DanTown
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John Mallee is out as hitting coach. Gary Jones out as 3rd base coach. Cubs have cleaned house
https://twitter.com/ESPNChiCubs/status/923599312017412096
John Mallee is out as hitting coach. Gary Jones out as 3rd base coach. Cubs have cleaned house
Coaches always get blamed for player failures. That said, I am sure John will land on his feet somewhere. He's pretty big into the Zepp hitting device.
Mallee oversees the 3rd, 1st, 2nd ranked offenses in the NL 2015-2017, gets canned for "player failures." What a business. I guess you could hang the lack of development by Baez/Russell/Schwarber on him, but it's hard to tell whether that's coaching or just skill ceiling. I guess we know what the brass think.
Mallee oversees the 3rd, 1st, 2nd ranked offenses in the NL 2015-2017, gets canned for "player failures." What a business. I guess you could hang the lack of development by Baez/Russell/Schwarber on him, but it's hard to tell whether that's coaching or just skill ceiling. I guess we know what the brass think.
Mallee oversees the 3rd, 1st, 2nd ranked offenses in the NL 2015-2017, gets canned for "player failures." What a business. I guess you could hang the lack of development by Baez/Russell/Schwarber on him, but it's hard to tell whether that's coaching or just skill ceiling. I guess we know what the brass think.
Personally, I don't think any of them hit their ceiling.
Russell is not a .240 hitter. Schwarber is better than a .200 hitter. Teach Baez to go the other way and he's a superstar. OK, that last one is like teaching a fish to walk. But I stand by the first two statements.
So if the team doesn't make the Playoffs this year (2018), is Maddon next?
Kind of telling that Andy Hines, who was credited with much of Schwarber's second half turnaround, is now the assistant hitting coach.
do you even question why he is not THE hitting coach?
Kind of reminds me of the hawks with Q losing a coach over the failures of the team and firing his buddy assistant coach. But Madden got his buddy in Hickey from Tampa so eventually it evens out.