eMailbag: White Sox Fan on Manuel
The following e-mail was relayed to me, which is initially written by a White Sox fan to a Mets fan, regarding what Mets fans can expect from Jerry Manuel:
“He’s definitely a laid back type of manager. If the Mets need someone to give them a kick in the ass, he’s not the guy for that. But if they need a calming influence, he’s the man.
He was Manager of the Year once with the Sox, but they got very complacent on him after a few years…he’s not the inspirational type. It got so bad that the Sox went in the complete opposite direction when replacing him with Ozzie Guillen.”
…from what i can gather, manuel has a very good relationship with the players, but i do not think he’s going to be the great disciplinarian, or revolutionary mind, that most Mets fans had hoped would eventually replace Willie Randolph…which is not to say he can’t success, it’s just i do not think he’s cut from the cloth that most fans had been hoping for…
