When Lou was here he realized that the ownership were morons and not commited to winning, and said as much in the papers, that's what got him caned.
During the coaching interviews the owners said they wanted a guy who new how to use computers and was a coach of the future, a coach who used spread sheets to track tendency's, a coach who would use raw data to predict were to place his outfielders, hence last years defence of the Red Sox's big PAPY. every body switched to right field including the short stop in short right field....
The Rays have a coach with no feel for the game, they have a computer who tells them who to pitch and how many pitches they can throw, who to place in the line up, etc.
Maddon was hired to be fired.
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