Tony LaRussa's career:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/larusto01.shtml
Terry Francona's career:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/larusto01.shtml
They sure do match up favorably, amirite?
Specially LaRussa's 10 pennants, 2 WS and 4 manager of the year awards.
Not to mention the fact that LaRussa took that half-assed 2006 Cardinals team to the World Series.
Also, anyone who thinks Francona is in the same universe as LaRussa strategically speaking is not very realistic.
But hey, it's what you've come to expect from me, right?
COMMON SENSE.