Joe Maddon to the Cubs. UPDATE: He’s gone (p 19)

[obucard]

The Cardinals need a bench coach, what about offering Renteria that position?

I'm up for it.

[Vidor]

Three different Joe Maddon threads, huh?

[pioneer98]

Three different Joe Maddon threads, huh?

Yeah we dropped the ball and forgot to make the Day 3 thread. There should have been 4 by now.

[go birds]

will someone PLEASE make the day 3 thread already

[Jocephus]

will someone PLEASE make the day 3 thread already

the pain. its too real.

[go birds]

Rick Rentaria is hurting right now. It's painful. This will be motivation for him to get a manager job next year.

[Jocephus]

Rick Rentaria is hurting right now. It's painful. This will be motivation for him to get a manager job next year.

well said.

[Magneto2.0]

Don't the Cubs still have to pay Renteria, I'm sure he's doing alright

[Magneto2.0]

I'm still confused by this theory going around that Maddon did something wrong. It's the equivalent of saying a free agent SS shouldn't talk to a team because someone on that team is currently filling the position. If the Cubs feel Maddon is a better man for the job than Renteria, Maddon shouldn't take himself out of the running because Renteria already has the job. I really am confused by that philosophy.

[ghostrunner]

I'm still confused by this theory going around that Maddon did something wrong. It's the equivalent of saying a free agent SS shouldn't talk to a team because someone on that team is currently filling the position. If the Cubs feel Maddon is a better man for the job than Renteria, Maddon shouldn't take himself out of the running because Renteria already has the job. I really am confused by that philosophy.

I'm fine with it. I don't care for the Cubs praising Renteria up and down while basically saying they had to hire Maddon. I feel like that's way overestimating a manager generally, and if you want to make a business decision then all the justification seems excessive. But then I was just browsing reddit and the overwhelming consensus there is the Cubs handled it just right. I just think if you're firing me, I don't want to hear that I deserved to keep the job next year.