MoTY x 3 Murph did it again

[Jim French Stepstool]

4 hours ago, markedman5 said:

Counsell got a 2nd place vote…….🤔

 

In Wisconsin sports history, Vince Lombardi was probably the most quoted manager/coach of all time. But for pure color, for entertainment value, I think Murphy is climbing to the level of guys like Al McGuire and, to a little lesser extent Bo Ryan. Great at his job, and pretty damned hilarious when he wants to be.

We're lucky.

[craigharmann]

10 hours ago, dlk9s said:

Media expectations will finally be high for the Brewers next year, so I don't think four in a row is going to happen. Maybe if the Brewers win 116.

116-0 (if they play that many games)? I can get behind it. 

[SeaBass]

Are we seriously complaining that Murph wasn't a unanimous 1st place vote getter? He ran away with the award, maybe just be happy for the guy.

He also got the most 1st place votes out of all managers, including the AL ballot (Venable had 15 1st place votes) where voters couldn't vote for Murph. Murph is respected guys, it's going to be ok.

[wallus]

Remember this thread before you post something idiotic in the game thread 

[StearnsFTW]

6 hours ago, SeaBass said:

Are we seriously complaining that Murph wasn't a unanimous 1st place vote getter? He ran away with the award, maybe just be happy for the guy.

He also got the most 1st place votes out of all managers, including the AL ballot (Venable had 15 1st place votes) where voters couldn't vote for Murph. Murph is respected guys, it's going to be ok.

Who's complaining?

 

[StearnsFTW]

5 hours ago, wallus said:

Remember this thread before you post something idiotic in the game thread 

Good one.

 

[Zad Fnark]

I laughed at the fact that Counsell got *1* vote.

[Samurai Bucky]

7 hours ago, craigharmann said:

116-0 (if they play that many games)? I can get behind it. 

If they don't, there will be portions of the IGT that will call for the team to move on from Murphy... 😉

[TURBO]

IGT = BAD

Yet, the people who complain about it most always seem to show up to post in them.

I'll never understand why so many on this site rip the IGT threads, yet continue to read them.

If something bothered me that much, and I had the choice to avoid and/or ignore it, that is what I'd do.

Makes no sense.

[SeaBass]

21 hours ago, StearnsFTW said:

Who's complaining?

 

Here are two posts I found that seem to fit like a glove. Since you're asking.

https://brewerfanatic.com/forums/topic/48748-moty-x-3-murph-did-it-again/#findComment-1812825

https://brewerfanatic.com/forums/topic/48748-moty-x-3-murph-did-it-again/#findComment-1812831

[Jim Goulart]

 

[StearnsFTW]

3 hours ago, SeaBass said:

Here are two posts I found that seem to fit like a glove. Since you're asking.

https://brewerfanatic.com/forums/topic/48748-moty-x-3-murph-did-it-again/#findComment-1812825

https://brewerfanatic.com/forums/topic/48748-moty-x-3-murph-did-it-again/#findComment-1812831

Jesus.  That's not complaining.  That's discussing.

I literally said "whatever, a win is win". 

[SeaBass]

9 hours ago, StearnsFTW said:

Jesus.  That's not complaining.  That's discussing.

I literally said "whatever, a win is win". 

You literally suggested voters should be replaced for not voting for Murphy.  I don't know how else to interpret that.

Whatever, you knew when you responded to my post that you had complained because why else would you have cared about what I said? It's ok, you are allowed to have an opinion and so am I.

[StearnsFTW]

On 11/11/2026 at 3:47 PM, TURBO said:

IGT = BAD

Yet, the people who complain about it most always seem to show up to post in them.

I'll never understand why so many on this site rip the IGT threads, yet continue to read them.

If something bothered me that much, and I had the choice to avoid and/or ignore it, that is what I'd do.

Makes no sense.

It's hilarious.   That's the answer.  For me at least. 

 

The whining, the second-guessing at every turn of our manager, the abject negativity when they go down (particularly funny since they are an incredible comeback team).

 

I find it amusing.

[sveumrules]

17 minutes ago, StearnsFTW said:

It's hilarious.   That's the answer.  For me at least. 

 

The whining, the second-guessing at every turn of our manager, the abject negativity when they go down (particularly funny since they are an incredible comeback team).

 

I find it amusing.

Yeah, scrolling the old Derek Johnson thread I noticed a particularly negative poster that I couldn't remember seeing around the board at all since the Brewers won the World Series.

I clicked on their name and their last post was from the August 3rd game thread saying, "Any chance we call up Made and Fischer to play third and DH because something has to change."

There was a post just farther down that very same page from someone else that said, "No way this group can win a 2026 World Series ... not sure this roster - even with a few okay additions today - can win a playoff series."

This was in a game the Brewers lost 4 to 3, it was (gasp) their second loss in a row, and their lead in the division dropped to (double gasp) 5.5 games afterward. They still had the best record in MLB.

Later on there was one that said, "Could throw any average lefty against us in the playoffs and we will be shut down." Never mind that the Brewers had the best record against LH starters in 2025 (29 W - 18 L) and 2026 too (36 W - 14 L).

Of course the Brewers went on to post an MLB best 34 W - 16 L record from August 4th through the end of the season (despite nothing really changing) and then rattled off an 11 W - 2 L postseason with average or much better than average lefties like Morejon, Robbie Ray, Skubal, Snell, and Tanner Scott all taking losses on the way while the four lefties on the Rays WS roster combined for a 7.59 ERA over their 10.2 IP.

Maybe my favorite IGT post of the year (all time?) was the one where I caught a stray for being too positive about the team with the best record in MLB since 2024 (in a thread I hadn't even posted in, during a game where we clinched the Season Series against the Cubs with a comeback win nonetheless).

[Playing Catch]

On 11/11/2026 at 3:47 PM, TURBO said:

IGT = BAD

Yet, the people who complain about it most always seem to show up to post in them.

I'll never understand why so many on this site rip the IGT threads, yet continue to read them.

If something bothered me that much, and I had the choice to avoid and/or ignore it, that is what I'd do.

Makes no sense.

You sound bothered.

Why are the ideas posted in the IGT immune to be commented upon?

It's obvious the IGTs do serve a specific purpose for many (an emotional vent), which is why I typically don't post there. But I watch the games, and sometimes would like to be able to share those thoughts after the game, or before the next one, as well as find out from others their own thoughts on the game, or what they thought about an in-game decision/tactic.

I'm pretty sure that every true-blue fan that has posted something hyperbolic in the IGT about how much they are prepared for the worst, have also posted that they "hope they are wrong".

Well... good news... they were wrong. And that's okay! Turbo, you were wrong about your misgivings about Murph. That's okay. Most of us around here have been wrong from time to time, and I can understand if Murphy isn't your cup of tea.

I've seen lots of comments in the other threads directed toward the positive Pollyannas of the Brewerverse, telling them how lost in fantasyland they are for thinking the Brewers could actually beat the Dodgers and win a World Series.

For every doomposter you are defending in the IGTs, well, there are plenty of optimists in the other threads that have been made to feel naive, silly, or childish, for having hope and belief. Or the empiricists of our bunch that use dirty lying statistics to defend their opinions, and have been made to feel like disciples of darkness. Why should the IGT doomposters get carte blanche from having to defend their posts?

So I guess I'm bothered, and this post makes no sense.

[GreatNWwi]

The IGT answers to any "why the heck are we doing this thing?" for here on forward should be Rengifo and Hamilton.  Both were given way too many opportunities to prove themselves, one failed miserably, one succeeded spectacularly.  You can't be sure of either outcome until you beat the opportunities to death.

I feel this has been the MO of the Brewers for years dating back to the CC teams.