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Originally Posted by eriqjaffe
Very true. The highs were very great, but he made the lows all the more unbearable.
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yes the highs were great, but i believe without him even what you call a bad season would have been worse. We were always competitive with him minus 2 seasons. Even this year we were competitive until the last 3 weeks. Last year Ozzie tried his rotating DH idea and it did not succeed. This year Kenny tried Adam Dunn and failed miserably. There is not a doubt in my mind that had Dunn had even half of his normal success we would have made it to October this year. Had he had the season I had predicted him to have we would have been contenders for Ozzie's 2nd ring. Ozzie got a lot out of his players. They have been perennially one of the worst defensive teams, yet are still always in the think of the race. While I don't believe Ozzie was entitled to more money, and it's a managers job to manage with job unsecurity, I do believe he should have stayed and finished next year and would have been rewarded properly had they won the division in 2012. Will be interesting to see what happens with Buehrle and to see if Rios and Dunn can rebound. Ozzie's leaving has to do more with Kenny fielding a bad team more then Ozzie mismanaging it.