Atlanta Braves Thread (I HURT MYSELF TODAY TO SEE IF I STILL FEEL)

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zjcvols said:
He had a .850 OPS as a 20 year old rookie and changed his approach/swing because they wanted more RIBBIES. He's never been the same
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He's had a funky swing since day one and they got tired of watching a monster bleed all that power. Once the book got out on him that he locks himself up and doesn't catch up to hard stuff, he's struggled at times. He basically gets pitched like a middle infielder.
 
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Scotty's Flat Top said:
He was overrated. When I was 10 I thought he was the titties tho.
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As an in-game manager he was mediocre at best. So it depends on how much value you're willing to give to the touchy-feely managing the locker room stuff. The players swore it made a huge difference. Naturally I tend to think that it's way overrated.

I will say this though -- the Braves were only able to keep that run going as long as they did because they were able to keep the core together. All three pitchers, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones: these guys all re-upped without even testing the market. And that doesn't happen without Bobby Cox. There's no way to quantify it, obviously, but over the years that was worth a lot more games in the standings than if the Braves had had a better in-game manager who didn't inspire the same loyalty in his players.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
As an in-game manager he was mediocre at best. So it depends on how much value you're willing to give to the touchy-feely managing the locker room stuff. The players swore it made a huge difference. Naturally I tend to think that it's way overrated.

I will say this though -- the Braves were only able to keep that run going as long as they did because they were able to keep the core together. All three pitchers, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones: these guys all re-upped without even testing the market. And that doesn't happen without Bobby Cox. There's no way to quantify it, obviously, but over the years that was worth a lot more games in the standings than if the Braves had had a better in-game manager who didn't inspire the same loyalty in his players.
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I think you just nailed it. Cox never looked like the greatest tactician, but he clearly had a talent for motivating people and creating a good atmosphere. I'd say that he benefited from some good luck with homegrown talent, but he's also the guy that came in as GM in the mid 80s and rebuilt the organization and drafted the guys that carried him for the first 5 years of his run.
 
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If Blackburn could not even get an interview with the chancellor then something else besides a rogue booster is up.
 
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Guys look what I got today 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
 

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zjcvols said:
If Blackburn could not even get an interview with the chancellor then something else besides a rogue booster is up.
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There doesn't have to be a conspiracy. It's easy to see who someone coming in from the outside would dismiss him out of hand. If you had to hire someone to run an SEC athletic department, "has managed a Power 5 athletic department somewhere" would probably seem like a reasonable baseline, wouldn't it?

The only way any outsider was going to come in and hire someone from the Southern Conference was if the search committee persuaded her that this is the right guy for the job. And this group is clearly too divided and disjointed to do have done that.
 
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I feel the way Steve Kerr did about Javale McGhee with Dansby. He said he had a preconceived notion about him because of Shaqtin a Fool, that nickname makes me dislike him and it's no fault of his own.
 
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