Who will the next DBacks coach be?

[O]

Gambo said it would not be Hale, for whatever that's worth, speculating it would be Grace.


Who do you think it will be?

 

[82CardsGrad]

Gambo said it would not be Hale, for whatever that's worth, speculating it would be Grace.


Who do you think it will be?

I'm more concerned with who will replace Young, Byrnes and Snyder... and can Drew stay healthy!

 

[O]

I'm more concerned with who will replace Young, Byrnes and Snyder... and can Drew stay healthy!

One pebble at a time grasshopper.

 

[82CardsGrad]

One pebble at a time grasshopper.

I know... I just don't see anyone coming in as a manager, waving their magic dust on some of these guys and turning them into MLB caliber talent.
Young is just not good... period... talented? Yes... but not MLB good...
Snyder can't hit, period... His types are a dime a dozen in baseball.
Byrnes is shot. He's a side-show...

Ain't no way Grace or Hale or anyone else can change any of that...

 

[Ryanwb]

Just heard that Brett Butler is the hot rumor

 

[azsportsfan01]

You guys are nuts. First off all, I am willing to put money on it being Gibson as manager. I've wanted him to be manager for a while now and think he will be the best thing for this team. As for Snyder, he has never been a great hitter but his defense is so valuable. And don't give me this **** about miss playing one fly ball today in a high sky that EVERYONE was having problems with. Chris Young is our best option for center field. He has gold glove caliber defense and has shown he has the pop to be in the majors. He will probably hit .250 or so but will give us 20-25 homers a year. His biggest problem is Bob Melvin. Chris Young should not be hitting at the top of the order. He is best suited in the 5 or 6 hole. His lack of contact screws up when Melvin wants to be a moron and have him hit 1 or 2 when you need contact guys up. Once Melvin is gone everyone will play better. His constant changing of lineups screws with everyone's minds. Ever notice how all the really good teams have the same guys batting in the same place everyday? Enough with this Mad Scientist bulls--t. He is a moron who should have never gotten this job. As for Byrnes he needed to go a long time ago. Who ever thought it would be good to bench Young so Byrnes can play needs to go.

 

[Ryanwb]

What has Gibson ever done? He has been a coach on this team as well which doesn't exactly bode well for his future resume. I'll take your money

 

[O]

What has Gibson ever done? He has been a coach on this team as well which doesn't exactly bode well for his future resume. I'll take your money

I'll take some of that too.

I don't see anyone on the current staff being promoted.

 

[Lefty]

I want someone who is the complete opposite of Melvin and that means no Grace. I wouldn't mind Williams as the hitting coach.

 

[Ryanwb]

The only person who has a good chance of being promoted from the current set of coaches is Chip Hale.... he actually deserves the chance after being passed over. I think he proved himself in Tucson and is a different coach from Melvin

 

[TJ]

I want someone who is the complete opposite of Melvin and that means no Grace. I wouldn't mind Williams as the hitting coach.

Yea that would go over like a fart in church for the MLB. An admitted HGH user managing a major league team.

 

[IAWarnerFan]

I'll cast my vote for Bob Brenley. Even tho there's no way...

 

[Skkorpion]

If it is Mark Grace, I'll watch with dread but unmute the TV sound because we might have a real analyst for a change.

 

[Black Jesus]

If it is Mark Grace, I'll watch with dread but unmute the TV sound because we might have a real analyst for a change.

You got to be kidding me!?! Grace is best in the business as a color commentator. Williams is like listening to paint dry...

They use Grace on Sunday Fox games and during the playoffs for a reason.

That being said, make Grace the manager, he'll command respect.

 

[Lefty]

You got to be kidding me!?! Grace is best in the business as a color commentator. Williams is like listening to paint dry...

They use Grace on Sunday Fox games and during the playoffs for a reason.

That being said, make Grace the manager, he'll command respect.

I think you meant Saturday games. Grace has no experience and would be a very bad hire.

 

[PoolBoy]

You guys are nuts. First off all, I am willing to put money on it being Gibson as manager. I've wanted him to be manager for a while now and think he will be the best thing for this team. As for Snyder, he has never been a great hitter but his defense is so valuable. And don't give me this **** about miss playing one fly ball today in a high sky that EVERYONE was having problems with. Chris Young is our best option for center field. He has gold glove caliber defense and has shown he has the pop to be in the majors. He will probably hit .250 or so but will give us 20-25 homers a year. His biggest problem is Bob Melvin. Chris Young should not be hitting at the top of the order. He is best suited in the 5 or 6 hole. His lack of contact screws up when Melvin wants to be a moron and have him hit 1 or 2 when you need contact guys up. Once Melvin is gone everyone will play better. His constant changing of lineups screws with everyone's minds. Ever notice how all the really good teams have the same guys batting in the same place everyday? Enough with this Mad Scientist bulls--t. He is a moron who should have never gotten this job. As for Byrnes he needed to go a long time ago. Who ever thought it would be good to bench Young so Byrnes can play needs to go.

snyder USED to be good at defense. now balls are going 5 hole on him, he's missing pop ups, and dropping balls at plays at the plate. he is worthless, and was a melvin guy. his days are numbered for sure.

 

[PDXChris]

I think you meant Saturday games. Grace has no experience and would be a very bad hire.

....but, if they clean house, he would not make a bad bench coach.

 

[Brian]

You guys are nuts. First off all, I am willing to put money on it being Gibson as manager. I've wanted him to be manager for a while now and think he will be the best thing for this team. As for Snyder, he has never been a great hitter but his defense is so valuable. And don't give me this **** about miss playing one fly ball today in a high sky that EVERYONE was having problems with. Chris Young is our best option for center field. He has gold glove caliber defense and has shown he has the pop to be in the majors. He will probably hit .250 or so but will give us 20-25 homers a year. His biggest problem is Bob Melvin. Chris Young should not be hitting at the top of the order. He is best suited in the 5 or 6 hole. His lack of contact screws up when Melvin wants to be a moron and have him hit 1 or 2 when you need contact guys up. Once Melvin is gone everyone will play better. His constant changing of lineups screws with everyone's minds. Ever notice how all the really good teams have the same guys batting in the same place everyday? Enough with this Mad Scientist bulls--t. He is a moron who should have never gotten this job. As for Byrnes he needed to go a long time ago. Who ever thought it would be good to bench Young so Byrnes can play needs to go.

notworthy:notworthy

Not to mention on that pop-up he thought he was about to fall in the dugout. Whitesell was there and should have been letting him know he had room, watching the replay he said nothing.

Question for everyone: How were the careers of Quentin, Jackson, Young, Snyder, and Tracy BEFORE Schu got ahold of them? He has to go also.

Hell, before last year started I wanted the team to write an open check to the Rangers hitting coach and I was SURE some change would have been made this past offseason. I am still wishing they can lure him away from Texas somehow, someway.

 

[azsportsfan01]

snyder USED to be good at defense. now balls are going 5 hole on him, he's missing pop ups, and dropping balls at plays at the plate. he is worthless, and was a melvin guy. his days are numbered for sure.

Snyder hasn't committed an error in 2 years. He is by far one of the best defensive catcher in the majors today. And I would rather have a catcher who can call a game and keep the errors down and keep runners honest than a offensive catcher who can't throw a guy out. As for his days being numbered, try again. He signed a 3 year extension in the off-season for about $15 million. He isn't going anywhere.

 

[82CardsGrad]

notworthy:notworthy

Not to mention on that pop-up he thought he was about to fall in the dugout. Whitesell was there and should have been letting him know he had room, watching the replay he said nothing.

Question for everyone: How were the careers of Quentin, Jackson, Young, Snyder, and Tracy BEFORE Schu got ahold of them? He has to go also.

Hell, before last year started I wanted the team to write an open check to the Rangers hitting coach and I was SURE some change would have been made this past offseason. I am still wishing they can lure him away from Texas somehow, someway.

Harley, Melvin and Schu are getting screwed in this deal. To answer your question, Schu became the hitting coach in 2003. So, here are the stats:

Quentin - had a breakout year in '08. No doubt a mistake to give up on him. A stretch to tie this one to Schu

Jackson - Has a career year last season, and the two previous seasons batted .284 and .291. What was the problem with Schu here??

Young - Career .238 average. Hit a career high .248 last season, when he also drove in a career high 85 runs. Exacty what did Schu destroy here? Young is a bust... He's a liability as a starter. Always has been.

Snyder - Career .236 average. Hit a career high .277 in '06 after playing in only 61 games. In the 3 seasons where he's has over 300 AB's, his high is a .252 average in 2007. Again, exactly what did Schu destroy here??

Tracy - first 3 seasons went: .285, .308 and .281. Gets hurt in '07 and has never been the same... How in the world is this Schu's fault. Why did Tracy hit so well under Schu prior to his injury??

What about Upton? He seems to be listening well to Schu? Reynolds? Felipe Lopez? Ojeda?

 

[Ryanwb]

What about Upton? He seems to be listening well to Schu? Reynolds? Felipe Lopez? Ojeda?

Reynolds set a major league record for most strikeouts in a single season last year, Upton would have been right behind him if he hadn't been injured. Add in Adam Dunn and the D'backs would have been 1-2-3 in strikeouts for the season. Felipe Lopez has only been with the club for 30 games. How about Byrnes and Chris Young not hitting over .235 for the past 2 seasons.

Come on, let's not pick and choose your source of argument here. This team is dead last in hitting

 

[Dback Jon]

Harley, Melvin and Schu are getting screwed in this deal. To answer your question, Schu became the hitting coach in 2003. So, here are the stats:

As usual, you are wrong....

Schu did not become hitting coach until July of 2007.

How is Melvin getting screwed? He is the one that has screwed up these players, IMO

 

[82CardsGrad]

Reynolds set a major league record for most strikeouts in a single season last year. Felipe Lopez has only been with the club for 30 games. How about Byrnes and Chris Young not hitting over .235 for the past 2 seasons.

Come on, let's not pick and choose your source of argument here. This team is dead last in hitting

Yup... and my point is that the players suck, not the coach. Reynolds has issues with K's for sure. But he's showing signs of "getting it" and improving this year. Byrnes and Young not hitting over .235 the past two seasons just further makes my point... They SUCK! Byrnes is a career .259 hitter! And, he also got hurt and has never been anything close to what he was, which was nothing to begin with!
Young? 3 full season in MLB have produced .243, .237 and .248!

 

[82CardsGrad]

Harley, Melvin and Schu are getting screwed in this deal. To answer your question, Schu became the hitting coach in 2003. So, here are the stats:

As usual, you are wrong....

Schu did not become hitting coach until July of 2007.

How is Melvin getting screwed? He is the one that has screwed up these players, IMO

Well Jon, then the D'backs own website is wrong:

Bio:Rick Schu joined the D-backs as hitting coach in 2003, after serving as a hitting coach for three of the Diamondbacks' farm clubs.


Coaching Career: Spent five seasons as a coach in the Diamondbacks' organization ... served as hitting coach in 1998 at South Bend (A), followed by three seasons (1999-2001) as hitting coach for the Class A California League ... spent the 2002 season as hitting coach at Class AAA Tucson.


Playing Career: Played 17 seasons in professional baseball, primarily as a third baseman ... made his Major League debut in 1984 with Philadelphia ... also played with Baltimore, California, Detroit and Montreal ... played professionally in Japan in 1993 and 1994 ... owns a career Major League bating average of .246 over 580 games.

 

[Dback Jon]

The Dbacks site is 100% wrong

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Schu

I clearly remember Seitzer getting fired mid-season in 2007. If you don't then you probably weren't following the Dbacks too much then.