[lex24]

1698338541[/url]']
Getting away from politics, and this is the last time I'll mention it, but...

I know I'm in the minority. I think Johnson fired the wrong guy. I think Kapler worked wonders with a minimum level of talent. He didn't get to work with 15 years of great draft picks culminating in Posey, Bumgarner, Lincecum, Cain, Wilson, Romo, Crawford, Belt and Panik; and let's not forget great picks who were traded away like Zack Wheeler, Bryan Reynolds, Matt Duffy and Adam Duvall.

Separately, we haven't had great free agents like Pence, Burrell, Huff, Scutaro, Cabrera, Pagan, Torres, Ross, Morse, or great Latin players like Sandoval, other than Flores. Mostly, we've had disappointments.

We haven't had a great draft in the last 11 years. Logan Webb and Bailey, and that's about it. Bryan Reynolds, who we traded away. You can point at Sabean's later years, Bobby Evans, early Farhan...but the talent hasn't been here. And that's why Kapler was forced to platoon and use relievers as starters. Which led to 107 wins in 2021...and to be candid, if Posey plays in 2020 and Brian Bannister gets a COVID shot and is on site, the Giants are in the playoffs (they finished one game out). And remember...NONE of Kapler's years were as bad as Bochy's last three years. When the talent wasn't there. Which it still isn't.

We fired the wrong guy. And we hired Bochy-lite.

Kapler got fired cause he was not respected by the players. You don’t hear comments like those made by Yaz and Webb very often. Nothing is worse from a managerial perspective then hearing that there  is not a winning “culture” in the clubhouse and that several players were playing for themselves.

Melvin is not “Bochy lite”. Very different background - Melvin coming from 11 years of Moneyball.  He does, however, understand that he’s managing players, not chess pieces.

Kapler was not “forced” to use openers three times in 5 games over a long period.  He could have started Manaea much earlier.  He also could have  started Beck. 

Everyone platoons. Melvin certainly will. But he won’t do the “line shifts”. 

It’s a matter of balance and degree. 

Said it before, I’ll say it again, Kapler won’t be managing anytime soon.  He may   get a front office job.  If minor, he can be a spokesperson for Coppertone’s coconut oil tanning products.

[lex24]

1698338541[/url]']
Getting away from politics, and this is the last time I'll mention it, but...

I know I'm in the minority. I think Johnson fired the wrong guy. I think Kapler worked wonders with a minimum level of talent. He didn't get to work with 15 years of great draft picks culminating in Posey, Bumgarner, Lincecum, Cain, Wilson, Romo, Crawford, Belt and Panik; and let's not forget great picks who were traded away like Zack Wheeler, Bryan Reynolds, Matt Duffy and Adam Duvall.

Separately, we haven't had great free agents like Pence, Burrell, Huff, Scutaro, Cabrera, Pagan, Torres, Ross, Morse, or great Latin players like Sandoval, other than Flores. Mostly, we've had disappointments.

We haven't had a great draft in the last 11 years. Logan Webb and Bailey, and that's about it. Bryan Reynolds, who we traded away. You can point at Sabean's later years, Bobby Evans, early Farhan...but the talent hasn't been here. And that's why Kapler was forced to platoon and use relievers as starters. Which led to 107 wins in 2021...and to be candid, if Posey plays in 2020 and Brian Bannister gets a COVID shot and is on site, the Giants are in the playoffs (they finished one game out). And remember...NONE of Kapler's years were as bad as Bochy's last three years. When the talent wasn't there. Which it still isn't.

We fired the wrong guy. And we hired Bochy-lite.

Kapler got fired cause he was not respected by the players. You don’t hear comments like those made by Yaz and Webb very often. Nothing is worse from a managerial perspective then hearing that there  is not a winning “culture” in the clubhouse and that several players were playing for themselves.

Melvin is not “Bochy lite”. Very different background - Melvin coming from 11 years of Moneyball.  He does, however, understand that he’s managing players, not chess pieces.

Kapler was not “forced” to use openers three times in 5 games over a long period.  He could have started Manaea much earlier.  He also could have  started Beck. 

Everyone platoons. Melvin certainly will. But he won’t do the “line shifts”. 

It’s a matter of balance and degree. 

Said it before, I’ll say it again, Kapler won’t be managing anytime soon.  He may   get a front office job.  If minor, he can be a spokesperson for Coppertone’s coconut oil tanning products.