Counsell to Cubs

[wiguy94]

1 hour ago, nate82 said:

The Cubs have done this twice now once to Sveum and now to Ross.  

And they also did it to Rick Renteria when they hired Maddon

[BrewerFan]

14 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

I didn’t say the two were the same … I simply said the last time I was this heartbroken as a BREWERS fan was on that day

No, you said the last time you were this disappointed IN A BREWER...inferring you were as disappointed in Moilitor as you were today. 

This statement I agree with though. This is a punch in the gut. 

[tmwiese55]

3 hours ago, tmwiese55 said:

33% chance?

Just looked, no Cubs manager has made it more than 4 years since Riggleman made it 5 in the late 90s.  Before that it was Durocher in the late 60s

[BrewerFan]

16 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I don't know why anyone is trying to make this more than what it is. Just baseless projection from people who don't like our owner or front office implying this had anything to do with how they run the Brewers. It was made abundantly clear Counsell was out for one thing and one thing only, to reset the manager's market. He was always going wherever the most money was. That ended up being the Cubs not the Mets like most thought it would be. Even the Mets weren't willing to match the Cubs offer.

I'm not seeing a whole lot of people making this about Attanasio or an organizational failure. It's basically the same people who always Sixto and then Brewer888 who said the Mets were going to give Counsell 15M a year and it was a lock he was going there. 

[wiguy94]

4 minutes ago, BrewerFan said:

I'm not seeing a whole lot of people making this about Attanasio or an organizational failure. It's basically the same people who always Sixto and then Brewer888 who said the Mets were going to give Counsell 15M a year and it was a lock he was going there. 

You very clearly did not read this thread. Plenty of comments of people saying this had to do with Counsell not liking how Mark/Arnold run things.

[TURBO]

59 minutes ago, brewers888 said:

 They offered a deal to Counsell that was good but it was to save face knowing he was taking the highest offer.

Just like Sabathia...

[torts]

10 minutes ago, tmwiese55 said:

Just looked, no Cubs manager has made it more than 4 years since Riggleman made it 5 in the late 90s.  Before that it was Durocher in the late 60s

Damn, I'm taking those odds he doesn't make it.  Find me that prop bet and I'll put cash down hard

[StearnsFTW]

1 hour ago, RobertCrawley said:

Not me. Not the guy who complained about the roof. He's not the highest quality on the shelf.

 

Would you take Freddie Freeman at 1b?

 

That was a pretty bad team he had last year.

 

Plus all the drama would be fun.

[markedman5]

Only on BF.net can offering  a guy a contract that would have made him the highest paid manager in baseball be viewed as a sure sign that the owner is a penny pinching Ebenezer Scrooge. ………

Steve Cohen is even laughing at that one.

[edfunderburk]

36 minutes ago, BrewerFan said:

No, you said the last time you were this disappointed IN A BREWER...inferring you were as disappointed in Moilitor as you were today. 

This statement I agree with though. This is a punch in the gut. 

I am disappointed in Counsell 

I am also heartbroken as a fan

[Brewcrew82]

Wow shots fired!

[Frisbee Slider]

Any doubt Counsell wins Manager of the Year award tonight?

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Any doubt Counsell wins Manager of the Year award tonight?

Ouch. 

[Brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Any doubt Counsell wins Manager of the Year award tonight?

You mean tomorrow night?

[torts]

2 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Wow shots fired!

[HarveysWBs]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Wow shots fired!

The fact that this wasn’t just standard operating procedure PR speak is quite eyebrow-raising, to say the least.  Makes it seem Attanasio was as surprised as anyone else.

[Frisbee Slider]

2 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

You mean tomorrow night?

I guess they announce Manager of the Year next week.

[homer]

2 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Wow shots fired!

Translation: He wouldn't take the hometown discount.

[Frisbee Slider]

It’d be pretty easy to say ‘We will always be grateful for Craig’s contributions.’ 

Attanasio is either legitimately surprised or he is coming out strong to paint Counsell as the bad guy to save face.

[Joseph Zarr]

8 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Wow shots fired!

[MVP2110]

Sounds like Counsell didn't give us a chance to match. The more that comes out the more I hate CC

[HarryDoyle]

3 minutes ago, homer said:

Translation: He wouldn't take the hometown discount.

And he didn't want to manage a team who's owner only spends money on over the hill retreads to one year contracts and instead manage a team that will spend big money to put a real championship contender on the field.

[homer]

3 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

And he didn't want to manage a team who's owner only spends money on over the hill retreads to one year contracts and instead manage a team that will spend big money to put a real championship contender on the field.

Wait, you mean the team that traded away every piece from it's World Series title squad?

[markedman5]

 

[HarveysWBs]

Just now, homer said:

Wait, you mean the team that traded away every component from it's World Series title squad?

And flatly refused to leverage its resources for years, ceding the division to hated rivals, including the smallest market and 20th ranked payroll.  Pretty embarrassing, really