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Braves hire Freddi Gonzalez to succeed Bobby Cox

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Also I'm pretty sure that Joe Torre was once the manager of the Braves and was fired/quit and he went on to do quite well with another club.

 

Maybe it just takes a change of scenery for some people.

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The Braves have fired Glenn Hubbard and moved Pendleton to 1st, they will be hiring a new hitting coach..........
I always thought it was Hubbard's fault the Braves lost to the Giants....
I always thought it was Hubbard's fault the Braves lost to the Giants....

 

 

Me too....just like its TP's fault everyone who could hit on the Braves team this year, got hurt............

Some of you can disagree all you want but Fredi was a great successor to Cox. I don't know what people expected out of him in Florida, IMO he did a really good job while he was there considering they had a AAA ball club on the field outside of Hanley and Uggla. It was a surprise move to EVERYONE when they fired him.

 

Gonzalez will fit in just fine with the Braves organization partly because he came from there and he knows what the expectations are to manage there. No, it's not going to be easy to follow behind Cox but IMO they couldn't have found a better replacement.

 

:lol: Not surprising you'd feel that way...It's not like you've ever criticized a move the Braves make...

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:lol: Not surprising you'd feel that way...It's not like you've ever criticized a move the Braves make...

 

:lol: I've criticized plenty of moves the Braves have made. How about swapping Adam Wainwright for JD Drew. That made me throughly upset.

Some of you can disagree all you want but Fredi was a great successor to Cox. I don't know what people expected out of him in Florida, IMO he did a really good job while he was there considering they had a AAA ball club on the field outside of Hanley and Uggla. It was a surprise move to EVERYONE when they fired him.

 

Gonzalez will fit in just fine with the Braves organization partly because he came from there and he knows what the expectations are to manage there. No, it's not going to be easy to follow behind Cox but IMO they couldn't have found a better replacement.

It was definitely NOT a surprise move to everyone.
:lol: I've criticized plenty of moves the Braves have made. How about swapping Adam Wainwright for JD Drew. That made me throughly upset.
I don't remember you ever questioning the Braves on anything ... if the Braves said the world was flat, I suspect you would go along with it. :lol:
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I always thought it was Hubbard's fault the Braves lost to the Giants....

 

Not Hubbard's fault at all but sometimes changes have to be made.

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It was definitely NOT a surprise move to everyone.

 

I'm sorry, minus you it was a surprise to everyone! :thumb:

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I don't remember you ever questioning the Braves on anything ... if the Braves said the world was flat, I suspect you would go along with it. :lol:

 

Just because I don't post it on here doesn't mean I don't object to it. Here is a quick list of things I question:

 

* Braves trade Wainwright

* Braves sign Lowe

* Braves hire Frank Wren

* Braves trade for Ankiel

* Braves trade Vazquez

* Braves sign Kawakami

* Braves get Mike Hampton

* Braves trade Millwood for Johnny Estrada

 

Those a a few recent moves that I disagreed with but ahh...

 

What can I say though I'm a Braves fan! :lol:

Some of you can disagree all you want but Fredi was a great successor to Cox. I don't know what people expected out of him in Florida, IMO he did a really good job while he was there considering they had a AAA ball club on the field outside of Hanley and Uggla. It was a surprise move to EVERYONE when they fired him.
Chris Coghlan was the rookie of the year in 2009. I wouldn't rate Jorge Cantu and Cody Ross as Triple-A caliber players.

 

Frankly, the Marlins have some issues, and I don't know if Gonzalez was to blame or not ... stuff like playing Bonifacio and leading him off, not to mention playing him at third base when it's clear the team would be better off with his glove at second and Uggla in another position. And it just seems that the Marlins don't place much of a value on putting a good defensive team on the field, all of which undermines a pitching staff that's got some talent.

Just because I don't post it on here doesn't mean I don't object to it. Here is a quick list of things I question:

 

* Braves trade Wainwright

* Braves sign Lowe

* Braves hire Frank Wren

* Braves trade for Ankiel

* Braves trade Vazquez

* Braves sign Kawakami

* Braves get Mike Hampton

* Braves trade Millwood for Johnny Estrada

 

Those a a few recent moves that I disagreed with but ahh...

 

What can I say though I'm a Braves fan! :lol:

 

 

Wow! The Braves should hire you as GM. So there are no moves that turned out well for the Braves that you didn't agree with at the time?

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Wow! The Braves should hire you as GM. So there are no moves that turned out well for the Braves that you didn't agree with at the time?

 

That Estrada trade did work out well for a year until he got hurt, then he never recovered. I liked the Teixeira trade when it went down because I felt it gave the Braves a chance to win now but in hindsight it was a horrible move.

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Chris Coghlan was the rookie of the year in 2009. I wouldn't rate Jorge Cantu and Cody Ross as Triple-A caliber players.

 

Frankly, the Marlins have some issues, and I don't know if Gonzalez was to blame or not ... stuff like playing Bonifacio and leading him off, not to mention playing him at third base when it's clear the team would be better off with his glove at second and Uggla in another position. And it just seems that the Marlins don't place much of a value on putting a good defensive team on the field, all of which undermines a pitching staff that's got some talent.

 

I'm not saying Gonzalez is innocent but maybe it wasn't a fit for him, he runs a tight ship, and probably upsets some in the process, but that's the way he was taught because that's how the Braves organization is ran.

I'm sorry, minus you it was a surprise to everyone! :thumb:
:lol: :lol:

 

A large contingent of Marlins fans A) saw it coming and/or B) actively wished for it.

 

Also, after the "Hanley incident" many national writers suspected it may have been on the horizon. To say it was a surprise to everyone is silly.

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