How come no one talks about Tom Glavine as a candidate to replace Bobby next year?

How come no one talks about Tom Glavine as a candidate to replace Bobby next year?

just wonderin.

over 1 year ago scorby911 12 comments 0 recs |

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Glavine would be better as a pitching coach. It doesn’t seem he thinks enough like a manager. That is to say, his mindset is that of a pitcher, and because of that, I don’t think he’d make a good manager

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by GoBravesNY on Sep 27, 2010 6:01 PM EDT reply actions

This.

I was about to write almost the same thing, but you said it well.

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by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Sep 27, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Interesting…but I think chipper would be better.

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by MBL1 on Sep 27, 2010 6:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I mean,

I don’t think it would seriously happen, but I just read “None but the Braves” today, and it sounds like he learned a lot from Bobby, as well as several pitching coaches. Pretty good book, but it just got me thinking about that possibility.

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by scorby911 on Sep 27, 2010 8:59 PM EDT reply actions

The only two positions I see Glav taking are pitching coach and GM, but since both of those positions seem to be filled well for the time being, I imagine he’ll still be a roving instructor/extra coach/broadcaster/organizational cap feather for at least another year or two.

by J-Freak on Sep 27, 2010 11:04 PM EDT reply actions

No experience.

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by Scott Coleman on Sep 28, 2010 1:11 AM EDT reply actions

I think it's Fredi's race to lose.

Glavine might be a great manager (who knows?), but as far as I can tell he’s never expressed any interest in a manager job anywhere. I dunno if he’s ever even talked about being a pitching coach for that matter.

"Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror." ~George Carlin

by FineHamAbounds on Sep 28, 2010 1:55 AM EDT reply actions

In general, pitchers mae terrible managers because they just don’t have the mentality to succeed. Pitchers are used to every fifth day, trotting to the mound, throwing what the catcher tells him to, and going back to the dugout. They are not leaders in any sense, but catchers are. That’s why you see so maný ex-catchers as managers, and basically no pitchers.

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by iamthesgt on Sep 28, 2010 11:14 AM EDT via mobile reply actions