Garner, Yost & Randy Ready among 10 to interview in Houston

[JimH5]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-astros-managersearch&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

They dump Coop, and have plenty of ex-Brewers in the hopper. . .still 10 seems like a huge number of guys to interview. You've got to figure they're really focused on just a few.

[yoshii8]

Really, Phil Garner again? I guess one can never get enough scrap iron.

[BrewCrewRising]

Interviewing the manager they just had before Cooper is hilarious to me. I think the Astros should take this to a new level of madness and interview Cooper with those other 10.

[Hate those Rodents]

Yost would make playing Houston a bit more entertaining. We already have a nice rivalry with CHC and STL. Adding some spice to Houston sure would be good for us as far as interest is concerned, I'd think.

[Tbadder]

I'd love to see Randy Ready as manager. Can you imagine him throwing the 3rd base bag while agruing with an ump. I betcha that things goes thirty rows up. It'll be glorious.

[crewcrazy]

Interviewing the manager they just had before Cooper is hilarious to me. I think the Astros should take this to a new level of madness and interview Cooper with those other 10.

 

Nah, Coop will get his interview in a couple years after they fire whoever gets the job this winter. Talk about a mess of an organization.

[TooLiveBrew]

Ready's been managing the Pads' AAA affiliate here in Portland, so I'll be rooting for him too (not for any really good reason, admittedly)

[logan82]

I was going to wait until the Astros actually signed Garner but yeah, if they are not the absolute worst run team in all of MLB they are right up there. They traded some good prospects at the deadline last year when they were in a similar to the Brewers this year. The "go for it" mentality is good from a fan standpoint, but is really dumb from a management standpoint when you trade prospects for MLB talent when you have no realistic shot at the playoffs. Oh yeah, and how's that Carlos Lee deal working out. It isn't like they haven't spent money.

 

I am shocked Cooper lasted as long as he did.

[bball123h]

Nah, Coop will get his interview in a couple years after they fire whoever gets the job this winter. Talk about a mess of an organization.

It's a different regime now too... Wade didn't fire Garner.

 

And on the Wolf trade, I wouldn't call Chad Reineke a top prospect by any means, and he was the only player traded away.

[MarquesJohnson2000]

Drew Olson said on the radio this morning that Garner called the Astros to put in a good word for Bob Melvin and they asked him if he was a candidate. He told them he was interested if they were.

[AJAY]

I hope Ned Yost gets the job with Houston. It would be great to see one of our division rivals hire an incompetent manager who is completely clueless.

[hawing]

I hope Ned Yost gets the job with Houston. It would be great to see one of our division rivals hire an incompetent manager who is completely clueless.

To play devil's advocate, though, what would it say about the Brewers if Ned had success managing elsewhere?

[Oldcity]

I wouldn't worry about that. Earl Weaver wouldn't have success in Houston.

[Fatter than Joey]

I hope Ned Yost gets the job with Houston. It would be great to see one of our division rivals hire an incompetent manager who is completely clueless.

 

I'd love to see Ned hired in Houston -- not only because Ned is a buffoon, but because that team is ran so bizarrely already.

[bklynbrewcrew]

Ned said the Astros were one starting pitcher away from contention. Maybe that pitcher could be one Jeff Suppan. Imagine the joy in Yost managing Suppan with the Astros.

[Oldcity]

We should probably stop talking about this. I'm finding it difficult not to feel giddy at the thought of this, and we're probably just setting ourselves up for disappointment.

[TooLiveBrew]

Ned's just one good interview away!

[Tisko]

A TV station down in Fox is reporting that the Astros have narrowed their candidates down to 4 and Yost is not one of the four.

 

http://www.myfoxhouston.c...21_astros_acta_interview

[patrickgpe]

a little off subject, for the indians and astros coaching search shows the brewers did the right thing about bringing macha back, there just isn't any really solid candidates out there this year. The fact that the finalists are Acta, Mills, Garner, and Clark shows that.

[RockCoCougars]

I have to laugh seeing the name Randy Ready. Ready is a strong candidate for the all time worst Brewer team. He was another hyped product of inflated El Paso and PCL stats who hit about a buck seventy with no power once he got to the majors.

[Gobias Industries]

a little off subject, for the indians and astros coaching search shows the brewers did the right thing about bringing macha back, there just isn't any really solid candidates out there this year. The fact that the finalists are Acta, Mills, Garner, and Clark shows that.

I'd take Acta over Macha any day. He's one of the few managers that understands, and utilizes sabermetrics. He did kind of act loony towards the end of his tenure with the Nats, but that was an all-around horrible situation.

[TooLiveBrew]

I have to laugh seeing the name Randy Ready. Ready is a strong candidate for the all time worst Brewer team. He was another hyped product of inflated El Paso and PCL stats who hit about a buck seventy with no power once he got to the majors.

Ready didn't have much success in his time with the Brewers (fewer than 500 PAs), but went on to finish his MLB career (2,488 PAs) with a line of .259/.359/.387/.746... including a stellar 1987 season for San Diego in which he posted a .943 OPS in a part-time role. He might not have done well with the Brewers, but he certainly went on to prove he belonged in the bigs, if 'only' as a backup.

[Invader3K]

Looks like they've hired Brad Mills as their manager, according to Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. He is the former Red Sox bench coach.

[joepepsi]

Reportedly Acta turned down the job in favor of the Indians. Smart move.