Fake-Fat Sunny Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 GW& co never had the guts to put the untested players in and handed the jobs to the undeserving veterans. 175157[/snapback] Lets not go to far with the broad statements and declarations. I'm certainly as a big a critic of GW's work and output as anyone as I was calling for the team to make a change at HC as early as the end of the 2002 season because despite the meteroric improvement in the team's W'L from 3-13 to 8-8 it was clear to me that GW was a great DC but not ready for primetime as an HC. However, with actions ranging from calling for the untested rookie Coy Wire to start at SS even though he had zero experience at this position at any level or organized ball, to the demolition of MW's development by putting the even less experienced Pacillo next to him, GW has a clear record of making assessment mistakes with the undeserving vets which he has had to patch up by his using untested rookies in their place. I fault GW for not developing players approrpriately specifically because he and the team were forced to throw rookies into positions they were not ready for because of some bad vet assessment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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