Walt Jocketty and Tony Larussa for 2008?

[mound_patrol]

Buster Olney had this to say in his latest blog.

By the way: There continues to be a lot of under-the-radar chatter in baseball about La Russa and St. Louis GM Walt Jocketty moving on to Cincinnati together after this season.

I know this has been brought up before, but I find it interesting that this is still being discussed.

I don't know how I'd feel about this. I'd like to have Jocketty running the show, but I've grown to hate Larussa from his days as a Cardinals manager. Larussa has had great success in his years as a manager, but there also seems to be more disagreements lately in the Cardinals clubhouse.

[JLB5]

I have a long standing hatred of LaRussa going back to the Oakland Bash Bros days. However, if it means bringing in Dave Duncan, I'm on board.

[Degenerate39]

I don't like Tony La Russa I don't want him any where near a manager job in Cincinnati.

[redsfanfalcon]

Can't stand LaRussa, (it must be the glasses and sheer arrogance?)but he has a history of winning...I'd much rather just have Dave Duncan and Jocketty, but I am sure it's a package deal.

[AmarilloRed]

They mentioned Jocketty and La Russa; no mention was made of Duncan.

[757690]

Most people seem to hate LaRussa because he is arrogant, and he is. But that comes from winning at every managing job you have ever had. I would love to have all the other fans hate LaRussa because he lead the Reds to the World Series.
I would much rather have to deal with his attitude, than Uncle Carl's, who once asked members of the Reds front office why everyone was so obsessed with winning.

[mound_patrol]

They mentioned Jocketty and La Russa; no mention was made of Duncan.

Olney did answer a question in his Q and A session about Duncan following Larussa and Olney thought that Duncan would probably go wherever Tony went.

[nate]

Most people seem to hate LaRussa because he is arrogant, and he is. But that comes from winning at every managing job you have ever had. I would love to have all the other fans hate LaRussa because he lead the Reds to the World Series.
I would much rather have to deal with his attitude, than Uncle Carl's, who once asked members of the Reds front office why everyone was so obsessed with winning.

Interesting. I had to look it up because I thought that LaRussa had a pretty bad record with the Chicago "Shorts and" White Sox but he actually had a .506 winning percentage with that team over 7.5 years.

Another interesting tidbit, he was 34 when he started managing in 1979.

[Chi-Town Red]

whatever we do DON'T BRING ANY WINNERS...come on do you want to win or whine for the next 5 years...and he will bring Duncan!

[mound_patrol]

whatever we do DON'T BRING ANY WINNERS...come on do you want to win or whine for the next 5 years...and he will bring Duncan!

I've talked to a couple of athletic trainers who have said that they don't like Duncan because of his missuse of the pitchers arms. But I think I would take the chance with him managing our staff. The combination of Jocketty, larussa, and Duncan would be a huge upgrade from the fodder we've had around here the past decade.

[redsfanfalcon]

Would Duncan want to leave his son, Chris?

[cacollinsmba]

Can't stand LaRussa, (it must be the glasses and sheer arrogance?)

I hear you. At least Bobby Valentine's glasses had a moustache attached.

[CRedsLarkin11]

I would be surprised if this actually happened but I'm happy that the Reds job seems to be interesting to some proven winners

[BearcatShane]

Things overheard at Wrigley tonight
This from a high ranking baseball official:
"Mark it down....Wayne Krivsky out at the end of the year and Walt Jocketty in as Reds GM"
What about LaRussa?
"Not sure about that end of things"

[BearcatShane]

I'd love a package of Jocketty as GM, Girardi as manager, and Paul O'neil as bench coach.