Tito, Best ever?

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Or Joe Torre for that matter, who often made questionable decisions in-game, but there's nobody better at managing a clubhouse, IMO. Especially one consisting of such a diverse group of players.

 

When you say you'd take Tito over anyone else this point, I assume you're referring to currently active managers, right? Because historically I can list 10-20 managers off the top of my head who I think are miles away better than Francona, and that list wouldn't even include Torre or Girardi. Just my opinion though. But when it comes to comparing managers throughout history it gets a little tricky due to the different eras. Nonetheless, I'll take a tough, rugged John McGraw, or a Joe McCarthy, a Sparky Anderson, Cito Gaston, or even Bobby Valentine over Francona if I were playing historical "fantasy" baseball. But again, just my opinion. I can certainly see why Sox fans are so pleased with Tito however, as he's without question one of the top 5 (maybe even higher than that now with the retirement of Bobby Cox and Cito Gaston) managers in the game right now.

 

All of these guys are mediocre--when they have mediocre teams to manage. You can look it up.

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All of these guys are mediocre--when they have mediocre teams to manage. You can look it up.

 

Yes.

 

Again, baseball managers are the most overrated position in professional sports.

 

All they need to do is manage the clubhouse. Good players lead to good wins, simple as that in baseball. Not much strategy. There aren't gameplans outside of a starting pitchers scope. A guys tired....give him the night off. A lefty is pitching, start a righty...or pinch hit later on. A lefty is up to the plate...bring in a lefty pitcher. Need a run late in the game....move the runners along.

 

Not many "good" teams ended up sucking because of a manager. The 1992 Mets come to mind....the Bobby Bonilla, Vince Coleman, Eddie Murray, Howard Johnson, Anthony Young disaster of 92.

 

Basketball coaches deal with substitutions, timeouts, fouls and drawing up plays as well as establishing offensive and defensive systems. They also have to deal with the thugs that play in the NBA as well as the seflish divas.

 

Hockey coaches deal with mixing and matching lines to suit players abilities, offensive and defensive systems, juggling goaltenders. Hockey coaches are a step up from baseball managers.

 

NFL coaches.....not even close. Those guys do way too much to list, and if you dont get it turned around in 2 years, your looking for a new job. NFL coach is the most important coaching position in all of sports, just look at BB. He was the head coach AND the defensive coordinator as well as the general manager.