Cholly for MOY?

by Steve Jeltz on Sep 29, 2008 5:35 PM EDT

Curious to see what people think about the job our manager did over the course of the 162-game grind known as the regular season. While I have certainly disagreed with more than a few of his in-game/tactical decisions this season, I'm generally happy with the job he did this year. The team really seemed to play hard (yet loose) for him and was resilient when it needed to be.

Personally, I would vote him third in the NL behind Pinella and Gonzalez.

Poll

Sure he's folksy, but how much credit does Cholly deserve for the Phillies NL East repeat?

Pencil it in: Charlie Manuel for Manager of the Year!

3 votes

Cholly did a fine job, but Fredi Gonzalez did more with less.

5 votes

Cholly did a fine job, but Sweet Lou presided over a team that went wire to wire.

7 votes

Nothing special here: Cholly's VORM (value over a replacement manager) indicates that he deserves very little credit.

2 votes

Get rid of him! Larry Bowa could have gotten this team to 100 wins.

1 votes

18 votes | Poll has closed

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What, no Jerry Manuel? Why, a month ago he was a shoo-in!

by taco pal on Sep 29, 2008 6:13 PM EDT reply actions

I think I agree with you, but I might give Gonzalez the smallest of nods over Sweet Lou. That said, Manuel did a great job, again, and he’s probably got a better claim on MOY than Howard (who’s far more likely to win, of course) does on MVP.

by dajafi on Sep 29, 2008 6:16 PM EDT reply actions

Cecil Cooper?

The Astros outplayed their pythag by 9 wins!

by WholeCamels on Sep 29, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply actions

Well if that’s the criteria, then I proclaim Sciosia the Manager of the Century! How do you win 100 games when only outscoring your oppoents by 68 runs over 162 games?

by Steve Jeltz on Sep 29, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions