Saturday Morning Poll: Who Should be the Reds Next Pitching Coach?

This is not the thoroughness I’ve come to expect from RR Original Content™

I nominate Jon Coutlangus.

Power has done a nice job…either of them would work for me
however despite his whiney-ness Duncan’s record is not to be overlooked

but I get the impression that if Soto wanted the job he would have had it by now.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/cincinnati-reds/make-a-wish-recipient-gets-to-hang-out-with-votto-reds-328923.html?showComments=true

Just a nice story, sorry the kid had to come to a sot of crappy game though!

Or one of the other “proven” guys. I’d like to see Teddy Power get a shot, and I think he’d do a decent job, but I don’t think he’s got the name most Reds fans are looking for.

I think we’re also underestimating Mr. Perfect as a darkhorse contender. Remember, Tom Browning was going to be the AA pitching coach before his little incident. He’s got plenty of experience working with the pitchers, since he’s around them every year at Spring Training and throughout the season. He’s spent all of last season in the GCL, giving him valuable experience with international players. Is his case worse than Soto’s?

Oh yeah, and Rigo Beltran has done just as well in AA as Power has in AAA. Any chance he gets any consideration?

#4. Mario Soto – as stated above, he’s happy at home in the D.R. But I suspect he’d be good.

#3. Ted Power – Nice choice – just not as good as the following two choices. Plus, we know he’s good at the AAA job, which does differ a bit from the MLB job.

#2. Dave Duncan – Great choice. But isn’t he’s mostly known for squeezing great work out of marginal veteran players, rather than building great careers from young budding stars?

#1. Leo Mazzone – This would be far and away my favorite choice. Not only has Mazzone proven that he can deal well with veterans, but also has proven he can take young studs and lead them to crafting bountiful – and sometimes HOF – careers. Among his pitchers’ accomplishments with the club are four ERA titles, six Cy Young Awards, and nine twenty game winners.

Wikipedia:

Mazzone has earned a reputation as one of the best pitching coaches in the modern era, having developed and coached perennial all-star pitchers such as Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. Greg Maddux also enjoyed his best seasons under Mazzone. Over the years, a number of pitchers joined the Braves and enjoyed some of their finest seasons under Mazzone only to regress after leaving. Denny Neagle, John Burkett and Jaret Wright are some of the most notable examples.

And let’s not lose sight of the “throwing program” that Leo instituted with the Braves. e IIRC, he has his pitchers throw daily to keep their arms strong, solidify mechanics, and prevent injury.
John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, and Greg Maddux each had 5-YEAR-LONG streaks of not missing a start – following Leo’s program.

Dwell on that a moment, then agree with me. :P

I don’t know if he wants to spend 6 months of his year in Cincinnati, as others have reitterated. But I want somebody know and different and Soto is just that. I’m tired of having St. Louis’s retreds, and who knows if Duncan can replicate his sucess in Cincinnati. I just want something more inovative than Duncan, I want the Reds to do something new.