October 10, 2007
No Mark
The View from the Bleachers states the reasons why Mark Cuban shouldn't own the Cubs.
Posted by David Pinto at
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One thing the article failed to expand upon was the similar coaching styles of Bobby Cox and Joe Torre. Both Torre and Cox are player's coaches who are calm and patient. And they achieve similar results. Cox's braves went to 5 world series in 8 tries and none since, while progressively declining in the playoffs every year. Meanwhile Torre made it to 6 world series in 8 tries and none since, while progressively declining in the playoffs every year. Granted Torre's Yankees had 4 rings (2 coming at the expense of the braves) to 1 for the Braves. Had it not been for Wholer's meltdown in 1996 the parallel may have been even closer.
Bottom line (perhaps I'm stating the obvious), it seems like the fiery, emotional managers produce far more "one hit wonders" while the steady and patient guys give you good short term success and possibly long term complacency
oops. . . that was meant for the previous entry . . .