Ron Roenicke's Approval Rating Continues To Drop In BCB Tracking Poll

by Kyle Lobner on Jun 22, 2011 8:17 PM CDT in Tracking Poll

This week's poll was open from Monday at noon through Tuesday, and received 223 votes. Here are some of the notable results:

Ron Roenicke's approval rating has dropped to 53%, down from 61% last week and 83% two weeks ago, and this poll was taken before today's loss.
68% of voters think Yuniesky Betancourt won't be the Brewers' starting shortstop by the end of July.
58% of voters think Mark Kotsay should be released before he qualifies for a roster bonus on July 1.
84% of voters think baseball shouldn't get rid of interleague play, but 65% would change things about it if they could.

Follow the jump for the full results.

Mark Kotsay is scheduled to receive a $100,000 bonus if he's still on the active roster on July 1. Should the Brewers release him before that date?

Response	Votes	%
Yes	129	58%
No	73	33%
Undecided	21	9%

Do you approve of the decision not to call up Mat Gamel during interleague play?

Response	Votes	%
Yes	76	34%
No	129	58%
Undecided	18	8%

Assuming Shaun Marcum can not start on Wednesday, who should start in his place?

Response	Votes	%
Mark DiFelice	23	10%
Marco Estrada	146	65%
Amaury Rivas	36	16%
Someone else	8	4%
Undecided	10	4%

Should Major League Baseball eliminate interleague play?

Response	Votes	%
Yes	32	14%
No, but there are things I wold change about it if I could.	144	65%
No, they should leave it as is.	42	19%
Undecided	5	2%

How long do you expect Yuniesky Betancourt to remain as the Brewers' starting shortstop?

Response	Votes	%
He'll be out by July 1.	31	14%
He'll be out by the trading deadline.	120	54%
He'll be out by sometime in August or September.	16	7%
He'll be the starting shortstop for the rest of the season.	52	24%
Undecided	3	1%

Do you approve of the job Doug Melvin is doing as General Manager of the Brewers?

Response	Votes	%	Prev	Diff
Yes	181	81%	88%	-7%
No	20	9%	6%	+3%
Undecided	22	10%	6%	+4%

Do you approve of the job Ron Roenicke is doing as Manager of the Brewers?

Response	Votes	%	Prev	Diff
Yes	119	53%	61%	-8%
No	57	26%	24%	+2%
Undecided	47	21%	15%	+6%

Do you approve of the job Rick Kranitz is doing as Pitching Coach of the Brewers?

Response	Votes	%	Prev	Diff
Yes	173	78%	84%	-6%
No	14	6%	1%	+5%
Undecided	36	16%	15%	+1%

Do you approve of the job Dale Sveum is doing as Hitting Coach of the Brewers?

Response	Votes	%	Prev	Diff
Yes	141	63%	64%	-1%
No	33	15%	11%	+4%
Undecided	49	22%	25%	-3%

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I am shocked we can only get 58% to agree to drop Kotsay.

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

by cooper82 on Jun 22, 2011 8:22 PM CDT reply actions

Didn't you hear?

He’s going to be the centerpiece in our trade for Jose Reyes.

by Archibaldcrane on Jun 22, 2011 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Some things that caught my attention

If 58% of voters think that Kotsay should go, while Doug Melvin’s approval rating is still pretty stable, I’m trying to figure out if the +4% rise in the ‘Undecided’ option indicate that we’re getting a lot closer to “wait-and-see” mode? I know that I’ve generally selected “approve” as an option.
But I feel as though I haven’t decided when I press yes! I’m not in much of a hurry to blame our Mustachioed GM, but there are clearly quite a few expectations that many of us are banking on; 1.) Yuni 2.)Kotsay
Roenicke’s rating does not come as a shock to me. My perceptions of other teams’ managers and general acceptance by those fans are often skewed by the success or revival of a team.

by Jess'HittheBall on Jun 22, 2011 8:59 PM CDT reply actions

Speaking as a statistician

Making 20 assumptions and ignoring all of the terrible biases and randomly guessing at a design effect, the margin of error on trend change is probably about +- 6% at 95% confidence. Any change on a given answer greater than 6% is probably notable. Anything at or below 6% is just random noise.

Founder of the BCBCU - Est. 2011

by ecocd on Jun 22, 2011 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Eh

How long do you expect YB to be the shortstop?

I guess I should have a caveat on my ‘by the trade deadline’ vote: that’s what I HOPE will happen. Generally my hopes aren’t in line with Doug’s reality.

"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."

~Doug Melvin

by Charlie Marlow on Jun 22, 2011 9:01 PM CDT reply actions

Kyle,

Could you include the Y/Y data in the next one? Only the ones that are relevant, I guess. Maybe Melvin comparisons, manager stuff, etc. I could see the point that there would need to be context behind each one—like a big win/loss streak—, but would still be fun to see how the season progresses compared to last year. Thanks ;)

by Bush League All Star on Jun 22, 2011 10:27 PM CDT reply actions

I'm not sure I understand what you're looking for.

You want me to compare this year’s data to last year?

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jun 23, 2011 7:41 AM CDT up reply actions

1 yen

yen2

Yen works…Wrigley does not.

by Jess'HittheBall on Jun 23, 2011 3:40 AM CDT reply actions

I wasn’t too upset about Gamel not being called up because, though we are in a the middle of a long stretch of interleague play, there hasn’t been a long stretch of AL ballpark games. There is a back to back Yankees-Twins series on the road next week, so maybe there will still be a call-up.

I also don’t see a much better option than Kotsay as the 4th/5th outfielder. He hasn’t been that bad offensively or defensively.

Having said that, it would have been nice to trot Gamel up as the tying run in yesterday’s game.

by grant76 on Jun 23, 2011 10:08 AM CDT reply actions

I'm required by law to tell you

that Kotsay has been bad both offensively and defensively. For 5+ years now.

by placidity on Jun 23, 2011 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions

He hasn’t been that bad offensively or defensively.

0.236/.312/.283, 0.272 wOBA, -18.9 UZR/150, for a grand total of -0.5 WAR in 2011. He absolutely has been bad both offensively and defensively.

Greinke: "It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win."

by GoGregGo on Jun 23, 2011 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions

Boggs

You may not consider him “much better”, but he’s still better.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Jun 23, 2011 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions

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