ITS NOT YOUR FAULT MIKE

IS MIKE SCIOSCIA THE RIGHT MANAGER FOR THE ANGELS MOVING FORWARD?

Entering his 13th season managing in the same clubhouse.

The average tenure for managers in today's Major League Baseball is less then 3.75 seasons. He has been with the Angels 10 more years than expected according to the data. It's my belief no manager should be with the same team more then 10 seasons total now of days. It is just my opinion as a manager your message grows old on the players. You can only give so many different kind of speeches. Players become too comfortable with you and that can become and usually does become a problem.

Have we given MIKE SCIOSCIA to much credit for the Angels success? I wouldn't go that far. I am actually in the camp that he is one of the best manager in baseball and has always been TONY LARUSSA's equal. So I have nothing against the guy, I just see the writing on the wall. While an Angels fan, I am not blinded by what has actually been going on the past few seasons.

YES I AM AWARE THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THE PITCHING THIS SEASON. THE THING IS IT DOESN'T MATTER. LET'S CONTINUE SHALL WE...

Mike Scioscia's best asset as a manager just may be his ability to surround himself with premier baseball minds. While certainly not a fault, it has become a problem as coaches have come and gone. Is it a coincidence that the season Ron Roenicke left was the Angels last season in the playoffs?
Mike Scioscia's coaching staff in 2002 when he won the World Series had 3 soon to be managers all considered top tier. BUD BLACK. JOE MADDON, RON ROENICKE. and since then Scioscia has been considered a great manager. Scioscia hasn't taken the Angels to playoff's without at least one of these guys just sayin.

The Angels 2002's team roster had no stars on it. Not one unless you want to count the. 250 hitting TROY GLAUS. Compare that to the 2012 roster and it is a completely different type of team. We will get back to that in a second.

Scioscia has built his success managing a National League style. He basically brought small ball to the American League. Hitting and Running. Stealing. Bunting. blah blah. That was his calling card.
This seasons roster was not built for small ball. The team is no longer suited for that style of managing. Today's team is a high salary, high powered offense. While the Angels offense doesn't seem to be a problem if you look at the raw offensive numbers since they rank highly in runs scored but if you break it down game by game you start getting into a lot of games the offense didn't do anything.
Is Scioscia not comfortable managing a roster of star players? Or maybe I never gave JOE TORRE enough credit enough for how difficult it actually is.

The constant line up changes and splitting the playing time of the outfield all while putting guys in different positions every night is amateur hour. First month of the season fine but not the whole season. That should be going on down in Salt Lake not a team that was one of the favorites to win the World Series. Rotating guys in and out like a Little League All-Star coach is ridiculousness.

A roster full of power bats need to have a more consistent feel. You never saw the Yankees dynasty teams having the amount of drastic lineup changes on a night to night basis the way you see Scioscia changing it up.

Bottom line evaluating this season...
Mike Scioscia was handed the best hitter ALBERT PUJOLS in baseball before the season started. He was also given the best pitcher CJ WILSON available in the off season and the best rookie MIKE TROUT season in the history of baseball. Out of nowhere they get a dominant closer ERNESTO FRIERI while giving up nothing. Then at the deadline the Angels get the best available arm ZACK GREINKE. The Angels could have the MVP and Cy Young (although unlikely since he missed some starts.)

If a manager is given all that and can't make place in the top 5 teams in the American League then it's time to go. His fault or not Ask TERRY FRANCONA how it works, he has 2 World Series and by the way he won them a lot more recent and he was let go because his team had one bad month. Mike Scioscia hasn't taken the Angels to the playoff's for let's face it, way to long.

I think Terry Francona would be a perfect fit. The roster is similar to what he worked with in Boston. He also has already worked with GM JERRY DIPOTO. Francona has a track record of leading superstar driven teams. It would be perfect match for Scioscia to go take the Boston job as Bobby Valentine looks to not be coming back. Makes sense for both teams.