will Ned bring some one new in?

I wonder if the Dodgers would let me telecommute.

BB SO K/9 P/GS WHIP ERA
7 35 10.74 91.8 1.19 3.07

with just 1 HR allowed in 29.1 innings

Where I come from, that would mean he was fired.

Someone had to take the fall for Danys Baez.

CanuckDodger, is your point that maybe Smith does not need to be replaced? Which I think I agree with, but it's hard to tell when you're not in an organization. Then again it seems like everywhere is bloated with middle to top managers doing nothing.

I'm still trying to figure out whether or not Honeycutt is good or not. I'm not sure how you can tell, is Kuo an example of Honeycutt's influence? I can't think of one pitcher that I thought was bad and came here and turned it around, nor can I think of someone I regarded as good and they got worse. Sele was Sele, Danys Baez, Hendrickson, Gio, etc all were about as everyone here expected I think, I had hopes for Tomko and he did eat some innngs for awhile, but he performed in line with his history. But there were times when I thought pitcher's should have gone longer or been yanked sooner... Times when Penny just looked messed up on the mound and was left out there. Something about all that worries me.

Not sure what to make of Honeycutt, either. I'm never sure in general how much hitting and pitching coaches should be blamed or praised for a team's performance in that arena. Since our pitching results were mixed and erratic, was that his fault, or the erratic talents of the pitchers themselves?

And I really have to assume (pray/hope) that Bills isn't trade bait for anyone. Once he gets a little more consistent, he's going to be superb I think. we got a taste of that in the NLDS.

It's still strange that they would let him walk/force him out the door without letting him set up his next job first. Colletti says he might not even replace him. His focus is replacing Collins. So what was the rush?

But my sense is there is not much more to this than meets the eye. Smith had an exclusive pipeline to the top under DePo. He didn't have it anymore under Colletti. See ya.

I do think that a lot has to do with the change in philosophies and that there is no better time to look for a new gig when your last one resulted in a post season appearance. Probably a lot of his duties were duplicative to what Ned does and could be transitioned to Kim Ng.

As far as Terry Collins position, the article noted that they had already interviewed two guys involved with the Dodgers, one being current Jacksonville manager, John Shoemaker so I would think that they will consider guys from inside the Dodgers.

Overall, this is a slow period partly because MLB does not want announcements of new hires until after the World Series and outside of signing or extending players under your control, there is not much you can do until after the World Series.

Interesting that the Padres gave permission to Bochy to interview for that job, you wonder what will happen with their front office and managerial position.

I like him 'cause he's from TN, but you know I'm always Dodgers first. I was just trying to figure out what worries me about the future of Dodgers pitching and how you decided whether or not Honeycutt is doing a good job. Like someone else says, I'm not sure how you tell weather a pitching (or hitting) coach is helping or hurting.

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