Lip Man 1
10-02-2003, 01:55 PM
I'm posting this to provide information only not to throw names around...thank you!
Ken Rosenthal was on The Sporting News radio network taking phone calls and talking about the managerial openings so I contacted my friend who is a senior producer there and they were kind enough to put me through.
Peter Brown was the host and I've know Peter a long time, (he had me as a guest on his show the day of the White Flag Trade) so he started off by kidding me about 'do the Sox still play in Chicago?...' I said "not according to Cub fans but the fact is they only won two more games then the Sox this season but that's a different story..." and everybody laughed.
I asked Ken "On Monday at the press conference Ken Williams said the entire coaching staff would be back except for Bruce Kimm, what does that do to the hiring process and does that automatically mean those coaches are back with the major league team?"
Ken answered "That's a great question and I just wrote a column about the whole White Sox situation. You look at the Orioles who retained their whole coaching staff and who did they hire? Mike Hargrove. That situation prevents the Sox from hiring any type of big name. Personally I didn't believe the talk about Tony LaRussa but even if he was interested in the job, do you think he's not going to bring along Dave Duncan? Keeping the coaching staff changes the field and tells me that the Sox are going to go the low budget approach with a manager. Jerry Manuel is still on the payroll and they are not going to pay a lot of money to have two managers."
Peter then asked me, "Mark you've followed this team for a number of years, who do you think the Sox are going to hire?"
I said "Unfortunately I think it's going to be either Cito Gaston or Ozzie Guillen. " Peter went "yeeekkkk....boy I can't wait to see the Orioles play the White Sox, Eddie Murray against Ozzie Guillen."
Ken then said "Cito certainly accomplished some things with the Jays, he won back to back World Series, but the question is 'why hasn't he been able to find another job since then? That bug me. I'm just not sure a guy who's been away from the game that long is a good fit and you're going to put him in Chicago? With the pressure that's now on that franchise?"
Peter then mentioned Mike Hargrove saying "Meanwhile Mike Hargrove has already called the Sox like four times since the job has opened, he's begging for it. " Ken answered, "Mike is a competent manager but he's not dynamic."
So there you have it. For what it's worth.
Lip
Ken Rosenthal was on The Sporting News radio network taking phone calls and talking about the managerial openings so I contacted my friend who is a senior producer there and they were kind enough to put me through.
Peter Brown was the host and I've know Peter a long time, (he had me as a guest on his show the day of the White Flag Trade) so he started off by kidding me about 'do the Sox still play in Chicago?...' I said "not according to Cub fans but the fact is they only won two more games then the Sox this season but that's a different story..." and everybody laughed.
I asked Ken "On Monday at the press conference Ken Williams said the entire coaching staff would be back except for Bruce Kimm, what does that do to the hiring process and does that automatically mean those coaches are back with the major league team?"
Ken answered "That's a great question and I just wrote a column about the whole White Sox situation. You look at the Orioles who retained their whole coaching staff and who did they hire? Mike Hargrove. That situation prevents the Sox from hiring any type of big name. Personally I didn't believe the talk about Tony LaRussa but even if he was interested in the job, do you think he's not going to bring along Dave Duncan? Keeping the coaching staff changes the field and tells me that the Sox are going to go the low budget approach with a manager. Jerry Manuel is still on the payroll and they are not going to pay a lot of money to have two managers."
Peter then asked me, "Mark you've followed this team for a number of years, who do you think the Sox are going to hire?"
I said "Unfortunately I think it's going to be either Cito Gaston or Ozzie Guillen. " Peter went "yeeekkkk....boy I can't wait to see the Orioles play the White Sox, Eddie Murray against Ozzie Guillen."
Ken then said "Cito certainly accomplished some things with the Jays, he won back to back World Series, but the question is 'why hasn't he been able to find another job since then? That bug me. I'm just not sure a guy who's been away from the game that long is a good fit and you're going to put him in Chicago? With the pressure that's now on that franchise?"
Peter then mentioned Mike Hargrove saying "Meanwhile Mike Hargrove has already called the Sox like four times since the job has opened, he's begging for it. " Ken answered, "Mike is a competent manager but he's not dynamic."
So there you have it. For what it's worth.
Lip