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[Carpin]

Yes, CP nailed it.

 

As a volunteer ESL teacher at a nearby school, I often notice how students that return to the school many years later to thank a teacher, almost always they say something like, "You were really tough on me, but I needed that."

 

Well said,

 

I learned from my dad, a school teacher (old guard), he was tough as nails, you won't believe how many former students showed up for his funeral, with some comments like he was a very strict but fair teacher, the best I had, etc.

 

Now you can not even raise your voice in the classroom because you are risking a lawsuit, that's one of the reasons the new generations are going to waste

[fxkatt]

Tough teachers do get compliments from ex-students, but it's mainly because they feared them in class, and feared them later. What can you say to a tough teacher but words of praise, or no words at all, which is what most students do.

 

My history teacher in high school was also my basketball coach. He was a tough guy (also the football coach), and I and many of his students avoided him at every turn, but when we ended up with him on a one-on-one situation, most of us either thought of a quick compliment or trembled in your shoes. You needed to please him, fear him, and hate him all at the same time. Not fun on the court or in the classroom.

[Spudboy]

My Father was a tenured professor of Biology at Boston College that gave advise on birth control and how to alter your blood sugar to mess up your urine during induction when drafted. He also had wine in one of the fridges in his laboratory ( not the freezer with all the dead rats and nerve gas ).

 

When he died several thousand people turned up at memorial service on campus.

 

I'm pretty sure he would have been pissed at me for not taking advantage of the hundreds of cute coeds who spoke to me that day.

 

He used to wear a button on his lapel that said "Sex Before Finals". His students thought he was great. Except for the grade grubbing pre-med students who he loathed and took great joy in failing.

 

The Jesuits who ran the school only tolerated him because he was a famous and prominent scientist who brought acclaim to the school of sciences.

[moonslav59]

My Dad just turned 90. He was a tenured professor of American Literature- mostly American Southern writers. He started out as a seminary student at the University of Notre Dame but got interested in politics and teaching.

 

My mom was born in Germany and taught German and French at the high school I attended. She just turned 80.

 

I have 5 sisters who were all Art majors- 2 at Yale, 1 at Wesleyan, 1 who started at Boston College but graduated from Wisconsin- Madison and the youngest at Sarah Lawrence. (I'm a "domer".) 3 of my sisters are currently Art professors- 1 at Carnegie-Melon in Pittsburgh, 1 at UNC- Chapel Hill and one in Boston. The other sisters live in Brazil and New Zealand and own their own companies.

 

I love teaching, but it can be stressful when teaching eco-dis kids who often have given up hope, have severe issues at home or have little motivation to begin with.

 

Feeling like you can and do make a difference is its own reward.

[a700hitter]

My Dad just turned 90. He was a tenured professor of American Literature- mostly American Southern writers. He started out as a seminary student at the University of Notre Dame but got interested in politics and teaching.

 

My mom was born in Germany and taught German and French at the high school I attended. She just turned 80.

 

I have 5 sisters who were all Art majors- 2 at Yale, 1 at Wesleyan, 1 who started at Boston College but graduated from Wisconsin- Madison and the youngest at Sarah Lawrence. (I'm a "domer".) 3 of my sisters are currently Art professors- 1 at Carnegie-Melon in Pittsburgh, 1 at UNC- Chapel Hill and one in Boston. The other sisters live in Brazil and New Zealand and own their own companies.

 

I love teaching, but it can be stressful when teaching eco-dis kids who often have given up hope, have severe issues at home or have little motivation to begin with.

 

Feeling like you can and do make a difference is its own reward.

And you surprisingly have so much difficulty with reading comprehension.

[a700hitter]

From MLBTR. I am reposting here without a link. Screw their click revenue. They steal and compile all of their information, so they don't deserve anything beyond attribution. I don't want Ausmus, so I am a little upset that he is not interested in the Mets.

 

Brad Ausmus Interviews With Red Sox, Is Not Interested In Mets

October 16th, 2017 at 4:51pm CST • By Jeff Todd

Since losing his job as the Tigers skipper a few weeks back, Brad Ausmus has drawn quite a lot of interest from other organizations looking to replace outgoing managers. Ausmus interviewed today with the Red Sox, per Chad Jennings of the Boston Herald (via Twitter), but has pulled out of the running for the Mets’ job, according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag.

 

Boston recently announced that it would move on from manager John Farrell, opening one of the game’s premium posts. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski hired Ausmus to his former job in Detroit, leading to immediate speculation about a possible match.

While some believe that others are more likely to earn the position — Alex Cora, in particular, has drawn plenty of attention — there’s obvious reason to suspect that Ausmus will be strongly considered. We have been tracking the early-stage developments in Boston’s search right here.

 

As for the Mets’ job, it’s interesting to hear that Ausmus has pulled out of the hunt before meeting with the organization or landing elsewhere. New York was said to have real interest in Ausmus, and certainly has a talent-laden roster in spite of an undeniably rough 2017 campaign. Of course, we don’t know just what considerations Ausmus is bringing to bear on the situation; as Heyman notes, he does have particular ties to the broader area surrounding Boston, though New York is the next closest MLB city to that particular region (and is even closer to Ausmus’s hometown of New Haven, Connecticut).

 

In any event, that leaves New York considering a variety of alternatives. One other notable former MLB skipper that won’t be under consideration, it seems, is former White Sox manager Robin Ventura. He “does not appear to have a strong interest” in the Mets’ job, per Heyman’s report, despite being mentioned as a possible candidate previously. The team’s other candidates (including Cora) are covered in this omnibus post on the search for a Terry Collins replacement.

[moonslav59]

And you surprisingly have so much difficulty with reading comprehension.

 

I don't understand what you mean!

[a700hitter]

I don't understand what you mean!

I am glad that you took it with good humor.

[mvp 78]

I'm a "no" on Ausmus.

[Slasher9]

I'm a "no" on Ausmus.

 

+102

[S5Dewey]

IMHO it's Cora's job to lose. The rest is just Plan B in case Cora turns them down.

[sk7326]

thank you - It isn't uncommon knowledge that most people want clear and well defined boundaries. Wishy washy doesn't normally make it. A good manager, coach, or boss, doesn't miss things. They are aware of what is going on around them. People that pride themselves on appearing to be disciplinarians and just act like they are, I really have no use for. I was called a disciplinarian as a teacher and a coach but I can't say that they made me feel good. I just wanted to be good at what I did. On the other hand, I have 0 use for the good old boys who think that you just have to be one of the guys and everything will work out fine. Good, honest, firm, fair, and intelligent people will succeed and they more often than not can relate to just about anybody without regard at all for age. You don't have to be young to succeed with young players.

 

This is all true.

 

Of course, this is not school - this is a job. And unlike a lot of other jobs - baseball is a job where you fail all the time, even when you did everything correct. Look at when Betts lined into the double play in Game 4. Everybody did the right thing there. Benintendi made a secondary lead to 2nd base but had his head up ... Betts made as perfect contact as anybody could make. And they got 2 outs for it. And then the previous game, Devers muscled a ball he was fooled on into a double.

 

From the stuff I've read - it seems with our kiddos in particular, the problem is not they weren't whipped enough. The problem is the kids whipped themselves when stuff was happening, and the coaching staff did not have the personalities who could come, crack and joke and tell them "just keep at it. it's nothing that a ball falling between two fielders can't fix." It is possible that the coaching staff was not very good at making the clubhouse a great office to go work at.

 

Now this does not mean Farrell was without strengths. The team did take on his professionalism and intensity. He managed the pitching staff very well. But when the young guys collectively underperformed - then sure, the approach needs review.

[sk7326]

IMHO it's Cora's job to lose. The rest is just Plan B in case Cora turns them down.

 

I hope so. Obviously Cora could fall on his face. But from a "Red Sox managerial prospect" point of view - nobody else checks all the boxes.

[jacksonianmarch]

Except DD has said he wants someone with managerial experience and Cora doesn’t have that

[Bellhorn04]

Except DD has said he wants someone with managerial experience and Cora doesn’t have that

 

Except DD interviewed him for the job Sunday, didn't he?

[mvp 78]

Except DD has said he wants someone with managerial experience and Cora doesn’t have that

 

That's not the exact quote tho.

[sk7326]

Except DD has said he wants someone with managerial experience and Cora doesn’t have that

 

Manager/general manager in winter ball. Which counts every bit as much as managing in the minors (for instance). Has also done television - which doesn't hurt given the importance the media facing part of the gig has.

[Jack Flap]

I believe Dombrowski said there had to be prior coaching experience, not necessarily managerial. Cora has managed in Puerto Rico in addition to obviously coaching on a major league staff.

[Dojji]

So DeMarlo Hale is still at least a distant possibility.

 

I still think he'll make a good manager. He's a veteran bench coach and one of the best 3B coaches we ever had.

[sk7326]

So DeMarlo Hale is still at least a distant possibility.

 

I still think he'll make a good manager. He's a veteran bench coach and one of the best 3B coaches we ever had.

 

I would not be surprised at all that if Cora gets hired he and dd identified Hale to come back here as a bench coach

[mvp 78]

@LasMayores

 

Según varias fuentes, @ac13alex será presentado formalmente como dirigente de los @RedSoxBeisbol luego de que culmine la SCLA. #LasMayores

 

Get hyped.

[Jack Flap]

@LasMayores

 

Según varias fuentes, @ac13alex será presentado formalmente como dirigente de los @RedSoxBeisbol luego de que culmine la SCLA. #LasMayores

 

Get hyped.

 

I give this my all-important seal of approval.

[mvp 78]

http://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/are-red-sox-playing-waiting-game-naming-their-new-manager

 

Industry sources continue to expect Astros bench coach Alex Cora will be the Sox’ pick. No offer had been officially made as of midday Wednesday, one source close to the situation said. But the belief is such an offer waits out of respect to the Astros-Yankees ALCS that can end no later than Saturday if the series goes a full seven games.

 

“Not a doubt it is him,” the source said.

 

Sunday and Monday would both be off days ahead of the Tuesday night start of the World Series. That leads to the potential for at least a Red Sox announcement of Cora, if not a press conference, before the Fall Classic begins. (If the Astros advance to the World Series, it may be harder to have Cora in Boston for any length of time.)

[Slasher9]

Awesome.