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ewen21 -> RE: Players and prospects III (6/1/2016 3:56:10 PM)
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ORIGINAL: TJSweens
Affects nothing. As I said TR asking Kelley's input is a far cry from TK hand picking his successor.
Getting back to my statement about him being obsolete, I mean it. Kelly (there is no second "e" in his last name, Sweens) is out of touch with this generation of baseball players. Like Terry Ryan and Ron Gardenhire he has made no effort at all to change.
Wanna know what was the final straw for me?
He was in the booth a couple of years ago going through one of his excruciatingly horrendous broadcasting attempts he said this:
"You have to slow down these Latin guys when you teach them. They go too fast"
That might not be word for word, but it's damn close.
That showed me a few things:
1. It proves that he generalizes a group of players.
2. He is ignorant enough to do that on air.
3. Everything I was suspicious about was indeed correct.
Kelly had his moment. That moment is done.
His way of thinking is obsolete. Baseball is a dynamic game. It has changed BIG TIME. You ought to know this because you have been watching for over 40 years (as have I). The Latin player is HUGE now. The Twins have lagged behind horribly in the way they communicate and deal with Latin players. It is a damn shame because the Twins were on the cutting edge of it in the 60s. If TK thinks Latin players do things too fast (his words so don't tell me I made it up because he said it on the air) then he needs to take a hike. What the hell is that supposed to mean? Maybe TK is too slow. Maybe TKs word wields too much authority in this organization. It sure heck seems that way to me.
Kelly is a freakin dinosaur. He is 65 years old and he might as well be 95. I have a friend that is 69 and he looks and acts a lot younger than TK. He's tech savvy, is active in town politics, plays in a two piece acoustic band. TK should be relegated to the golf cart. Put him in a golf cart and drive him around and let him wave to people. His time is done. Kind of like what Yogi Berra was like with the Yankees the last 25 years of his life.
He did a damn fine job as a manager, but to think this guy is a resource now.........no way. He's done. He refused to keep up with the changes.
I read this discussion between you and Murph at work. I really could care less about if he picked Gardy or not. I do know what I heard on TV a couple of years ago and I was offended by it. I am not a Latino, but I thought it was a stupid generalization. I want guys who represent this organization and have input in the decision making process to be smarter than that.
Sweens, I am sorry. I like you. I think you are a bedrock poster here.
However, on TK, I just cannot agree. He did a brilliant job for many years, but he was done as soon as he retired.
He let go and the Twins should have as well. Instead the guy still has input. I think that is a mistake
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