Is it Buck's fault?

by texnykazrus on Aug 16, 2006 10:56 AM CDT

Listening to the Ticket and Evan Grant just mentioned that there have been blow ups by this team each of the last three years that has hurt the pennant race. Frankie Francisco, Kenny Rogers, and now Padilla. I think this is an indication that the team is wound too tight and that Buck is the problem. I'm joining the fire Buck group.

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This team lacks that team leader in the clubhouse that doesn't take anything and plays his heart on the field. Once we get EY from AAA, we will have that. Buck has no passion, he doesn't try to build good character and a close clubhouse.

Frank Francico didn't cost us anything, if that hurts a team that bad...Thats pretty damn sad. With some teams, that would have made them better and stronger. With our weak squad, we curled up and died...

R.A. Dickey of the Texas Rangers ties a post-1900 Major League record...

by miles on Aug 16, 2006 11:01 AM CDT reply actions

Eric Young

You really over-estimate the value a scrub like Eric Young can have on his team just because of his leadership.

by LoneStarBallUser on Aug 16, 2006 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions

I do believe he just...........

wears them done eventually with all his anal bullshit. (Galloway said he also got that impression from some of the player's, although he doesn't necessarily agree with me that Buck's "on field" screw ups are just as bad) But the JM,Jr. experiment (benching Mench), the Laird/Barajas debacle, the over (last nite, under) mangement of the pitcher's, total control down to calling all the pitches........he's just doesn't let the "player's play".

I'm a firm believer that you set your best 9 guys up to "succeed", set your pitching staff the same way and let them "go play" ala Johnny Oates (Leyland, LaRussa, etc.).....obviously, with injuries and absolutely poor performance, changes will be inevitable, but monkeying around with the line-up on a night in, night out basis hardly ever works over 162 games.......and it shows up in the players performance. As posted here before, the Rangers have far too much talent to be 6 1/2 out in this division.

by tklawless on Aug 16, 2006 11:11 AM CDT reply actions

absolutely correct

look what has happened in his other jobs... he puts together good teams, but is so over-bearing that they can't compete adequately... as soon as Buck leaves a team - BLAMMO - World Series... it happened to the Yanks and the D-Backs... and both of those stints were four years... Buck is in his fourth year here and the team has quality, but they have been so brow-beaten that they can't play baseball... they are merely players in a video game controlled by Showalter...

/rant

Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.

by WhipSmart on Aug 16, 2006 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions