02/20: Coaching Staff Experience
Posted by: Patrick
There was an article in The Journal News about the experience of the Yankees coaching staff (a combined 5,167 games of managerial experience), including some good quotes:
It's funny to be excited about a coaching staff, but with the exception of the Roy White stuff, I'm really happy with the coaching staff. I'm very interested to see how this staff works and what transpires as the season wears on.
Via Brian.
"They say you don't invite the wolf into the henhouse," Pena said. "But Joe isn't afraid of the wolf or anything else. He knows who he is." ...
"I wasn't going to come back until he called me," Bowa said. "The Yankees' organization is special, it's what you think about as a kid. I also knew Joe would be easy to work for." ...
"Damon and Jeter won't need much coaching. They know how to run the bases," Bowa said. "The rest of them will need a stop sign now and then." ...
"I look at it this way: everybody wants to manage because it's the greatest job in baseball," Mazzilli said. "But if you can't manage, being the bench coach of the Yankees is the best job in baseball." ...
"It's great when you have a manager secure enough to want the best people," Cashman said. "He knows that even if somebody wants to take him out, they can't do it."
"I wasn't going to come back until he called me," Bowa said. "The Yankees' organization is special, it's what you think about as a kid. I also knew Joe would be easy to work for." ...
"Damon and Jeter won't need much coaching. They know how to run the bases," Bowa said. "The rest of them will need a stop sign now and then." ...
"I look at it this way: everybody wants to manage because it's the greatest job in baseball," Mazzilli said. "But if you can't manage, being the bench coach of the Yankees is the best job in baseball." ...
"It's great when you have a manager secure enough to want the best people," Cashman said. "He knows that even if somebody wants to take him out, they can't do it."
It's funny to be excited about a coaching staff, but with the exception of the Roy White stuff, I'm really happy with the coaching staff. I'm very interested to see how this staff works and what transpires as the season wears on.
Via Brian.
