Managerial Survivor: Vote for Elimination #1

by Kyle Lobner on Oct 25, 2010 1:00 PM CDT in Events

So we're several weeks into the Brewer managerial search and I think we can sum up what we know in two words: "Not much." With that said, I think we're about at the point where we can guess the next manager of the Brewers will be one of these seven men:

Cecil Cooper
Joey Cora
Bob Melvin
Ron Roenicke
Juan Samuel
Ted Simmons
Tim Wallach

So, how does one choose? A series of elimination polls, of course. Here's the first one. It'll be open until whenever I get around to writing the second post tomorrow.

Poll

Which man would you like to eliminate from the list of candidates?

Cecil Cooper

125 votes

Joey Cora

37 votes

Bob Melvin

87 votes

Ron Roenicke

50 votes

Juan Samuel

58 votes

Ted Simmons

76 votes

Tim Wallach

39 votes

472 votes | Poll has closed

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There are three that I would eliminate

Cora, Cooper and Simmons

I will be very unhappy if any of them are our next skipper

by Saberilliterate on Oct 25, 2010 1:03 PM CDT reply actions

I'd agree on Cooper & Simmons

Cora wouldn’t be awful, imo.

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Agree with that

Think there are better candidates out there than them Cora seems okay though.

It’d also just be sad to hear “FIRE COOPER” over and over again. Have too much respect for the guy to see that happen to him.

"I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for three-thousand dollars. That bothered my dad at the time because he said he didn't have that kind of dough." - Ueck

by GormanBraun28 on Oct 25, 2010 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions

I respect him

so I would prefer to see him unemployed than running my team.

Did I get that right?

I don’t want him as manager either. Just thought your reasoning was strange.

by placidity on Oct 25, 2010 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions

I think he means...

he respects him for what he did as a player for the Brewers, but that doesn’t mean he wants him for manager.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Oct 25, 2010 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

This

"I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for three-thousand dollars. That bothered my dad at the time because he said he didn't have that kind of dough." - Ueck

by GormanBraun28 on Oct 25, 2010 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm assuming those of you not voting for Simmons

didn’t read the question correctly.

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 1:06 PM CDT reply actions

They probably think he's Ted Simmons Speed Camp

by thefreewheelin76 on Oct 25, 2010 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I went with Melvin

Seeing as how the current Melvin seems to have this Melvin at the top of his list.

by backtocali on Oct 25, 2010 1:26 PM CDT reply actions

So, you didn't read the question.

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions

I meant to do that

Title of thread and subject of poll are a mismatch.

by backtocali on Oct 25, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions

No they're not.

Managerial Survivor: Vote for Elimination #1

vs.

Which man would you like to eliminate from the list of candidates?

So, who should be eliminated first, or who would you like to eliminate? What’s the difference, again?

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions

What you like isn't something that should be done.

by nullacct on Oct 25, 2010 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Semantics, yeah.

And as for Ted Simmons, I didn’t have to read the list that far before I was already clicking. He’ll get his turn.

by nullacct on Oct 25, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Well then

I voted right if I wanted to eliminate Melvin first

by backtocali on Oct 25, 2010 1:38 PM CDT reply actions

You really think he's the worst candidate on the list?

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes

Yes I do. For reasons stated above.

You’ll find out who I think is 2nd worse tomorrow I guess.

by backtocali on Oct 25, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh

So if Doug likes him, he’s automatically the worst choice? Interesting way to form your opinions. “Anything guy A likes, I automatically hate!”

Though, I guess that’s how we elect people, so might as well form baseball opinions that way too.

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Not quite

But yeah.

I kind of like Cora, so wont disregard him just because Melvin likes him. Everyone knows my first choice. So in this case its kind of like me going and voting in the Republican primary and voting for the guy who cant win, just to screw them.

by backtocali on Oct 25, 2010 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Which is idiotic.

but understandable.

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Who says Melvin likes him?

Maybe Ash or Mark A has a thing for Cora.

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by tcyoung on Oct 26, 2010 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions

What if Bob Melvin is still in it?

Then we won’t know who you think is the 2nd worst

by BrewCrewBrian on Oct 25, 2010 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I'

by backtocali on Oct 25, 2010 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions

What the?

Reply fail…

I’ll just have to keep voting for him until he is gone.

by backtocali on Oct 25, 2010 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions

You make no sense

Off all of the choices presented – you believe that Bob Melvin is the worse choice possible? While certainly not a first choice – voting for him simply because you believe that DM likes him is idiotic

by Saberilliterate on Oct 25, 2010 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Unless you are a firm believer

That the best way to improve the team’s performance is to hire a manager who is most likely to create conflict with the GM, and I’m pretty sure that isn’t going to happen. I’m not sure what goes into Doug’s thinking all the time, but one thing I’d bet on is that it includes the desire to surround himself with people who like him.

by nullacct on Oct 25, 2010 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Yep

Just like everyone else in the world.

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Btw, I've come to the conclusion

That you are Ted Williams’ frozen head.

“All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.”

by nullacct on Oct 25, 2010 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions

They're not all losers.

They’re just not all that different. Don’t get the massive salary discrepancy top to bottom in the league.

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions

I will be following up my successful "Harry Potter and the Balance of Earth"

With a riveting sequel…“Harry Potter and the Uselessness of Managers”.

Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.

by Yar Nivek on Oct 25, 2010 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Cooper as a

manager made Yost look like a good manager.

Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.

by cooper82 on Oct 25, 2010 7:20 PM CDT reply actions

I don't understand the hate for Simmons.

Can someone please enlighten me?

by Noah Jarosh on Oct 25, 2010 8:33 PM CDT reply actions

It's similar to the Macha hate

no emotion, even less energy, the fact that he spent his tenure as the bench coach asleep, etc.

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by Mykenk on Oct 25, 2010 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought I had heard the opposite, i.e. he was one of the more fiery guys.

I know he was supposed to be pretty intense in his playing days, I guess maybe he’s mellowed out in time.

by Noah Jarosh on Oct 26, 2010 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions

I just go based on his brewers bench coaching.

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by Mykenk on Oct 26, 2010 8:59 AM CDT up reply actions

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