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Gutless Astros fire Cecil Cooper

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10105396/Houston-Astros-fire-manager-Cecil-Cooper

 

So, 70-79 gets Cecil Cooper fired. Pretty sure that type of record his first 3 years earned Ron Washington a lifetime contract didn't it?

 

Just more evidence of the dual standard between the clubs.

 

You can bet the good 'ol boy Astros wont be hiring any minority replacement, either. I think Obama should investigate.

 

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I have no idea if you are happy, sad or indifferent

And why do you never comment on, oh, I don’t know, the Rangers? Last time you ventured out of your cave your 50 or so comments all pertained to the Cowboys.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Sep 21, 2009 5:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Its simple really

McLane is angry with Obama for all of the uber-liberal bills that he and uber-liberal Congress have created.

Obama’s black … Cooper’s black.

McLane fired Cooper.

So naturally, it’s Obama’s fault that Cooper lost his job and therefore Obama is not creating jobs as he promised during the campaign and should be impeached.

Shark-logic

by robert_d_wilfong on Sep 21, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really?

I don’t think Sharky could connect two points let alone four.

I’ve figure out 5 concerns in this post:
1) Wash has had some crappy records as a manager. He should not have a gotten a longer term contract.
2) Houston was wrong for firing Cooper. Should have kept the crappy manager.
3) Rangers were right for extending Wash – someone thinks Sharks is crappy?
4) Astros hate black people.
5) Obama should investigate the Astros for hating black people. But Sharky hates Obama. I’m super confused.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Sep 21, 2009 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dont see whats so hard to understand

The Astros hired a incompetent manager, and they fire him after less than two poor seasons.

The Rangers do the same, and after 2 terrible seasons, they basically give him a lifetime contract.

Since he actually won a little ths year, I doubt we’ll get rid of him for another decade.

But if it was the Astros, a terrible manager like Wash wouldn’t last a week.

And gee, you guys are really too stupid to make the connection that liberals like affirmative action?

I just wish the Astros should be forced to suffer under a horrible manager some more, instead of keeping him forever like the Rangers.

I predicted that the Astros wouldn’t keep Cooper, and of course I was right yet again.

by Sharky on Sep 22, 2009 8:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wash

Got his extension picked up- that’s hardly a “lifetime contract.” Especially since he’s only signed through the end of this season.

And FWIW, both Drayton McLane and Tom Hicks are Republicans. So I guess Republicans like affirmative action too?

"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."

- Wails

by RCCook on Sep 22, 2009 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope - still don't understand

Astros fired an incompetent manager. That’s good, right? But you call then gutless, which implies they did something bad.

Maybe what you’re saying is that the Astros were gutless because they didn’t stick by him like the Rangers with Wash, which makes the Rangers the good guys and the Astros bad. But you also imply that the Rangers shouldn’t have extended Wash.

I’m going to go find an old Miles diary to reread and clear my head.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Sep 22, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

washington was w/n a nanosecond of being fired on at least one occasion w/n the first two years

at the start of last season i am incredibly surprised he didn’t get the ax

defeatist pussy lives here

by sam in so cal on Sep 23, 2009 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sharky can't comment on the Rangers...

because he knows nothing about them.

Wait a minute, why doesn’t that stop him from trying to talk about the Cowboys or politics?

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Sep 21, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh

And yet the offensive coordinator theory has always been right.

by Sharky on Sep 22, 2009 8:27 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What a strange post

Why are the Astros gutless for firing Cooper? Why won’t they hire another minority candidate? What does Obama have to do with anything?

The Astros have been in contention a few times over last decade, so I guess there should be a double-standard between the two. But I’m still not clear as to what double standard you’re referring. I need answers.

That's why they call them business sox

by egriffey on Sep 21, 2009 6:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Because if Bush or McCain was president

then the Astros wouldn’t have fired their manager

Must kill Moe. Weeeeeeeee

by Baseball North on Sep 21, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope

Obama doesn’t support discrimination against whites or anything..of course not..his whole support of affirmative action..he was really just kidding about that. Baseball North has set me straight.

by Sharky on Sep 22, 2009 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok

How much do you want to bet me the Astros wont hire another minority manager to replace Cooper?

They wont because unlike the Rangers, they like winning.

This is 100% lock. It’s inarguable. They will not do it.

by Sharky on Sep 22, 2009 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

WTF?

Sharky, are you trying to get banned with racist horseshit like this?

"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."

- Wails

by RCCook on Sep 22, 2009 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sharky = Doucher

"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)

Hello Win Column!!!

by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 22, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And wait a minute

The Rangers should accept crappy managing because “they haven’t been in contention the last decade”, while the Astros have?

WHAT THE FUCK?

by Sharky on Sep 22, 2009 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy hell

I rec’d this just because Erstad was in there. Then I see Kata. That’s some serious suckage.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Sep 21, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that got a laugh out of me

wreck

After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL

by hinduplaya on Sep 21, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Certified Shit Show.

"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris

by Chase Irwin on Sep 21, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Amazing find...

Laughed out loud.

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks

by hightowersmith on Sep 22, 2009 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Deserves a look

in my opinion.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Sep 21, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Astros are

where the Rangers were a few years ago. A bunch of ill fitting overpaid vets with no chance to win. Too bad I don’t think Drayton will let them have a youth movement, and even if they did, I doubt Ed Wade is the man to pull it off.

"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland

by DJCahill on Sep 22, 2009 7:50 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, the difference is that McLane would never allow a move like the Teixeira trade

"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT

by WestTxAg06 on Sep 22, 2009 8:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Meh

I’d rather still have Teixeira than whatever loser scrubs we got for him, that helped us lose again this year.

by Sharky on Sep 22, 2009 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

are you trying to set the record

for highest density of asinine opinions in a single thread?

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Sep 22, 2009 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh...

an actual post about the Rangers from Sharky.

What a great opinion.

Let’s hope this is the last one.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Sep 22, 2009 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You should post analysis like this more often

I’m always looking for entertainment.

"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT

by WestTxAg06 on Sep 22, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You need to post more about the Rangers

your opinions are hilarious.

"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland

by DJCahill on Sep 22, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have to admit, I hope the Astros hire Rudy Jaramillo just to see if Sharky’s head explodes or he goes into a comatose stupor.

I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.

by DerekSTheRed on Sep 22, 2009 10:08 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I hope the Astros hire Rudy Jaramillo

just to not have to read articles about how the Rangers clubhouse will revolt if they let Rudy go.

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Sep 22, 2009 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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