Read: Willie vs. Rest of NL
In an article for 
, Michael Salfino takes a closer look at how Willie Randolph compares to other managers in the National League.
…i have read this article twice…i still don’t know if salfino thinks randolph did a good job or not…maybe you can figure it out…
…you know my opinion on this…i do not believe willie is perfect, not by a long shot…i think he has several flaws, many of which came back to bite him at the end of last season…the thing is, i don’t know that a baseball manager even needs to be perfect in order to be successful…
…i still believe the manager is among the most overrated people in any organization…from what i can tell, the success and failure of the overall club has far, far more to do with who is on the roster and how those players execute than it does with any one call by the manager…to me, willie’s job is more about managing expectations; player personalities and the media, than it is about on-field x’s and o’s…
…as i have said before, there is so much we are not aware of…closed door meetings…who is banged up…who is isn’t…who is and is not saying so…etc…that it is difficult to fully judge the day-by-day job of a baseball manager, which is why i prefer to reserve judgment until the season is over…
…that said, willie is on thinner ice than he was at the start of last season…because, in the end, he’s job is to win and he’ll be the first to tell us that…and so, be it because of x’s and o’s, or not, if the team does not win and make the playoffs this season i suspect it’s going to be a stressful October for randolph…
