Joe Maddon Coming to Cubs?

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@BNightengale: Terry Ryan, the #Twins GM, is now considering whether to bring in Rick Renteria for an interview for their managerial opening.

Like I said , he may land on his feet quickly because of how well he did...

If I were the Twins I would absolutely interview Renteria. He did what he was asked to do and showed some real potential and the Twins can't afford the Maddon type managers.
 

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Ultimately, a managers job is to win a Championship. Any year when that does not happen you are open to being fired.

Ultimately, Theo's job is to do whatever he can to put the best team on the field, even if it hurts some feelings or steps on some throats.

It is cliche to say this is the business, but this is the business.
 

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Theo's Statement:
Today we made the difficult decision to replace Rick Renteria as manager of the Chicago Cubs. On behalf of Tom Ricketts and Jed Hoyer, I thank Rick for his dedication and commitment, and for making the Cubs a better organization.

Rick’s sterling reputation should only be enhanced by his season as Cubs manager. We challenged Rick to create an environment in which our young players could develop and thrive at the big league level, and he succeeded. Working with the youngest team in the league and an imperfect roster, Rick had the club playing hard and improving throughout the season. His passion, character, optimism and work ethic showed up every single day.

Rick deserved to come back for another season as Cubs manager, and we said as much when we announced that he would be returning in 2015. We met with Rick two weeks ago for a long end-of-season evaluation and discussed plans for next season. We praised Rick to the media and to our season ticket holders. These actions were made in good faith.

Last Thursday, we learned that Joe Maddon – who may be as well suited as anyone in the industry to manage the challenges that lie ahead of us – had become a free agent. We confirmed the news with Major League Baseball, and it became public knowledge the next day. We saw it as a unique opportunity and faced a clear dilemma: be loyal to Rick or be loyal to the organization. In this business of trying to win a world championship for the first time in 107 years, the organization has priority over any one individual. We decided to pursue Joe.

While there was no clear playbook for how to handle this type of situation, we knew we had to be transparent with Rick before engaging with Joe. Jed flew to San Diego last Friday and told Rick in person of our intention to talk to Joe about the managerial job. Subsequently, Jed and I provided updates to Rick via telephone and today informed him that we will indeed make a change.

We offered Rick a choice of other positions with the Cubs, but he is of course free to leave the organization and pursue opportunities elsewhere. Armed with the experience of a successful season and all the qualities that made him our choice a year ago, Rick will no doubt make an excellent major league manager when given his next chance.

Rick often said he was the beneficiary of the hard work of others who came before him. Now, in the young players he helped, we reap the benefits of his hard work as we move forward. He deserved better and we wish him nothing but the best.

We have clung to two important ideals during our three years in Chicago. The first is to always be loyal to our mission of building the Cubs into a championship organization that can sustain success. The second is to be transparent with our fans. As painful as the last week was at times, we believe we stayed true to these two ideals in handling a sensitive situation. To our fans: we hope you understand, and we appreciate your continued support of the Cubs.

Perfectly written IMO. Answers all the questions people had about the process and acknowledges Rick in the light he deserves.
 

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This helps make the Cubs that much more enticing to FA, and thus puts the Cubs in a better position to win. However, if this is the Cubs biggest contract of the offseason they aren't winning anything
 

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Provided Price stays healthy, I'd have to assume he becomes a Cub by next off-season.
 

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Twins would be a great fit. Very similar position as the Cubs last year, with a lot of young talent ready to emerge

The Cubs better have a deal signed with Maddon. This would be a failure of monumental proportions if they don't land Maddon
I highly doubt they let RR go without having an agreement in principle with JM.
 

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@JonHeymanCBS: press conference to announce hiring of joe maddon by cubs is planned for monday
 

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I'm fucking stoked. He was always my dream manager for the cubs


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Maddon is on vacation right now. That could be part of it


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Well, I guess I can give away my Tampa Bay Rays gear to the local Goodwill now.
 

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Going back and reading page one of this thread is interesting.
 

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@TheCCO: #Cubs : From the Wire: Cubs Make It Official, Announce Hiring of Joe Maddon bit.ly/1zSal5n #MLB

Press conference 2 PM Monday
 

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Here's an article that pretty much sums it up... I'm sure brett will happily ignore it though... :)

"So while it's understandable to feel bad for Renteria on this day -- and, yes, I do -- let's not go overboard. He's overall had a pretty great year, relatively speaking."

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...-rick-renteria-but-lets-not-go-overboard-here
So exactly what I've been saying.about doing what was asked of him. Rick didn't deserve the treatment. Glad the cubs have him a good reference letter.

Onto the Maddon era
 

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Is this manager that much of a difference maker? Or is this just a case of a sane person entering the clown car?
 

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