When No News is Not Good News

He is going to have two kids playing College baseball for the next several years.  He has missed nearly all their HS games.  Lurking in the back of my mind is whether he might try to work out a deal like Brian Anderson has with the TV side -- Let him miss some time to go watch his kids play.

They have a very capable Bench Coach there that could cover the away time.  

Let him have the time off to watch his kid and recharge the mental side of things as well.

Until they can put an un-embarrassing offense together the manger won't matter.

He also has two daughters who either are in high school or will be attending high school.

For me, I would be sad if he left, but I would certainly respect that decision.  I took a job where I was allowed to take time off to coach my kids in softball, baseball, or soccer.  Of course, when I was travelling, I would be working between games to keep up on the work, but at least I had that flexibility.  The job also paid enough and had benefits so that made it worth it.

Counsell makes a lot more money than I do.  I'm sure he is set financially, so he doesn't need the job.  However, he can't get back the time with his kids.  My guess is he takes a different job with the organization to keep his foot in the door.  I saw him frequently at soccer events before he was a manager after he retired from baseball.  I truly believe his family is very important to him.

To echo other comments -- the higher-ups in the organization aren't helping him out.

Counsell has had a pitching staff that those other managers could only dream of.  That doesn't make him a better manager. 

2 hours ago, Playing Catch said:

Would having a unique contract that allowed him more days off during the season be feasible? Do we think that would be detrimental to the team as a whole? Probably. An organization can't not have the leadership on site as much as possible.

No & yes.

If he gives up his post I also think he'll take another job within the organization. And unless his replacement is a home run hire it'll be more a leave of absence than anything.

I really don't believe CC is returning to this team  just a hunch

3 hours ago, brewmann04 said:

I really don't believe CC is returning to this team  just a hunch

His comments have always hinted at "I won't be around for a rebuild".

Well, this team is embarrassing...not winning it this year and the outlook after this year is really pathetic in the short term. Counsell is gone, for sure. I don't think it is that much of a loss and it honestly won't matter for the foreseeable future as we try to rebuild. 

Matt Arnold should get fired at the end of the year to leave with him.

2 hours ago, MrTPlush said:

His comments have always hinted at "I won't be around for a rebuild".

Well, this team is embarrassing...not winning it this year and the outlook after this year is really pathetic in the short term. Counsell is gone, for sure. I don't think it is that much of a loss and it honestly won't matter for the foreseeable future as we try to rebuild. 

Matt Arnold should get fired at the end of the year to leave with him.

Does Arnold's run out at the end of year? I thought I read somewhere that Stearns and him had with the contract ending in 23.  Or do we not know really the details of Arnolds contract?

20 hours ago, BlightyBrew said:

Does Arnold's run out at the end of year? I thought I read somewhere that Stearns and him had with the contract ending in 23.  Or do we not know really the details of Arnolds contract?

I wouldn’t be surprised if their contracts were identical year wise. It doesn’t matter either way. They can fire him if it is past 2023 if they wanted to move on.

3 hours ago, MrTPlush said:

I wouldn’t be surprised if their contracts were identical year wise. It doesn’t matter either way. They can fire him if it is past 2023 if they wanted to move on.

Agreed.  I know anyone can be canned just wasn't sure what the actual contract duration was.