Bud Black, the new manager of the Rockies, hired Mike Redmond as his bench coach. Redmond is one of many people to have managed the Miami Marlins:
Black said that Redmond “brings a lot of intensity and a strong work ethic; and as a great communicator, he is able to connect well with players.”
I’m not sure that should be the profile of the bench coach. To me, the bench coach should be a great tactician, and complement the manager’s weaknesses. In fact, dealing with the players should be a very minor part of the job. I don’t know how many managers fail on tactics; most fail on managing the personnel. Don Zimmer and Joe Torre made the perfect combination of manager and bench coach. Torre was superb at managing people, but not strategy. Zimmer was superb at strategy, but not managing people. They complemented each other perfectly. We’ll see if Black and Redmond can pull that off.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2fnBkhh
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