Interesting Quote from Leake in Today's Divish Article

Michael K.
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Re: Interesting Quote from Leake in Today's Divish Article

Post by Michael K. » Fri May 31, 2019 2:42 am

IStillLoveTheMs wrote:
Thu May 30, 2019 8:58 pm

Heather Tarr:

584 wins entering the 2019 season, most by any coach in any sport in UW history
Six Women's College World Series trips (2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018)
2010 Pac-12 championship
2010 Pac-12 Coach of the Year
2009 NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year
Four 50-win seasons
163 consecutive weeks ranked in the NFCA Coaches Poll (entering 2019)
24 consecutive weeks ranked in the top ten (entering 2019)
24 All-Americans
Seven Pac-12 Players of the Year (2005 Kristen Rivera- Player, 2009-2010 Danielle Lawrie- Pitcher, 2016 Taran Alvelo- Newcomer, 2011 Jenn Salling- Defensive Player, 2013 Shawna Wright- Defensive Player, 2018 Sis Bates- Defensive Player)
84 All-Pac-12 honorees
92 Pac-12 All-Academic honorees
2009 National Champion
2018 National Runner-Up
12 Super Regionals trips
69-31 postseason record (.690 winning percentage)
Nine-time Regionals host
14 postseason trips

Scott Servais:

3.1 WAR catcher over an 11-year MLB Career for an average of .3 WAR per year making him slightly better than a replacement player
352nd ranked catcher by WAR in MLB history
Career .686 OPS hitter
0 time All Star, Silver Slugger, Gold Glover
14 HBP's in 1994 is the most notable stats led (5th) category of his career
1 Playoff appearance as a coach or player in 1998
.000 Career winning % in the post season as a coach or player
.509 (and dropping) winning % as a manager
Has never led a team to the playoffs as a manager
Has coached 7 All Star Players over 3 seasons (likely 8 through the 4th)
Won a silver medal in the 1987 Pan-Am Games
Won a gold medal in the 1988 Olympics
Led player development during Rangers quality run during the late 2000's <----- hey maybe that's his strength? lets make him that. not the manager.
Assistant GM for Angels for 4 seasons, they made the playoffs once, losing.

I think one has earned the respect to not question their decisions more than the other.
Not arguing that, just saying....sometimes the people that don't criticize are doing so because they know how hard the job is. My belief has long been that SS might not be a good manager, but the players are shitty. I will take not good over shitty.

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