Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll

I just can’t get any confidence in this front office….They continue year after year to sign these guys that are over the hill and just hope for good things……Chipper is a year older and couldnt stay healthy when he was younger so he will prob be out most of the season with a pulled little toe or something……Bobby just keeps staying on for another year after another year and has stayed way past his calling IMO…..He makes several questionable calls every single week when pulling pitchers and leaving others in too long….I was hoping after last year he would call it quits and we would get a new fresh face in the dugout…..I hope this year the Braves can turn it around but with all these old guys, I just can’t see how they can……..Although they do have several great players coming up from the minors but I don’t think it will help much this year..Sorry for the ramble and Go Braves!!!

I’ll have to wait and see what happens in Spring. I’m sorry, but just cause players want to play for him doesn’t increase my confidence in Bobby. I would want to play for him if I was a Norton quality player too. How many times did Bobby send him out there with a player on 2nd or 3rd when we needed a hit not a possible walk. I don’t even want to talk about leaving a pitcher in who was having a freaking meltdown. I can think of several losses that could have been wins. Hard to put bad decisions into a hard statistic like OPS. Sorry if I’m rather reserved on Bobby Cox managing the Braves for 1 more year, but he’s my biggest “if”. The lineup is looking pretty good and I hope to see Heyward starting on opening day and not Melky. I think Chipper will bat like his old self and put up 20+ homers, Mac will be even better. Diaz is due for a breakout year, I predict 30 homers from him. Prado will be journeyman skill at 2nd and avg. .300+. Glaus if healthy and I don’t see why not, should be back to his old stuff. I think the Braves are going to be playoff quality and may go all the way if the Bullpen holds up, just say that cause BP’s tend to be volatile and sometimes 1 or 2 pitchers just don’t live up to their promise (ie.Lidge).

Only because I can’t have the utmost confidence in a team with so many “ifs” and “question marks”.

Yes, I believe that the team can make it to the playoffs primarily because I’m a homer but I’m a realistic homer(is that even possible), I know that quite a few things have to go right for this team to make it to the playoffs.

I want to be at a 9 or 10 and maybe I just expected too much this offseason. I thought we were really gonna go for it for Bobby. I just can’t bring myself to vote any higher at this time. I spent most of last year at a 7, but I am just not sure this club with it’s current ownership is committed to winning as opposed to just “competing.” I hate hearing the word “competitive.” I don’t want other clubs to be worried about us, I want them to be trembling in fear of us! GO BRAVES! Maybe Heyward will be the second coming Pujols! I hate to apply that kind of pressure to a kid to be our savior though. It shouldn"t be neccesary. I’m just frustrated and venting I guess. I think I’ll be better if Glaus and Chipper make it out of ST intact!

I like Mr. Cox just have a prob with his pitching decisions. I forgot to mention Yunel cause it’s pretty much a given that He’ll be awesome, defense and offense. Like I said my biggest fears are Bobby’s decisions and what might happen in the Bullpen. The BP for any team is an IF. Just one of those things,but the Braves are looking good for a playoff win. If Bobby makes some good decisions and goes by his old M.O. I think we’ll be in the World Series, at the least the Pennant.