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10-11-2012, 05:01 PM
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Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
I'm not trying to be negative here. It's a fair question to ask after the Reds go up 2-0 on the road and lose the last 3. I don't think it's all his fault by any means, but I also think he made some certainly questionable decisions, some of which were poor IMO.
At any rate...Yay? Nay? Maybe? |
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10-11-2012, 05:02 PM
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
No.
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10-11-2012, 05:02 PM
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
No
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10-11-2012, 05:03 PM
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
No
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10-11-2012, 05:06 PM
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
No.
Players manager who brought the team together. But the decision to stick with Latos against Posey was disastrous. Dusty has a history of sitting and watching the wheels fall off.
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10-11-2012, 05:10 PM
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
No. Time for some changes.
Rose was able to get the Reds part of the way towards respectability. It wasn't until Pinella came in that everything came together. Thanks for bringing us up Dusty, but he should consider retiring. He's had a great career. |
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10-11-2012, 05:11 PM
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Et tu, Brutus?
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
The guy has been to the playoffs twice in three years and Reds fans want him canned?
Surely you guys remember it was 15 years prior to the previous playoff appearance...
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10-11-2012, 05:13 PM
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
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10-11-2012, 05:15 PM
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
I like Dusty Baker as a human being, and a regular season manager. He's great at keeping people together over the long grind.
It's just that his tactical mistakes are far too frequent for a club that seems to now be a regular playoff contender. Nothing against Dusty, but the Reds need a next level type of a guy.
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10-11-2012, 05:15 PM
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10-11-2012, 05:16 PM
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10-11-2012, 05:16 PM
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
no.
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10-11-2012, 05:18 PM
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
Absolutely, if his health is OK. He's done a great job this year
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10-11-2012, 05:21 PM
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Et tu, Brutus?
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Re: Should Dusty Baker Receive an Extension?
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The players love him. Shouldn't that be enough? Why bother risking it? I hate to beat a dead horse, but the Red Sox thought they were smart and fired Terry Francona for the same reason(s). They ended up with an inept manager that the entire clubhouse hated. When you have a good thing, you shouldn't be messing with it.
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10-11-2012, 05:25 PM
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