Maddox hired w/o face-to-face interview
by mattrpav on Nov 3, 2008 10:10 PM CST
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He first spoke with club officials by phone Saturday and accepted the job without a face-to-face meeting.
Per the DMN..
Rangers hired Maddox w/o a face-to-face interview. Not knocking it.. just saying this definitely means it was Nolan's call.
Contract looks pretty good.. two years + option year.. a little over $50k/yr more than what MIL was gonna pay. It will be interesting to see if Wash is really the guy, or if he starts the season on the hot seat.
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I don't care if they talked to him or not
If he gets results that is all that matters. It is kind of suprising though.
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by boomer1 on Nov 3, 2008 10:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm just glad we're doing something
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by iorange555 on Nov 3, 2008 10:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
He must be one hell of an over-the-phone interviewer.
I don’t see the big deal over this. Seems like he was pretty obviously the guy they were targeting all along.
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Rule 5? No…talk to the hand.
by thedirkatron on Nov 3, 2008 10:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm not surprised
to see that level of money. I would have been shocked if he got the 3 years 4 million Adam mentioned earlier. Not that he wouldn’t necessarily have been worth it, I just couldn’t see going that far over the max assistant coach league when, most likely, you didn’t need to.
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by DJCahill on Nov 3, 2008 10:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hey
If it’s good enough for John McCain, it’s good enough for the Texas Rangers!
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by trza on Nov 3, 2008 10:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
heh
JD should have vetted him first.
by RangersOCD on Nov 3, 2008 11:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You couldn't have
just posted this in the existing Maddux thread?
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Nov 3, 2008 11:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Need. More. Maddux. Threads.
"He’s basically told himself unconsciously that he can’t be any good unless he catches 130 games a year. If he played with the baseball smarts of a guy like a David Eckstein, he’d maximize his talent and be an incredible player." - Andy Seiler, Texas Rangers Analyst
by Chase Irwin on Nov 3, 2008 11:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Do you think there's a third Maddux brother?
I bet there is. And I bet he, the third Gumbel brother and Cooper Manning all get together every winter on some island and express their life stories to one another through medium of interpretive dance. I bet it happens. Bet on it.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Rule 5? No…talk to the hand.
by thedirkatron on Nov 3, 2008 11:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i think i read somewhere
cooper was a better player than eli an peyton back in the day?
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by knockoutking on Nov 3, 2008 11:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Supposedly he was a badass wide receiver, but spinal stenosis cut his career short after high school.
As a big, lumbering white guy, It’s hard to imagine he could have been a superstar receiver, though.
by Conjunction on Nov 4, 2008 7:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
joe jurevicius
would like to have a word with you outside sir.
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by ivysafety39 on Nov 4, 2008 7:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
as would ed mccaffrey.
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by ivysafety39 on Nov 4, 2008 7:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
and who could forget
Don Beebe?
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Nov 4, 2008 9:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Don Beebe was neither big (5'11", 185)
nor lumbering (supposedly ran a 4.21 once)
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by SaltyDawg on Nov 4, 2008 12:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
I also believe in aliens, like Joe Buck, for instance.
"He’s basically told himself unconsciously that he can’t be any good unless he catches 130 games a year. If he played with the baseball smarts of a guy like a David Eckstein, he’d maximize his talent and be an incredible player." - Andy Seiler, Texas Rangers Analyst
by Chase Irwin on Nov 4, 2008 12:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So.
My interview was a conference call.
A lot of interviews are like that these days…
No biggie…
"He wants to double the capital gains tax, or almost double it," Huizenga said. "I'd rather give it to charity than to him."
by Longhorn on Nov 3, 2008 11:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but you don't expect
a big interview for the janitor at an Asian Massage Parlor.
"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky
by DJCahill on Nov 4, 2008 5:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
atleast i'm not on welfare and alone
"He wants to double the capital gains tax, or almost double it," Huizenga said. "I'd rather give it to charity than to him."
by Longhorn on Nov 4, 2008 8:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good one
Potts
"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky
by DJCahill on Nov 4, 2008 9:01 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thanks Mr. Marx
"He wants to double the capital gains tax, or almost double it," Huizenga said. "I'd rather give it to charity than to him."
by Longhorn on Nov 4, 2008 9:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Something tells me
someone with the organization had some kind of contact with him prior to Saturday, and I’m not just talking about contact via his agent.
by Brett Perryman on Nov 3, 2008 11:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
maybe...
they accidentally ran across one another in some undisclosed location. By chance of course.
by RangersOCD on Nov 4, 2008 12:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
They probably didn't know who each other were
and just innocently discussed pitching philosophies and thoughts on the Rangers young starters.
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by Gdawg on Nov 4, 2008 12:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
On another Maddux related note, here's something else I found in a Brewers forum:
Maddux seemed to be good with players off the scrap heap who have bounced around or came in from a different organization. He didn’t have a lot of success though with the young guys who came up; whether that is an indication of the true talent of the players who came up or whether it is Maddux’s style that doesn’t work with rookies I don’t know. But I have heard third-hand that Maddux is difficult for young players to work with because he is always tinkering with them and changing their mechanics, even when they are warming up in the bullpen. So maybe with a new wave of young guys starting to arrive they might benefit from a different approach. I guess we’ll see.
Again, it’s not like I got this from a totally reputable source but it would be pretty depressing if this was true.
by LiamP on Nov 4, 2008 12:30 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Gallardo was pretty butt nasty.
Who else did the Brewers really bring up during his tenure there?
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Rule 5? No…talk to the hand.
by thedirkatron on Nov 4, 2008 12:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Manny Parra, Carlos Villanueva.
Villanueva wasn’t a fantastic prospect but IIRC he was a C/C+ level guy according to Sickels.
by LiamP on Nov 4, 2008 12:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And what has become of the young pitchers that Rick Peterson worked with in Oakland?
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by oc on Nov 4, 2008 12:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I consider
Parra and Villanueva to be successes frankly, considering what was thought of them as prospects and how they adjusted to the majors. Something tells me that the guys he’s talking about sucked. We’ll see though. Even before Holland & co. get there he’ll be working with McCarthy, Hurley, Harrison, Hunter, Feldman, Nippert, Mendoza and Rupe, all pretty unestablished.
by Brett Perryman on Nov 4, 2008 1:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just thinking about it
Hendrickson was fairly highly touted, and he didn’t pan out. That’s about it. Sheets is great, as is Gallardo. They also got Doug Davis back on track, along with those relievers mentioned.
by Brett Perryman on Nov 4, 2008 1:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with you on Parra and Villanueva
I was just trying to answer Dirk’s question there.
by LiamP on Nov 4, 2008 9:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Found at Sickel's site
Greg Maddux will probably retire sez Boras. So, if he wants to dabble in coaching would we have an inside track on him? Maybe assign him to Spokane as a pc next June?
And here’s some video of Justin Smoak playing in the AFL. LINK
I toggled the HD off to make it play smoother on my slow-azz computer.
[Insomnia and a migraine is a baaad mix.]
by shroomer on Nov 4, 2008 2:08 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Why not
He is about as good as it gets as far as pitching mechanics are concerned and having him around would be great. Have Nolan give him a little pep talk, have his brother say some kind words about how he’s treated here, and have Hicks write a big fat check to seal the deal.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Nov 4, 2008 9:09 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think
Greg Maddux will be spending a lot of time in the lower minors, whatever he decides to do. Did Orel spend any time in the minors?
by Brett Perryman on Nov 4, 2008 9:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
im happy
they finally money whipped anyone pitching related to come to texas
by kumizi on Nov 4, 2008 4:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wash
is definitely on the hot seat. None of these coaches are his guys. If he starts poorly he is gone and I’m sure Jackie Moore will take over.
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by kentbenfer on Nov 4, 2008 7:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
it's not as if
he’s running for VP or something…
by SteveP on Nov 4, 2008 2:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Atlanta Falcons
They hired Thomas Dimitroff without the benefit of a face-to-face. And so far I don’t think the Falcons or their fans are complaining.
They did conduct a webcam interview with him, however.
by tlt29 on Nov 4, 2008 4:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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