The Departed
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 11:25 pm
322A282F2F38292E333224410 wrote: Today is the anniversary of that time Lloyd McClendon stole first base. . . literally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhnoCkp2QUo
That was funny. But he's still the worst manager I ever saw. I liked him as a player and hoped he's be a good manager. But he had a bad team and made them worse. He didn't last long in Seattle either.
Pirates worst manager has been a toss-up for me between McLendon and John Russell. I'm still not sure if Russell was clinically dead in his time here.
I hear ya. But when Mac was grossly overmanaging every game, making every move he had ever seen a manager make without understanding why, I used to say they would do better if he would just sleep through the games. Then they hired Russell who seemed to be sleeping through the games. I thought Russell's complete inactivity was an upgrade over the awake and counterproductive McClendon. It's a sad state of affairs when the total lack of anything resembling a pulse (Russell) isn't the worst thing you've seen in a manager.
Interesting point. A manager's actions were worse than another manager's complete inaction. I should've used that defense with my mother when she caught me beating the crap out of my younger brother. "But mom, don't ya see, it woulda been worse if I didn't hit him!"
Lloyd was the worst manager I ever saw.
I won't argue. But I also think John Russell was just as bad in his own way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhnoCkp2QUo
That was funny. But he's still the worst manager I ever saw. I liked him as a player and hoped he's be a good manager. But he had a bad team and made them worse. He didn't last long in Seattle either.
Pirates worst manager has been a toss-up for me between McLendon and John Russell. I'm still not sure if Russell was clinically dead in his time here.
I hear ya. But when Mac was grossly overmanaging every game, making every move he had ever seen a manager make without understanding why, I used to say they would do better if he would just sleep through the games. Then they hired Russell who seemed to be sleeping through the games. I thought Russell's complete inactivity was an upgrade over the awake and counterproductive McClendon. It's a sad state of affairs when the total lack of anything resembling a pulse (Russell) isn't the worst thing you've seen in a manager.
Interesting point. A manager's actions were worse than another manager's complete inaction. I should've used that defense with my mother when she caught me beating the crap out of my younger brother. "But mom, don't ya see, it woulda been worse if I didn't hit him!"
Lloyd was the worst manager I ever saw.
I won't argue. But I also think John Russell was just as bad in his own way.