Blood Pool

by Brian B on Sep 21, 2007 11:23 PM EDT Comment 23 comments

Okay, here it is. No write-in candidates. Your choices are limited. And as they say, One-line diaries are prohibited on Red Reporter. Give your diary a bit more thought, then give it another shot. If you have nothing to add to your proposed diary, then it probably belongs as a comment under another appropriate thread.

Conduct yourselves accordingly.

Poll

Who do you want to manage the Reds for the next four seasons? Boobs would be an option, except that both of these guys are boobs already:

Tony LaRussa

17 votes

Pete Mackanin

25 votes

42 votes | Poll has closed

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Pete

He is Cheaper

Killer Tucans all the way!!!

by Zach K on Sep 22, 2007 7:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I abstain

and if nominated I will not accept and if elected I will not serve.

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Sep 22, 2007 8:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Althought there are only 2 options offered

I, once again, call for street demonstrations, billboard ads and a 500,000 strong letter campaign from the RR faithful for Red Menace as GM/Field Manager. You want a winning team then you need a tough, young and intelligent manager with people skills = Menace and Man Mountain - the triple M threat.(And if he's not killed first, Zach as assist. bench coach/3rd base coach).

Pete is a little too old and he's not as smart as Menace, although Pete has a good sense of humor and I like him.

LaLoser has absolutely no business being allowed to fuck up the good start we've got going. His whole approach is the antithesis of a confidence building program which is exactly what the Reds need with so many youngsters...not to mention that he is such a dick.

Time for a bigtime Run at the bigtime

by Madville on Sep 22, 2007 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It will be good to have Zach around to scapegoat

So a new GM takes over for a team. He finds that the outgoing GM has left him three envelopes in his office with instructions to open one every time his seat becomes too hot.

Before long the honeymoon period wears off and the fans become antsy. So he opens the first envelope and it says "Blame everything on your predecessor for hamstringing you with bad contracts and neglecting the farm system." He does this and everyone is satisfied.

But the team continues to flounder and eventually the heat returns. So he opens the second envelope. "Blame injuries and players who have underperformed. That will buy you some time." He does this and the fans and media back off.

When team continues to flounder he fears his job is in jeopardy. So he opens the third envelope. Inside it reads, "Prepare three envelopes."

by Red Menace on Sep 22, 2007 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Neend I offer more proof than the

preceding post by Red Menace - I rest my case.

Time for a bigtime Run at the bigtime

by Madville on Sep 22, 2007 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am a great scapegoat

Killer Tucans all the way!!!

by Zach K on Sep 22, 2007 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Grat scapecoat is his he

long lost brother of Buck Scapecoat OF

Time for a bigtime Run at the bigtime

by Madville on Sep 22, 2007 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

mackinackinack

but only if he bats the pitcher 8th....

Nobody listens to Andrew. Wayne... You're Next !

by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 22, 2007 10:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Off topic

I'm not endorsing him to continue managing the Reds, but I do like that Mackanin seems to be a pretty clever dude as far as baseball players/managers go. His postgame quotes are full of wordplay and puns. I'm just saying.

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Sep 22, 2007 11:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But did he come up with Loose Mackanin?

No.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 22, 2007 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Macarina returns indeed

ability to speak reasonably well and his sense of humor and even irony at times is very refreshing. He certainly would be a better choice than Laloser if for no other reason.

Time for a bigtime Run at the bigtime

by Madville on Sep 22, 2007 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

remember what happened

the last time we went with the guy who was folksy and personable?

at least this isnt pittsburgh

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 22, 2007 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You mean Eisenhower ?

I guess he wasn't THAT personable..more so than Bush Jr.

Time for a bigtime Run at the bigtime

by Madville on Sep 22, 2007 6:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

eisenhower was a mensch

that was back in the days when presidents could have ethnic surnames. ahhhhh them days...

at least this isnt pittsburgh

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2007 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and thar's

not'in etnic about Reagan, boyo. Not by a fahr sight.

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2007 10:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

irish is only ethnic

on st. pattys day. the irish had successfully integrated into mainstream america by the middle of the 20th century. the kennedy's saw to that. so reagan's administration doesnt count as "ethnic".

at least this isnt pittsburgh

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2007 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been watching football on Saturdays

The Irish have been getting beaten worse and more regularly than at any point since the 1850's. Don't kid yourself Charlie. Those potato-eating papists are the brogue-speaking blight on our society. Believe me, they're shifty, lazy, and no good at all, or my name isn't "Brendan."

by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2007 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ooooohhhh mercy!

brendan youve besmirched the name of your motherland. as a proud member of the bailey clan, i hereby declare that your guiness priviledges are suspended!

for two days. dont want you getting the shakes and hitting your wife now, do we?

at least this isnt pittsburgh

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2007 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs