re: Cubs hire Craig Counsell as skipper?

quote:

---

One of the most frustrating things this past season was watching the Cubs beat the shite out of a team 20 to something one day, then losing 5-6 the next day or two. Those extra inning and one-run losses are brutal and that boils down to game management in most cases.

---

Absolutely, the difference was on the margins and the Brewers were much better on the margins and mainly because Counsel was much better at this than Ross....I've seen some Cub fans try to plead Rossi's case and how baseball is so random, so many 50/50 calls, he was hamstrung by Jed...blah, blah, blah.

Bottom line if there were WAR for managers Rossi's IMHO would be near the bottom and Counsel's near the top.

quote:

---

I'm just surprised the Cubs made this move this abruptly. Pleasantly surprised at least. I guess Ricketts is gonna spend some money.

---

I am too, I was actually very disappointed in the "vote of confidence" because it had become painfully apparent to most Cub fans that were being honest with themselves that Rossi was costing us games relative to what a top tier manager could get us...and cost us a trip to the playoffs this past year.