Is Gardy coming back to the AL Central?

[Winston Smith]

Interesting to see Gardy and that bullpen. Who is his "proven closer" gonna be?

[tobi0040]

 

I'll admit it's going to be tough to pull for Gardenhire. Not a persona animosity but the fact he's managing in the AL and a division rival. 

 

I wonder if he has demanded a third catcher.

[USAFChief]

Not saying this wont happen, but has this been reported anywhere else?

[Mike Sixel]

I figured the Nationals for sure.......

[Kwak]

If he retains Anderson and PtoC it will ensure the Twins will never be dead last in the division.

[Monkeypaws]

I think Nick Punto just got a new gig for 2016.

[RealTwinsFan357]

http://detroitsportsnation.com/detroit-mlb/bdangelo/rumor-tigers-going-hire-ron-gardenhire-one-source-says-yes/44542/

 

This is all I could find on the subject matter...it isn't super convincing but time will tell

[Otto von Ballpark]

I think the original report comes from a blog called "Detroit Sports Rag":

 

http://detroitsportsrag.net/ron-gardenhire-will-be-the-next-tigers-manager/

 

Kind of a strange site, I wouldn't be surprised if this was an inaccurate report.  Seems kind of early to commit to Gardenhire, when they are letting Ausmus finish the year and there's almost a month left.

[Squirrel]

Yeah, everything I've seen is only speculation. Has Ausman even been fired yet?

[sane]

Gardy will be hired as soon as the Tigers can identify the Bowling Alley at which he is living.

[nokomismod]

I'd be very happy for Gardenhire and for the Tigers. He did a great job here and more often than not his teams overachieved.

 

I wonder though if the Tigers are going to be entering into a dry spell?

[d-mac]

I can't wait to see the damage Anderson is going to do to the Tiger staff. 

[nicksaviking]

 

I'd be very happy for Gardenhire and for the Tigers. He did a great job here and more often than not his teams overachieved.

I wonder though if the Tigers are going to be entering into a dry spell?

 

I agree, this year's Detroit team looks a lot like the 2010-11 Twins.  The only accomplished vets are on the backside of their career and the what's left of the pitching staff doesn't look pretty.

 

Detroit can spend, but this team has real potential to be real bad for quite awhile.  If Avila doesn't have the same knack for trades and free agency that Dombrowski had, we'll be laughing at the Tigers for a decade paying $180M a year for a 75 win team.  Dombrowski's track record in free agency and trades was unbelievable.

[Boom Boom]

Personally I believe that the "good" Gardy teams didn't overachieve as much as the players were underrated. Gardy gets too much credit for those teams, just like he gets too much blame for more recent teams.

 

I think he's a good manager... but just about every manager is pretty good as long as they're not a total boob.

[Loosey]

Gardy is hard to peg as good manager or a bad manager in my opinion.  When he had teams with talent they usually succeeded but when he had teams with little talent they never overachieved. 

 

Based on that I think he was an OK manager, he didn't stray from the norm in most situations and just let things happen.  That was fine when his players were good, once they weren't good he still stayed in his comfort zone and never made things happen that weren't "supposed" to happen.

 

Get him a proven closer and Nick Punto and the Tigers will be back to competitive in no time!

[Seth Stohs]

I'd say this is a rumor at best... 1.) Yardbarker doesn't provide me with a lot of confidence. 2.) Detroit Sports Rag, again, not a lot of confidence.

 

I like Gardy a lot and hope he lands somewhere. Maybe something will come of this. Maybe not. A little sketchy at this time, in my opinion.

[SweetOne69]

I had 2 problems with Gardy in my views.

 

First, it seemed that young players never developed further once the reached the big club and many were never given the time to work through their troubles.

 

2nd, He treated a postseason game the same as a regular season game in regards to player management, especially in regards to the bullpen.  He kept them bullpen in their defined roles instead of bring in the best reliever for the given situation regardless what inning it was.

[darin617]

 

I think the original report comes from a blog called "Detroit Sports Rag":

 

http://detroitsportsrag.net/ron-gardenhire-will-be-the-next-tigers-manager/

 

Kind of a strange site, I wouldn't be surprised if this was an inaccurate report.  Seems kind of early to commit to Gardenhire, when they are letting Ausmus finish the year and there's almost a month left.

Not to say Gardy will become the next Detroit manager, but when they say they are going to allow Asmus to finish the season it tells you he is gonna get the axe once the season is over.

I don't fault Detroit for trading away Price & Cespedes at the deadline. They basically didn't have a good enough farm system to afford trying to win now. Never pull a San Diego and trade away all your chips and now be screwed for the next 4-5 years trying to rebuild.

[Shane Wahl]

I bet this won't happen.

[Winston Smith]

With 88m tied up in 4, 33 yr old or older guys (Miggee 28m, Kinsee 14m, Vickee 18m and Verlee 28m) and several of those signed long term it could be a long dry spell for the Tigers. But Gardy is used to that I guess. Good spot for him.

[Thrylos]

Holding onto my horses, but Detroit would be on top of my list for GardyNAndy to ru(i)n...

Maybe Chicago...  Choices, choices, choices.

[Pius Jefferson]

 

I'd say this is a rumor at best... 1.) Yardbarker doesn't provide me with a lot of confidence. 2.) Detroit Sports Rag, again, not a lot of confidence.

 

I like Gardy a lot and hope he lands somewhere. Maybe something will come of this. Maybe not. A little sketchy at this time, in my opinion.

 

At the end of the linked story on the first page. The paper was the first to report Harbaugh was going to be the Michigan football coach. However obvious that was to everyone who follows football they did report the news first.(allegedly)

[Ultima Ratio]

I heard Nishioka will be the bench coach.  I had the link to source this, but booted it somehow and threw it away.

[Twinfan & Dad]

Good thing he has mismanage another team!

[Danchat]

I have yet to see any other news cites report on this, so I'm wondering if this is actually going to happen. I still want it to, though.

[Oldgoat_MN]

I liked the way Gardy could get his team to shake off a loss and look really ready the next day, even after a thrashing (unless they were playing the Yankees).

 

What I didn't like is that his loyalty to Anderson was greater than his loyalty to the Pohlads, the fans, or his players.

 

Good luck to him. (kinda)

 

 

[drjim]

Gardy is a perfectly fine manager. He'll get out of a team what it deserves to get out of it.

[D. Hocking]

I don't blame Gardy for the four 90 loss season, although I think he was in a bit of a rut towards the end, and needed to go.   That said, I want him to do well, and because of that, would prefer him not to be in the AL central.

[diehardtwinsfan]

Gardy struck me as good at managing a clubhouse.... managing a lineup on the other hand... not so much. 

[darin617]

 

At the end of the linked story on the first page. The paper was the first to report Harbaugh was going to be the Michigan football coach. However obvious that was to everyone who follows football they did report the news first.(allegedly)

Haters got to hate. People just hate when they don't have the scoop first. You watch if he is named this thread will vanish and someone will make a thread like they broke the story.