Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2023 2:09:37 GMT -5
Not exactly eye-opening but it re-enforces what we've said for months. I broke this off from the main off season thread because of the debates we had regarding Rossy.
www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2023/10/06/david-ross-is-keeping-his-job-for-2024-but-the-pressure-will-ratchet-up-even-more/
For his part, Hoyer this week really underscored the part of the job that is less visible to us on the outside, but that we nevertheless know is critically important for the manager:
“Do we have disagreements? Do we have heated conversations? Of course we do. But you will with any manager. They have to make so many different decisions. They have so many different things to weigh. We work hard all the time to give him the right information. And if there are things that we disagree with, or things that we can do better, he’s very open-minded to that. He’s constantly trying to improve ….
“I don’t even know how many people are in a clubhouse on a given day. Let’s call it 50 to 60 people are down here every single day. All those people at some point in that day want or need his time. His mood, his direction, everything about the manager defines what happens in a clubhouse. This game is so up and down all the time.
“To be able to bring a positive energy, a productive energy every single day, to stay on message all the time, to be encouraging to the players and to keep their respect all the time, there’s not a lot of groups of humans more cynical than a group of major-league players. If they sense any weakness, if they sense any part of you is not genuine at all, you can lose that group of players really quickly.”
www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2023/10/06/david-ross-is-keeping-his-job-for-2024-but-the-pressure-will-ratchet-up-even-more/
For his part, Hoyer this week really underscored the part of the job that is less visible to us on the outside, but that we nevertheless know is critically important for the manager:
“Do we have disagreements? Do we have heated conversations? Of course we do. But you will with any manager. They have to make so many different decisions. They have so many different things to weigh. We work hard all the time to give him the right information. And if there are things that we disagree with, or things that we can do better, he’s very open-minded to that. He’s constantly trying to improve ….
“I don’t even know how many people are in a clubhouse on a given day. Let’s call it 50 to 60 people are down here every single day. All those people at some point in that day want or need his time. His mood, his direction, everything about the manager defines what happens in a clubhouse. This game is so up and down all the time.
“To be able to bring a positive energy, a productive energy every single day, to stay on message all the time, to be encouraging to the players and to keep their respect all the time, there’s not a lot of groups of humans more cynical than a group of major-league players. If they sense any weakness, if they sense any part of you is not genuine at all, you can lose that group of players really quickly.”
