Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll

by gondeee on Jul 3, 2009 11:01 AM EDT Comment 21 comments

If it's Friday, then it's the Atlanta Braves fan confidence poll. This poll and therefore your confidence level should encompasses several areas of the team. These areas include, but are not limited to, the team’s ownership, current management, talent, minor-league system, and general playing ability on the field. The poll will stay open for 48 hours, and then the results will be posted and graphed against the previous weeks.

Poll

On a scale of 1-to-10, with 10 being "100 percent confident," and 1 being "no confidence at all," how confident are you in the Atlanta Braves organization?

10

40 votes

9

45 votes

8

164 votes

7

196 votes

6

159 votes

5

53 votes

4

24 votes

3

11 votes

2

1 votes

1

3 votes

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Yes, great sweep over the phils and some encouraging signs of our hitting coming around. HOWEVER, the shortcoming we have shown all season is following a few good results with a string of awful ones. If we take at least 2/3 from the Natinals then i will be prepared to start getting more excited, but i can see our offence going into hibernation again and us getting swept or something stupid like that. I’m desperately trying to be confident in this team, if we take our momentum into the next series then they will finally let me hope for something good from them this season.

by FromTheBellyOfWickman on Jul 3, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Now that's something new

being pessimistic because we have been playing too well for the past couple of games. Interesting. Not really “offencive” or anything, just interesting.

"Actually, Justin was right."
by bigjoe on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT

by justincredubil02 on Jul 3, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t think i was being pessimistic, i was just saying how i was honestly thinking, and you’ve got to admit we’ve had a few false dawns, i am normally an optimist but have been burned a few times this season so am sticking me my gut realism that a few wins does not a great team make.

(oh and ‘offence’ is how we spell it in england, sorry if i came accross as an eejit)

by FromTheBellyOfWickman on Jul 3, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by my gut realism damn typos, i blame FYF (jks)

by FromTheBellyOfWickman on Jul 3, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think you are spot on

This team hasn’t been able to win consistently all year. Its 2 or 3 games winning and then 2 or 3 games losing. As you say, until they win a few series in a row there isn’t much to get excited about (however, its hard to say that will a sweep of the top dog in our division!!!)

by taney71 on Jul 3, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

my bad man. I get your position, but I just think we are legit now. Our offense has been under performing so much this entire season. I think that this could be the beginning of the run where we see our real team.

(also, sorry for the “offence” comment, but you gotta understand that there are a ton of people on here who absolutely butcher the English language. You’re good though.)

"Actually, Justin was right."
by bigjoe on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT

by justincredubil02 on Jul 3, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have voted 6 or 7 every time so far, but today, I voted a 9...

the pitching staff is one of the best in the league, and if our hitters start having great timing with RISP, we should be a division winner.

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault. -Ty Cobb

by Jurrjens' Surgeons on Jul 3, 2009 11:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

I’m not as optimistic as you… but you’re right that the pitching staff should have everyone very optimistic. The rotation has been fantastic, Moylan has been fantastic lately (a huge boost to our pen depth), Acosta looks like he’ll fit in well as a middle reliever, and with that pitching staff, we don’t need a great offense. With McLouth, Prado, Chipper, McCann, Escobar, and GA in the lineup, we just need them healthy and for the back of our order to at least not suck (something Kotchman is capable of and Francoeur has done lately) to be a strong team.

by was385 on Jul 3, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

6 again, but its a stronger 6 than last week. I think optimism will rise this week, but we still have holes on our offense that won’t be solved internally.

by soup du jour on Jul 3, 2009 11:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

8 again for me. This team is legit, ya’ll. And I am not voting that just because of a sweep of the Phillies. I have voted 7 or 8 every week so far.

"Actually, Justin was right."
by bigjoe on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT

by justincredubil02 on Jul 3, 2009 12:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My vote has been a 5 for a while since we can’t seem to maintain .500 record for more than 1 or 2 games at a time. I voted 6 today in hopes that with the Nationals we’ll climb back to the .500 mark and stay or exceed that for the rest of the year.

Our pitching staff deserves higher, but until this team hits on all cylinders (offense, defense and pitching) consistently I can’t honestly give them higher.

I have the desire to come here and enthusiastically give them a 7 or 8 – hopefully that will happen sooner rather than later.

"Well behaved women rarely make history" ~ Laurel Ulrich

by NCChopper on Jul 3, 2009 12:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I voted 7 this Sweep really encouraged me about the rest of the season

by Heyward is the next crime dog on Jul 3, 2009 12:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We are around 500 who the heck is ...

giving this team a 8 or 7? You guys are smoking crack. This team should get a 8 or 7 if we were playing above 500 ball. What are you going to give them if they actually win games consistently? 9 or 10?

by taney71 on Jul 3, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

true, if you base your rating solely on record

But there’s more things to consider than just record alone, like confidence in the Manager and GM(which I have in both, which may make me a minority when it relates to Cox), confidence in the organization as a whole, and confidence in the team regardless to record.

I’m fairly confident with the Braves, other than their atrocious hitting.

by RichmondBraves on Jul 3, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fair enough but

I don’t have confidence in Cox and with a new GM I’m not sure about the front office yet. I would be willing to give this team a 7 or 8 with a 500 record (which we don’t have yet) if we had a playoff appearence in the last two years or won the World Series in the last 10 years. Since we haven’t done that I think a 4 or 5 is a far rating to give them, not the 7 or 8 I am seeing from some.

by taney71 on Jul 3, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

makes sense to me

and since this is open to everyone theres always going to be the people giving 10s cause CHIPPER RULES OMG! and those giving ones OMG FAILCOUR SUCKSZ.

Anywhere between 4 and 8 is understandable.

by RichmondBraves on Jul 3, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow...

a reasonable sports thread conversation. Who would have figured?

by taney71 on Jul 3, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cox

I think he proved in this most recent series that he knows exactly what he is doing. Also, the fact that over 25% of major league baseball players (not on the Braves team) said that he is the manager that they most want to play for.

I have 100% confidence in Cox and Wren.

"Actually, Justin was right."
by bigjoe on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT

by justincredubil02 on Jul 3, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

want to see more before I vote high

I went up from 3 to 4 mainly due to Prado becoming the full time 2B, Johnson going on the DL, and the 4 game winning streak. I’m not sold that this team has turned the corner yet and there’s still that festering black hole in RF hence the low rating. If they sweep the Nats and do well on the other stops on the upcoming road trip, then I might start to believe in them again.

by redwards95 on Jul 3, 2009 2:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Add a little bit more to my confidence rating

1. McLouth CF
2. Prado 2B
3. Jones 3B
4. McCann C
5. Escobar SS
6. Diaz LF
7. Francoeur RF
8. Kotchman 1B
9. Kawakami P

Now all we gotta do is put Grandpa in LF and MattyD is RF instead of Francine.

2009 Atlanta Braves Motto: We ♥ leaving RISP.

by mvhsbball on Jul 3, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I went a bit overboard and voted 9

Just bubbling with confidence over the little things: a 20 inning scoreless streak for Hanson, the (foreseen) promotion of Heyward and Freeman to Mississippi, and the recent dominance of the bullpen’s big 3, among others. That’s ignoring that we have like 4 guys at Danville who are all posting an OPS of at 1.000, or very near it, if not blowing it out of the water.

Plus we have a ton of guys heating up offensively-Prado is hot, Diaz is getting really hot (as he is wont to do for short stretches), Chipper and McCann are breaking out of their little funks. And if you go back to before Escobar injured himself and include those, he’s been great over his last 10 games. And FUGA is hitting well over the past month too.

If we could just get Kotchman going, and if McLouth could pick it up a bit, we’re really primed for a great stretch.

by Bronn on Jul 3, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs