OFF SEASON MOVES ????

[kevin]

....but Price has sucked since he replaced Dusty and he started with a decent team and still sucked.....AGAIN....This crap that managers don't hit and managers don't pitch......That went out the window for me when Jack McKeon took over the last place Marlins early in the year and in same season won World Series with same players. ....I don't ever want anybody to tell me managers don't make a difference.....My best years playing baseball as a kid were under good managers and my worst were under dip sticks that didn't know what the heck they were doing so they couldn't coach me up.....Madden turned last place Rays and Cubs into winners.....Sparky turned lousy Reds into winners and then Tigers....Price is a lousy manager. A good manager is needed to develop the young Billy Hamilton and young players and young pitchers....Price is NOT the person to develop this young talent....If the Reds make no off season moves, not only will they remain in last, but these lousy coaches will not develop the young players and will ruin any future this franchise may be hoping for.....Lou did some part time work with Reds in 2016. If they can get Lou to do more, they are crazy not to. ...Barry Larkin and Eric Davis are possible in house names....David Ross could have a future in coaching since catchers make very good coaches....The Reds are just awful from top to bottom and need major changes. ....I would keep Billy Hamilton and with the right coaching he could develop even more. They could use good coaches across the board. It BEGINS there.

Hitting coaches. Ted Williams helped Yaz and the Red Sox greatly and Joe Dimaggio as hitting coach did not hurt the Athletics who went on to win three straight World Series. All Reds said Ted Kluzewski was great....Ken Griffey Jr, Barry Larking, Sean Casey, Paul O'Neill, Rolan, are some names of possible guys that know hitting. ....Pitching..Soto seems to help these guys a lot and I would think Arroyo someday might. ....Defense, Ryan Freel could field every position....I'm not saying these people, but the team needs a new manager and a new coaching staff. I am seeing no improvement under Price, in fact the young players seem to be getting worse.