On balance, Cora has made more good moves than bad. He is probably responsible for as many wins as he is for losses as with most managers. As with other managers, he pulls a rock now and again.
Is he the single biggest reason for this team’s success? I think he deserves a lot of credit as does Bloom and Varitek also. It’s funny that when the team sucks and people complain about the manager, pro- manager posters blame the players, but when the team is successful, people want to give the manager the credit. You can’t have both ways.