djsuperguy

Personally I'd like to see Dougie Baseball get a shot if for no other reason than his personality. How in to a game is he, he's willing to back his players with his fists. The Twins need someone with that kind of intensity to get this back on track, if Redmond can score a Major league managerial gig, so can The Mint. As for those seeking Ryan's head next on a platter, I blame Bill Smith for Gardy's firing. When Ryan retook the reigns I figured it would take 4 years before this thing got turned around, he didn't have any chips to work with and essentially has started from fresh as exemplified by his comments last year on not being able to provide Gardy with a quality roster. He went after quality free agents in Nolasco, Hughes & Willingham and although Nolasco has been a bust so far at least it's not Santana's Mets contract which Ryan didn't sign. The question we'll never have the answer to was would he have resigned Mauer?

If you want to blame the front office on this one, I can back you to a point. Bill Smith is the reason why Gardy got fired today. Bill traded away assets and ultimately left the cupboard bare, Terry has taken the last 3 years to rebuild from the minors up AND went for it on the free agent market with Willingham, Hughes & Nolasco. The positives you see this year in our young latin core are a reflection of Terry's strengths, the 90 loss seasons are a result of Mauer & Morneau having a lost year(s) in their prime and then the lack of talent Bill was able to provide and or miss manage.

I was the oldest of three boys and while only played organized baseball through 13 yr old Babe Ruth, I played a TON of wiffle ball and pitched to my brothers on a daily basis in the summers, one of which became Seth's team mate in college & I will take all the credit for his hitting whether he'd agree with me or not.