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11-13-2003, 04:55 PM
From Dave Gross, Nov 10, Ottawa Sun:
Gary Allenson will not be returning as manager of the Ottawa Lynx.
Even if the parent Baltimore Orioles ask him to.
"No offence to you guys, but what's the point," Allenson said yesterday from his home town of Fort Myers, Fla.
"Look at it this way, for me to go back (to Ottawa) and the same place, basically I'm telling them I'm happy at the minor league level, and I'm not."
Allenson was clearly disappointed that the Orioles did not interview him for the vacant manager's job in Baltimore. The O's reportedly spoke with eight candidates before settling on Lee Mazzilli.
"Sure I'm disappointed. Who wouldn't be?" Allenson said. "(Doc Rodgers, O's farm director) was the only one to come up and see what was going on up here all last year. He made the effort."
MAJOR TURNAROUND
Allenson pointed to the turnaround in the Orioles minor league system as justification for his being considered.
"They didn't do anything for so many years and then we come out last season and make the playoffs," he said. "You would think that, yes, that had a lot to do with the players, but it also had to do with the guy running things."
You wouldn't get much of an argument from his former players. At season's end, veteran infielder Luis Lopez called Allenson the best manager he's had.
Outfielder Pedro Swann, another returnee to the Lynx roster this season, credited Allenson with getting the club into the post-season.
In his one season in Ottawa, Allenson led the Lynx to a 79-65 record, and a spot in the playoffs as the wild card entry. The Lynx lost in the Governors' Cup semi-finals to the Pawtucket Red Sox in the maximum five games.
Allenson said he was uncertain of his future, but would be in contact with a number of major league clubs.
Gary Allenson will not be returning as manager of the Ottawa Lynx.
Even if the parent Baltimore Orioles ask him to.
"No offence to you guys, but what's the point," Allenson said yesterday from his home town of Fort Myers, Fla.
"Look at it this way, for me to go back (to Ottawa) and the same place, basically I'm telling them I'm happy at the minor league level, and I'm not."
Allenson was clearly disappointed that the Orioles did not interview him for the vacant manager's job in Baltimore. The O's reportedly spoke with eight candidates before settling on Lee Mazzilli.
"Sure I'm disappointed. Who wouldn't be?" Allenson said. "(Doc Rodgers, O's farm director) was the only one to come up and see what was going on up here all last year. He made the effort."
MAJOR TURNAROUND
Allenson pointed to the turnaround in the Orioles minor league system as justification for his being considered.
"They didn't do anything for so many years and then we come out last season and make the playoffs," he said. "You would think that, yes, that had a lot to do with the players, but it also had to do with the guy running things."
You wouldn't get much of an argument from his former players. At season's end, veteran infielder Luis Lopez called Allenson the best manager he's had.
Outfielder Pedro Swann, another returnee to the Lynx roster this season, credited Allenson with getting the club into the post-season.
In his one season in Ottawa, Allenson led the Lynx to a 79-65 record, and a spot in the playoffs as the wild card entry. The Lynx lost in the Governors' Cup semi-finals to the Pawtucket Red Sox in the maximum five games.
Allenson said he was uncertain of his future, but would be in contact with a number of major league clubs.