Did a little research tonight. Coming into this season, Ned had managed in the bigs for 10 seasons. One would think he'd done something right to have that kind of tenure.
In 6 seasons with Milwaukee, he had two winning seasons, although he was fired in the last with his club in the hunt for the playoffs in mid-September. (David Glass: HELLO?? Why fire a guy who has you in contention? RED FLAG?). Had they lost their remaining games, the Brew Crew would still have finished above .500, so Ned gets creds for a winning season.
Before 2014, Ned had managed the KCR's most of five seasons so far, 2014 included. He took over for Trey early in 2010 and went 55-72 the rest of the way. He had a winning season in 2013 (his only winner with the Royals) and is a game under .500 this season.
When Dayton (another problem) brought George Brett back last season as a hitting coach, he also said he brought him back to "rescue us mentally" (per Mellinger recently in The Star). That should have been Ned's job...and the players praised George not only for teaching his approach to hitting, but also for the fact that he brought a winner's and champion's attitude into the dugout and clubhouse. (Implication: Ned did neither).
Ned seems like a nice guy. But, this team needs something more than Ned Yost.
