It's Time to Fire McLaren
Posted May 9, 2008 at 3:28 pm by Mike Seely
The Mariners' awful 14-22 start isn't all John McLaren's fault, but it's partially his fault. The affable bench-coach-cum-skipper is a talented individual, but those talents don't include managing his pitching staff properly or inspiring his players to exert a greater day-to-day effort, which the M's, to a man, really need right now. Here's the problem: the M's just dropped three in a row to Texas to gain sole possession of the cellar in the AL West, eight games back of the Angels and A's, two expertly run franchises that rarely fade (with the exception of last year's Oakland anomaly). So the M's need to right the ship — right now.
If Seattle were playing in a flimsier division — say, the AL Central, where the spectacularly disappointing Tigers are only 3-1/2 games back with essentially the same record — we wouldn't say what we're about to say. And what we're about to say is that the M's need to make a move on McLaren. They need to do something to shake things up, and in the world of guaranteed contracts, that something inevitably ends up being the sacking of the manager, fair or not. After last year's September collapse, we were frankly surprised McLaren had the interim tag removed from his title. Well, now it's time to remove that title altogether. Sorry, John: desperate times call for desperate measures.
Topics: Mariners
Comments
Preach it, brother.
Posted May 9, 2008 at 3:55 pm by LauraI can't imagine you'd advocate such drastic change without a replacement in mind. Who's your horse?
Posted May 9, 2008 at 4:01 pm by froJohnny Bench
Posted May 9, 2008 at 4:02 pm by SeelyAdd Bavasi to the body count. Need a GM who can make a competent move at the all-star break to ditch some "veteran bats" for "young talent."
Posted May 9, 2008 at 4:27 pm by Keeganin addition, drop vidro, add griffey for kenji (only struck out only six times all season) and another "prospect" and, somehow, stop big richie's vagina from leaking. we will be an instant winner!
Posted May 10, 2008 at 10:08 am by mantislets throw him into a firey vulcano to please the baseball gods. i hate mclaren.
Posted May 12, 2008 at 2:15 pm by rory