Riggleman

[grampahol]

(07-30-2018, 01:42 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Well, some most forget the injury situation when Rigs took over. Some also forget he's a sub .500 (.449 to be exact) manager who quit on a team. I think we're simply seeing a better manager than a price lead  club. Price was just that bad. I personally think they can do better than Rigs. We have great roster flexibility, youth, a farm system now... we are actually appealing to a lot of potential skippers. It's great they're playing better now, but they were bound to not stay that bad due to the very nature of baseball being baseball. Who knows how much of that was "I like to bunt to much Riggleman"? The Reds are winning more than earlier in the year because they have Eugenio Suarez, Scott Schebler, Anthony DeSclafani, Michael Lorenzen and, to some extent, Matt Harvey. Joey Votto has started hitting like Joey Votto – remember his first month? Have the Reds been committing fewer errors or base running blunders? Not that I’ve seen. Did Riggleman have early practice sessions on how to hit grand slams? Because that would merit reporting. And they lead (or tied) for that this season. So basically, this team is playing how this team is supposed to play now. I don't see a reason to not look for a better manager.

Sometimes the effect of the team manager gets entirely overblown, sometimes not. They usually get the most heat when the teams are losing.
I'd usually rather see a full season of results than a quick turnaround of half a season. 
I'm not opposed to the Reds conducting a quality search for a manager, but I'd also like to see how the team finishes out the rest of this season under Riggleman. Price left his stamp no doubt and it wasn't pleasant . So far Riggs has gotten a lot  from a sub bad team, but again ,it ain't over till it's over.  Managers really have little to no control over injuries or whether pitchers throw strikes or homeruns. Force of will only gets a team so far. They still need quality players to have a successful season.