One more bit of Cohen bashing.

[patdog]

In typical Cohen fashion, he's over-tinkered with things again. Last week, for the first time in over a month we get 4 good outings by our starting pitchers. So naturally, he changes up the rotation and brings in someone else to start and the pitching blows up.

 

[121Josey]

Can somebody explain to me why Laster didn't start tonight and is starting Thurs. night?

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Laster is back on w/e rotation? Wow, we really have lost all hope!
As for tonight. Why the hell would you bring in a guy who clearly has control issues in a tie game in the 10th inning, while in a game the boys have battled in and are in a crucial part of the season for any chance of momentum and a turn-around? Ignorance!

 

[8dog]

Im guessing because we needed another arm
On the weekend. When you arent very good you have to takena chance somewhere and we wouls rather take that chance in the midweek than on the weekend.

 

[thekimmer]

This is his 'freebee' season....

In typical Cohen fashion, he's over-tinkered with things again. Last week, for the first time in over a month we get 4 good outings by our starting pitchers. So naturally, he changes up the rotation and brings in someone else to start and the pitching blows up.

He had built up some goodwill in the last few seasons leading us to regionals and esp making it to the CWS finals. He is more than using it all up this season and his hiney will be on fire next season even if we miraculously manage to salvage something out of this season. Next year will be do or die and the do has to be more than getting a 3 seed in somebody else's regional. I really like JC and very much want him to succeed but this crap just aint gonna cut it. This is the same garbage we have witnessed on the hardwood the past 3 seasons. He appears to have lost this team.

 

[msstate7]

He had built up some goodwill in the last few seasons leading us to regionals and esp making it to the CWS finals. He is more than using it all up this season and his hiney will be on fire next season even if we miraculously manage to salvage something out of this season. Next year will be do or die and the do has to be more than getting a 3 seed in somebody else's regional. I really like JC and very much want him to succeed but this crap just aint gonna cut it. This is the same garbage we have witnessed on the hardwood the past 3 seasons. He appears to have lost this team.

Ray just wasn't capable of coaching offense. Cohen intentionally sabotages our baseball offense

 

[57stratdawg]

Yeah, wants to keep Preston on his regularly scheduled Friday night rotation.

 

[thekimmer]

Intentionally?....

Ray just wasn't capable of coaching offense. Cohen intentionally sabotages our baseball offense

Are you implying that he purposefully attempts to keep us from scoring?

 

[121Josey]

Yeah, wants to keep Preston on his regularly scheduled Friday night rotation.

That's funny. He has no other consistency other than putting non-producing players in the line-up but wants to keep a pitcher on a set day of the week, as if he needs a full 7 days rest.

Well, we can see that Coins doesn't build a strategy around a 3-game series - just days of the week.

 

[121Josey]

Are you implying that he purposefully attempts to keep us from scoring?

I was going to write no, but then there's bunting - let's not forget the occasional mistimed hit-n-run.

Maybe the better expression is that he intentionally goes against conventional wisdom in making the line-up and changes. I wished I understood his strategy. Seth Heck is a good place to start.

 

[patdog]

Honestly, it would be a lot easier to explain why he's managing this way if he was intentionally sabotaging the offense.

 

[msstate7]

Are you implying that he purposefully attempts to keep us from scoring?

He intentionally plays for 1 run when our bullpen would have trouble with most juco teams.

 

[engie]

Why do people continue to attribute the pitching stuff to Cohen? I agree that in the end it falls on his head as the head coach -- but Butch is for all intents and purposes the manager of the pitching staff with nearly full control of stuff like this. His level of control is one of the primary reasons we've been able to hold onto him this long.

Cohen's ability to relinquish control of the pitching staff gives me some level of hope that he'll run Mingione, go out and get the best hitting coach in the country, and allow that coach to do his thing, although Cohen would almost assuredly never relinquish full control of the offense...

 

[KurtRambis4]

Because they

don't know what in the world they are talking about, essentially.

 

[patdog]

Yeah. That's crazy. 7 days is really too much rest for a starting pitcher. But I understand why coaches do it.