I know it may not be fair, but the team is just not responding to him as a manager. He has been mediocre at best, and the team is floundering. If we can't get rid of the players, then something has to be done to shake them up. It is frustrating to watch all these individually talented players struggle to play as a team. And smart baseball, and manufacturing runs has been absent since Jimy took over. I wonder if Hunsicker would pull the trigger to shake things up? DD
it might be time.. I don't know if it will help anything or not.. but it's worth a shot... If it doesn't help anything.. i don't see jimy as someone that we will hugely regret losing.. does anyone view him as a manager we'd have a hard time replacing with someone who can do as good a job?
I am not totally blaming Jimy, but this team has ZERO fire.....no one seems to give a rats patootie.... They need a fiery leader to shake things up. DD
This offense was never built to manufacture runs. It relies on Berkman, Bagwell, Kent, Beltran, and Ensberg to drive them in on extra base hits, and HR's. In fact, if anything, Jimy tried to get them to manufacture runs a lot at the begginning of the season (much to everyone's demise)... maybe he knew something that we didn't.
It will probably happen after the All-Star break IMO. I will say this, Bags and Bidge have played under 4 mgrs now, and probaly a fifth after the break. Maybe they are the problem. Although I'd agree with relaeasing Jimy.
This is two years in a row of gross underacheivement. The bats have not worked since two years ago on any kind of regular basis. I've heard all about it is not the managers fault and, Oh BTW the were one of the top run scoring teams in the league for the last few years. Jimy has not distinguished himself enough to merit keeping his job. Dierker is the guy to bring in. He has led them to the playoffs consistently and knows the personnel better than anyone else they might bring in. Even with all the trades, we still have a mediocre bullpen. What the hell are Harville and Redding doing taking up spots. Jimy won't use them. If the Astros are "going for it this year" then they need to do something and now.
He should have never been hired in the first place. They should have stayed in house and hired Pena. That said, should Phil Garner be a target? Some have mentioned Bob Brenley now that he is free of Arizona. I don't think he's a good choice. Either way, Jimy needs to go, NOW!
Obviously something isn't right when a team with this much talent is struggling this much. Why not? As Rocket Fan said, even if it doesn't help, we won't regret losing him that much because he's nothing too special. Shake it up, see what happens. Get Lou Brown in here; he's a great motivator, his players love him.
The time is now! It's certainly not all Jimy's fault, but something has to be done to change the mindset of the players on this team. I was hoping getting Beltran would be enough of a jolt but that didn't work yet. This is our last chance at taking it all and we have to pull out all the stops.
It may not be is fault but it is his responsibility. The lack of accountability in the Astros has been contagious, it's time to bring someone in who is truly dedicated to winning. Even if it means trading or benching some old hands.
I love how Drayton sits right behind home plate so he can get a good look at what $16 millions going down the toilet looks like.
I agree with most in here. This isn't Jimy's fault, but he has to go immediately. They don't have the luxury of wasting any more time.
Who would we get? Dierker? Personally I would love that to happen, but probably wouldn't. Maybe Jackie Moore from Round Rock? DD
I think it's been said numerous times here that it was a big enough struggle to get him to manage at Round Rock. So, there's probably no way that he'd come to Houston. For personal reasons, I don't want Brenly. He may be a good coach, but I've disliked him ever since the "chicken ****" comment about Ben Davis breaking up Curt Schilling's no-hitter a few years back.
