T
thedave
Posts: 2
May 23, 2010 3:08pm
15-27. Nice team.
Fire Manny Acta
Fire Manny Acta
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
May 23, 2010 3:12pm
I vote the Indians just don't hire a manager. Indians fans are never happy with who they got. 
M
Mr Pat
Posts: 519
May 23, 2010 3:15pm
It's a fake David!
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
May 23, 2010 3:16pm
Jesus couldn't manage this team to .500
ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
May 23, 2010 3:18pm
Are you saying Jesus can't hit a curve ball?SportsAndLady wrote: Jesus couldn't manage this team to .500
I was never a fan of the hire, but the team he inherited is just dreadful.
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
May 23, 2010 3:30pm
Fuck you Joe Boo. I do it myself.
SQ_Crazies
Posts: 7,977
May 23, 2010 3:32pm
A typical Cleveland reaction.
Same shit happened with Mangini just recently, remember?
Manny Acta might as well not bother managing this team until the FO gets him some players--wtf do you expect him to do? Pull home runs out of his ass and hand them to his players
When Grady Sizemore is the biggest name on your team and no one else is really that close--you're in major trouble.
Same shit happened with Mangini just recently, remember?
Manny Acta might as well not bother managing this team until the FO gets him some players--wtf do you expect him to do? Pull home runs out of his ass and hand them to his players
When Grady Sizemore is the biggest name on your team and no one else is really that close--you're in major trouble.
B
BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
May 23, 2010 3:35pm
I'll give Acta a pass. It's the shitbag owner that needs to go along with Shapiro. Can't win a gunfight with a squirt gun.
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
May 23, 2010 3:36pm
yeah, unless you can point out something specific that Acta is doing to lose games that arent a result of crappy players, there is no reason to fire him 2 months into the season.
B
BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
May 23, 2010 3:41pm
Shitbag Shapiro and Daddy NoBucks Dolan are the ones who gave the Tribe their superstar (Sabathia, Lee, V-Mart, etc) enema, NOT Acta.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
May 23, 2010 3:47pm
Precisely. With no references to "Crapiro" and "ND Grad" in this post, it's obviously it's not the real deal.Mr Pat wrote: It's a fake David!
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
May 23, 2010 3:49pm
Most people knew Acta wasn't the answer the day they hired him.
Dolan just picked the manager that came with the smallest price tag (of course), and when you get fired from the Nationals your asking price is low.
Also, as mentioned, not many people can manage an AAA team at the MLB level and do THAT well...
Dolan just picked the manager that came with the smallest price tag (of course), and when you get fired from the Nationals your asking price is low.
Also, as mentioned, not many people can manage an AAA team at the MLB level and do THAT well...
F
Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
May 23, 2010 3:54pm
Manny has done an OK job...Hard to win a 5 card stud hand with 10 high. Sizemore is hittin 2 bucks. K Wood is shuttin em down with a crisp 2 earned runs per inning. The ss is out for 2 months. Moon Pie and Branyon are air conditioning the ball park. And now tripple A Trevor is stinking up the outfield.
The cachers are the worst in all of baseball. At least Hafner is now hitting his weight mnow...but it took him awhile.
The cachers are the worst in all of baseball. At least Hafner is now hitting his weight mnow...but it took him awhile.
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
May 23, 2010 4:16pm
haha Trevor Crowe isnt doing that bad, hell atleast he is batting above .300 right next to Kearns.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
May 23, 2010 4:16pm
From an outsider the Indians are a meager looking team.
I don't know if Acta is any good or not......but his team doesn't appear to be.
I don't know if Acta is any good or not......but his team doesn't appear to be.
IggyPride00
Posts: 6,482
May 23, 2010 4:18pm
Look at how much better Washington has been without him since they fired him.
His record was abysmal. Why are people surprised that he is doing so poorly here. When you have a track record of losing like he does it is hard to break.
His record was abysmal. Why are people surprised that he is doing so poorly here. When you have a track record of losing like he does it is hard to break.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
May 23, 2010 4:19pm
I certainly don't understand the hire.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
May 23, 2010 4:26pm
$$$Ironman92 wrote: I certainly don't understand the hire.
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
May 23, 2010 4:26pm
who else was available?
B
BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
May 23, 2010 4:28pm
Bobby Valentine was one of the finalists but no way Dolan was paying for him.Glory Days wrote: who else was available?
M
miller45452003
Posts: 673
May 23, 2010 4:30pm
He definately has no firepower of any sorts. You never see him drag his ass out og the dugout to argue calls. And if he does it's a "blue are you sure that was a strike?"...no emotion at all. I know he has nothing to work with, but I don't like the guy as of yet.
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
May 23, 2010 5:02pm
Agree with that.ptown_trojans_1 wrote:
I was never a fan of the hire, but the team he inherited is just dreadful.
Just for reference...
2009 Washington with Acta: 26-61
2009 Washington after he was fired: 33-42
2010 Washington: 22-22
That improvement is a little bit too large to just be overlooked. Acta was the worst possible hire (which I said at the time), but he will get a pass from me until the team has enough talent that it could conceivably not suck, which will probably be at least 3-5 years.
SQ_Crazies
Posts: 7,977
May 23, 2010 5:13pm
3-5 years? You anticipate them having a new owner sometime soon?
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
May 23, 2010 5:19pm
No I don't, but I do feel like Shapiro has to get canned sooner or later.
SQ_Crazies
Posts: 7,977
May 23, 2010 5:26pm
Not sure how much of a difference that will make, but we'll see.