If Maddon becomes manager does that mean we can look forward to Sam Fuld batting leadoff in 2015?

Best manager my ass.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Come on JORR, Robin Ventura is more than just "reasonably "intelligent"...

What major pieces have been changed? How many "resets" are you purporting there have been?

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Two things apply here. First, Ventura has very little to do with any failures or successes of the White Sox. Second, the Sox as an organization haven't embraced the modern philosophy of numbers as God and Ventura is given free rein to manage "by gut". (There is a correlation to the Sox wasting so many of their outs.) That's something no Cub manager under Epstein is going to have. The modern manager makes very few decisions. He pushes buttons.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

If/when Maddon is hired, this will be 3 different managers for one plan. I consider a manager a pretty big piece. Don't get me wrong, Maddon would be a great get but every time a ship gets a new captain the crew has to adjust. To be honest, I wish the Sox could land him. However, I think Maddon would be perfect on the North side. I hope he is signed by Theo.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

I just can't wait for all the pictures of the wild and wacky road trip getups because that will never get old.

Stick with Rentaria, he's proven capable of managing this team, which is no easy feat.

It would be the third manager for the Epstein/Hoyer regime but keep in mind that this is a team that is trying to go through the stages of a complete top-to-bottom rebuilding process. Sveum and Renteria helped the Cubs go from point A to approaching B in the rebuild, and now the front office will have to determine going forward which manager is the best fit to try to direct the Cubs from point B to C.

I don't think Sveum helped anything.

That being said, I'd be content sticking with Ricky or going with Maddon. I think Renteria had a good first season.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Captain Flakey had Dave Wills on Saturday morning to discuss the matter. Wills thought Maddon would find it distasteful to be discussing a managing job that was not currently open.

What happens now if they don't hire Maddon? I will enjoy hearing the front office backflips and the questions of Renteria the first day of spring training.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

How could you possibly stay with Renteria as your manager when you're so obviously dissatisfied with him?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

I haven't liked the Ricky hire from day one. But in all honesty I was the biggest Lou Pinella fan ever, so what do I know.

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