaced midway through the season anyways after having signed a three year contract with the Cubs because the players we have stink why not replace the general manager before he makes another bone head choice?
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