I have nothing against Mike Quade. He is a baseball lifer and finally got a huge opportunity to manage in MLB. So congrats Mike.
However the Cub$ have handled this “managerial search” with the grace and class of a STD infested warthog.
The next announcement will be Ryan Sandberg’s exit from the organization. Unless of course he agrees to be the doorman celebrity handshaker at the Mesa Waterpark.
I think it’s a good move. Guess what? The new manager isn’t exactly being set up for success. You’ve got 2 more years of underperforming, injury-prone vets with bloated contracts like Zambrano, Ramirez, Dempster, et al. You really think this would have been a good opportunity for Sandberg to show his skills? If anyone can win with this group of losers, it’s the guy who already showed he can. I’d hate to see Sandberg fired for failing with this crew. For Quade, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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The next announcement will be Ryan Sandberg’s exit from the organization.
You sir are a modern day nostradamus.
I take zero joy of that particular prediction.
Ironic that Cap’n manages to force out a HOFer but retains all the fucking overpaid losers.
I agree. Rhetorical question here, but how does a supposed “life long Cubs fan” not bring Sandberg in as manager. He was manager of the year one season in the minors. Granted not many HOF caliber players have succeeded as a manager in baseball or a coach in other sports. I think one of the exceptions was Lenny Wilkins who seemed to have a similar disposition to Sandberg.
As a professed Sox fan, my opinion may be not as valuable as that of a true Cubs fan, but the actions of the new owners seems to me to be disrespectful to its fan base. As you mentioned they have a large number of “overpaid losers” on the squad. They are raising ticket prices but not making the necessary moves to bring quality players into the fold.
The sweet stench of urine can bring only so many people to the park.
The Kool-Aid MFers (also known as Cub$ Fans*) point to Quade’s record with fist pump to the sky and a “Wait Until Next Year” attitude.
Yeah, fucking right.
Always easier to play baseball when the games mean absolutely nothing. And Quade has never managed (like Sandberg) a meaningful MLB game.
The counterargument “that the games meant something to the opponent” is equally nonsensical. And typical Cub$ crap.
Leave it to Cap’n to just NOT hire RYNE Sandberg as the manager, but offer NO other job as well (as indicated by Sandberg on ESPN Radio).
This losing franchise and their fucking equally mindless fans* (please note the asterisk before firing off an email to Bill) deserve each other’s misery.
I can only speculate, but that’s never stopped me in the past. The reason (beyond the record in the last month of the season), I would think, would be Quade minor league managing record (as good as Sandberg’s) and his major league experience as a coach. That latter statement is probably the tipping point.
Where they bumbled is how they handled Sandberg. They should’ve asked him if he’d come to the team as a coach or given him assurances that the job in Peoria or Iowa was his for the asking.
I can only speculate, but that’s never stopped me in the past. The reason (beyond the record in the last month of the season), I would think, would be Quade minor league managing record (as good as Sandberg’s) and his major league experience as a coach. That latter statement is probably the tipping point.
Where they bumbled is how they handled Sandberg. They should’ve asked him if he’d come to the team as a coach or given him assurances that the job in Peoria or Iowa was his for the asking.
The only reason for not offering Sandberg a position would be that Quade would constantly be looking over his shoulder at a possible replacement by Sandberg. Certainly all the talk radio people would be calling for his replacement every time the Cubs lost more than two games in a row.
That being said, i’m sure that having experience “coaching in the big leagues” doesn’t mean that much. It’s a nice diversion or escape hatch but other sports bring in coaches all the time who were not athletic enough to have played in the big league or have not coached in the big leagues.
I can only speculate, but that’s never stopped me in the past. The reason (beyond the record in the last month of the season), I would think, would be Quade minor league managing record (as good as Sandberg’s) and his major league experience as a coach. That latter statement is probably the tipping point.
Where they bumbled is how they handled Sandberg. They should’ve asked him if he’d come to the team as a coach or given him assurances that the job in Peoria or Iowa was his for the asking.
The only reason for not offering Sandberg a position would be that Quade would constantly be looking over his shoulder at a possible replacement by Sandberg. Certainly all the talk radio people would be calling for his replacement every time the Cubs lost more than two games in a row.
That being said, i’m sure that having experience “coaching in the big leagues” doesn’t mean that much. It’s a nice diversion or escape hatch but other sports bring in coaches all the time who were not athletic enough to have played in the big league or have not coached in the big leagues.
I don’t know how coaching at the MLB level counts either. However, there are a number of guys that have had success wherever they went. The last two Cub managers are examples. Baker had success with the Giants. He comes to the Cubs and the first year they get closer to the WS than they had since 1945. Piniella takes over and back-to-back playoff appearances. Two more examples would be Joe Torre and Tony LaRussa. What I think the Cubs are hoping for is that Quade is one of those type.
