Quote:
Originally Posted by hard2tel
wait wat
A++++ on the frenchy trade. <3 wren
My poast is not clear? Cox bunts in almost every situation imaginable, first inning, man on second nobody out, up one nobody out, doesn't matter, he orders a bunt, way, way too much and this has been proven to be a tuuuurrible strategy. When I made that poast I was very frustrated as he had left Hanson in the sixth to bunt with a man on first, up one and nobody out. Hanson proceeded to bunt pop out, no runs were scored and Bobby didn't even send him out in the bottom of the inning to pitch so he clearly just preferred a bunt. Then Francouer gets a leadoff double when the game is tied in the top of the 8th, and he sends Conrad to bunt him to 3rd because I guess he thinks the only way we can score is on a sac fly, god forbid you ask someone to get a single in three tries and maybe, maybe just let yourself have a big inning as well. Of course Francouer was stranded.
Cox does sh** like this all the time and it annoys the hell out of me. I don't really remember if Cox did this stuff when I was younger and the Braves went on that sick run of 14 straight titles, but I would bet he did and could be convinced that Cox's tuuuuurrrrrrrrible strategy was part of the reason that the Braves ran bad in the playoffs and only won one World Series during that run. Another turrribbllle thing he does is run his bullpen into the ground (this year Moylan is No. 1 in appearances and M. Gonzalez is No. 2, neither of these guys has the greatest medical history to remotely justify this), and I could see that being a big factor in underperforming in the playoffs as well.
He is great at managing relationships with players and communicating with them which is great if that has any effect on performance but his stategerie is tuuuurrrrrible .
Last edited by Pwn_Master; 07-11-2009 at 12:23 AM.
Reason: Edited for tuuurrrribbbllleeeeee