Is Mitch the Right Guy?
Let’s hear arguments as to why Mitch is the best we can do to lead this elite baseball program. I don’t want to hear arguments about his salary. He’s not the right guy because he’s cheap. That is a horrible argument. Please don’t present it.
My stance is he’s a poor in-game manager, uninspiring personality, likes to play father figure yet he doesn’t seem authentic in doing it (it’s like he’s saying the right things but it falls flat), believes he’s a sports psychologist, and overthinks things. None of this changed this year due to his record. I saw all the same problems, only the team won more games in spite of them. Joe Maddon’s teams always had this trait, too. Good players can trump these problems, especially if they have good on the field leadership from the players and/or talent mismatches. The Cubs had both. The Beavs had a talent mismatch in most games.
I don’t want convoluted arguments how the Beavs don’t have talent, either. Not going to listen to any ad hominem arguments that attack me, either. What would be good arguments or evidence would be something like players themselves saying Mitch was a great leader, inspired them, made great in-game decisions, etc. Interviews or post-games with Mitch where he’s (a) awake and (b) inspiring and (c) explains seemingly poor decisions in ways that make sense, in retrospect, could be good, too. I’ve never seen anything like that, but maybe it’s out there.
I have near zero confidence in this guy. The team had a good record, but they never really looked good or inspired doing it. Contrarily, Auburn had a fire in their eyes last night. I knew they were going to win that game because they looked like a determined team with heart and fight, and so did their coach.