Ron Roenicke Watch

Huh?  

 

 

Turribal.

 

 

pencil neck

Owner Mark Attanasio says the #Brewers' poor start is on the players. "Not looking at" Melvin, Roenicke: http://t.co/69lU9wJg4p

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) April 22, 2015

Could be a tank job going on.

Tank you

So in a roundabout sort of disguised way did Mark give Melvin and RR the dreaded "vote of confidence"?

 

I listened to him talk with Bob Uecker and it certainly seemed as though he wanted to "put a few more things out there on the record".  There was a distinct tone of disappointment and frustration in his voice.  But then someone got a double and the play-by-play took their conversation in a different direction and Bob made a follow-up comment.

 

Like I keep saying, judging this team based on last season's collapse and now more of the same...there are problems on this team that ain't going away until some more changes are made.

 

On the flip side, I like RR, for his sake I hope they can turn around things.  But right now, I aint buying into it.

More of the same.  This team continues to find ways to lose games

Nelson does well and K Rod gives the game away on an error

At this point I say tank and then tank some more

One would think he'd blame "everyone" vs simply the players.  Or simply the manager or GM.  

 

Not seeing how that helps at all...

So, basically saying : Doug and  I have done everything possible, the players need to pick it up. 

 

“We’ve got 25 players, virtually every one of them is an established Major Leaguer, and by my count all but five are below their career norms. Maybe six if you want to count [Francisco Rodriguez] in the bullpen, which I count. Frankie is doing fine. But you have 20 of 25 guys below their career norms. That is not what you would expect, because the sport is so analyzable and predictable. What makes a Major League player special is he can perform pretty much the same level year in and year out. We’ve got a lot of really established Major League players here, with very few newbies at this point. So this was not something built on false hope. I believe [the team will be better] if these guys play the way they can, including with the injuries. Injuries are part of the game. The guys who came in last night to play did a hell of a job, and I have a lot of confidence in Martin Maldonado. Ron showed the confidence he had in Elian Herrera by plugging him right into the lineup. It wasn’t like we brought him up from Colorado Springs and had him sit on the bench. So once everybody plays to their [usual] level of performance, we’ll be OK.”

Yeah.  Notsomuch.  

 

And, frankly, being "ok" and winning 75-80 games is death.  We need an influx of talent, and going 78-84 instead of 66-96 will put us in a far worse position draft wise with the same result of missing the playoffs. 

This team cannot get better being a .500 team or close to it

Tanking is the best strategy

This year is going to be like going to the dentist and having a cavity filled with zero novocaine.

When I was young I rarely got novacaine when I needed to get cavities filled.  I thought the needles and injections hurt worse than the drilling.  That was then, now it's a different story.

9 games back and 11 games under .500 this year (not counting last season).  How much longer is Mark going to tolerate it?

If this losing trend continues I expect them to conduct a fire sale which is the right thing to do.  You would think that includes Melvin and RR but Mark Antanasic has a bit of Herb Kohl loyalty about him so who knows

Incredible... and the hits just keep coming...err, the lack thereof.

BOOM, the hammer falls.

at that beginning of last week I told my dad that RR would be gone after the Cubs series.  Made sense to make the move at this time.  Going back to last season, this team had been circling the drain and the last few weeks have seen this season flushed away.

 

Sorry RR.  But time to move on.  Melvin...next?

Its all about the Benjamin's, MA must not like what his ticket people are saying ...