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Timberwolf
06-01-2005, 05:52 AM
What does Grady Little has to do to get a job? Another job opening goes to a another retread manager who has not won much in Buddy Bell. There were lot of job openings in the offseason for the managerial position, but Grady Little apparently was not good enough for the job. That bothers me. Why are teams so scared to hire Grady Little? Grady Little is willing to manage a small-market team. He is willing to manage a team with no hope. He is not cherry-picking his job. Grady Little has made lot of mistakes, but every manager makes mistakes. It seems he has not been forgiven for that gaffe in Game 7 of the ALCS two years ago. Just because he made that mistake does not mean he should not be hired. Grady Little is a better manager than guys who were hired as managers. It's a joke. Little did a darn good job with the Red Sox. To manage in a tough market and a demanding fanbase is not an easy thing to do, but Grady made it look easy.

I think it's sad that he is not managing for a ML club. He is more than capable of managing and he would do a darn good job for that team.

rockin500
06-01-2005, 09:03 AM
he is assistant GM to Jim Hendry (with the scouting department). scuttlebutt is that he may be the manager of choice if Dusty did decide to resign or doesnt renew his contract after next year.

treasurecoast1
06-01-2005, 09:57 PM
There is some question as to how good a manager Grady Little was. He DID get the Sox to the postseason despite a chaotic beginning of the 2003 season, and he DID win (albeit, with a fully loaded team) so he shouldn't be ruled out of hand.

Grady Little has the IMAGE of a goat and a loser; an image not supported by facts, but an image that many hold. This is a real obstable to Little; that, and he's seen as more of a pitching coach type than a manager.

Timberwolf
06-02-2005, 06:58 AM
If Grady managed the Red Sox last year, he would have won the WS.

I think a great story for baseball besides Cubs and White Sox winning a WS would be seeing Grady Little win the WS. The national media, the Boston media, and even the NY media really made a mockery of Grady and that bothers me to no end.