tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706557382895216627.post8338685657759946150..comments2023-08-24T06:04:08.158-04:00Comments on Jew or Not Jew Unplugged: Jews in the News: Ausmus Gets His Aliyah on the Major League BimaZevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245679359526388191noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706557382895216627.post-75373458741989212412013-11-05T13:40:53.367-05:002013-11-05T13:40:53.367-05:00And do you feel good about Jason Kidd as a coach? ...And do you feel good about Jason Kidd as a coach? Cause I sure don't. <br /><br />As for the other point, won a championship does not equal "good manager." Matheny is strategically questionable as is Girardi. Brenly is generally considered one of the worst managers to win a title, ever. Torre took years to figure it all out and even then was never considered tactically sound. Berra was a TERRIBLE manager. Mack is an absolutely insane example of a former player made good manager, ignoring 90% of the facts of his career.<br /><br />However, you're also missing two important parts of my point: 1. It's perfectly fine to hire former players as managers, but the ones we consider the most successful spent years learning the craft at lower levels (or in Torre's case, the Mets). <br />2. Yes, some of these men may turn out to be good managers, but that doesn't mean teams should hire exclusively from the former player pool. <br />That's what bothers me about the Ausmus hiring, not that I'm convinced he'll be a bad manager. Maybe he'll be great. But you can't tell me there aren't others who have paid their dues, understand the game, and deserve a shot despite the fact they never wore the uniform. <br />If Ausmus' one qualification is that he played the game, then the Tigers have made a poor choice. Period. good process first. Then good resultsYakovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121676613104229219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706557382895216627.post-49242551103035582902013-11-05T13:20:28.503-05:002013-11-05T13:20:28.503-05:00Also, catchers tend to jump the line as managers, ...Also, catchers tend to jump the line as managers, probably because they're already sort of managing on the field already. Lots of ex-catchers out there who recently won pennants and/or championships -- Girardi, Mike Matheny, Joe Torre, Mike Scioscia, Bruce Bochy, Bob Brenly ... or if you want to go older, Yogi Berra, Connie Mack, Leo Durocher...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706557382895216627.post-44845558043268557792013-11-05T13:04:37.486-05:002013-11-05T13:04:37.486-05:00Not Jason Kidd.
See what happens when we general...Not Jason Kidd. <br /><br />See what happens when we generalize?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706557382895216627.post-85308040040906433172013-11-05T08:07:25.127-05:002013-11-05T08:07:25.127-05:00It might seem otherwise, but Ausmus is only Jewish...It might seem otherwise, but Ausmus is only Jewish on his mother's side and not raised Jewish. But as an adult he has quite embraced his Jewish heritage, even opting out of playing on Yom Kippur on a couple of occasions. Good luck to him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com