Giants Coaching Staff

by Kid Fresh on Nov 20, 2006 3:09 PM PST

Who would you most like to see added to the Giants coaching staff?

CURRENT COACHING STAFF:

Bench coach Ron Wotus
Pitching coach: Dave Righetti
Bullpen coach: Mark Gardner
Hitting coach: Joe Lefebvre
1B coach: Willie Upshaw
3B coach: Tim Flannery
Bullpen catcher Bill Hayes

Poll

Who would you most like to see added to the Giants coaching staff?

Robby Thompson

20 votes

Dusty Baker

1 votes

Bob Brenley

2 votes

Brett Butler

0 votes

Will Clark

18 votes

Mike Matheney

17 votes

Chris Speier

3 votes

61 votes | Poll has closed

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Re: Giants Coaching Staff

Personally, I would love to see a quasi-"all-of-the-above" situation:

Pitching coach: Dave Righetti
Bullpen coach: Mark Gardner
Bullpen catcher Mike Matheney
Hitting coach: Dusty Baker
1B coach: Will Clark
3B coach: Chris Speier
Bench Coach: Robby Thompson
Manager: Ron Wotus

I voted for Mike Matheney in the poll, not because I realistically think a guy with post-concussion syndrome should be catching in the bullpen, but because I think he could be a future manager.

The Giants need to get some of that Thompson & Clark mojo going within the organization. The orange and black have already lost Ned Colletti, Bob Melvin, Bob Brenley, and Matt Williams to other organizations. Come home, all ye Giants of lore.

Humm Baby!

by Kid Fresh on Nov 20, 2006 3:09 PM PST reply actions

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Butler I still think of as a Dodger.

I'd love to see Will and Thompson as a part of the organization somehow. I don't care what they do. Just have Will sit in the box with McCovey and throw some F-Bombs around every once in a while.

by keithr on Nov 20, 2006 3:18 PM PST up reply actions

The F-ng Willster

You've obviously studied Economics 101 and the concept of Highest and Best Use of an Asset.

by Moggeee on Nov 21, 2006 12:21 AM PST up reply actions

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I'd love for Mike Matheny to join the front office or "staff" in some fashion if his mental acuity improves. I assume that it's the physical exertion that exacerbates the concussion syndromes and not normal activity.

by Brother Bummer on Nov 20, 2006 3:16 PM PST reply actions

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I would love to see Felipe Alou improve Dominican in-roads for the Giants, and scout and sign lots of Latin talent over the next decade.
Felipe drove all of us nuts with the bullpen shenanigans, but perhaps the old man could establish a pipeline of promising young players. Let's face it, the Giants scouting efforts and talent development with position players couldn't get much worse.

Humm Baby!

by Kid Fresh on Nov 20, 2006 3:27 PM PST reply actions

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Would most like to see JT come back into the org teaching guys how to field starting with teaching EME how to play 1B.

by orangeandblackattack on Nov 20, 2006 3:34 PM PST reply actions

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more importantly, let's get rid of Lefebvre, bring in Thrill or dusty to take his place, and dump Rags if we can find a suitable replacement. I'm sick of guys getting worse when they join the Giants. And I know that 9/10ths (OLD) of the (OLD) problem there (OLD) has been our (OLD) personnel (OLD) choi(OLD)ces, but as far as staff every little bit should be helping us, and it hasn't with those two.

"Baseball is life, the rest is just details."

by nick @ McCovey Chronicles on Nov 20, 2006 3:40 PM PST reply actions

Many good coaching ideas mentioned already

Mike Matheny in any capacity. Like the idea of JT as roving fielding coach. Wouldn't mind a new hitting coach, a coach who stresses the value to hitting to ALL fields. Wouldn't mind if Bochy brought his successful pitching coach from SD.

by wilriv21 on Nov 20, 2006 3:42 PM PST reply actions

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Jack Clark for hitting coach!

You're nobody 'til everybody in
this town thinks you're a bastard - Elvis Costello

by EliminateMe on Nov 20, 2006 5:30 PM PST reply actions

Good choice

That man hits everything hard.

Including the pavement.

by Moggeee on Nov 21, 2006 12:22 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Good choice

Wow, since the season ended Moggeee is a hit a minute. Top form, from the bottom up.

I just have one question, though. Hitting like that, do you take many walks? Because I know this team....

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by howtheyscored on Nov 21, 2006 1:52 AM PST up reply actions

Darrell Evans

for astrologer

by dangjackson on Nov 20, 2006 6:18 PM PST reply actions

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My opinion is thus:

I'd love to see any of the following: Will Clark, Robby Thompson, Mike Matheny, or J. T. Snow - and especially Matheny as a team coach of some kind and Snow as a Rover.

I need to see Lefaavvvraay gone, replaced by anybody with a brain.

But I voted for Matheny. Gotta say, I love the guy.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 20, 2006 6:22 PM PST reply actions