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Marlins Fan said 10/24, 02:11 AM
TOPIC: Who should be the next manager of the Miami Marlins?

Told you you wouldn't be interested. Not my fault you clicked anyway.

So, who should it be?

There aren't any solid leads on this job as of yet. All we know for sure is that Ozie's out. (Thank God) Oh, another thing we know for sure is that it won't be Bobby Valentine. (Again, thank God)

So if anybody takes this TD we'll be debating blindly. So I'm going to take a shot in the dark and suggest Brad Ausmus.

Ausmus was a fine defensive MLB catcher with an upstanding reputation in MLB and is already on several teams' radar for some type of coaching position, as evidenced by his recent interview with the Boston Red Sox for their since-filled managerial position. Ausmus is currently a special assistant with the San Diego Padres and has a side gig as the manager of Israel's WBC team.

Even during his playing days he was viewed as a likely future-manager due to his baseball acumen and the fact that he was so highly regarded and liked by his peers.

The Marlins say they want a good motivator with communication/people skills and Ausmus certainly fits the bill.

Your turn.

Marlins Fan said 10/25, 12:27 AM
Thought about countering with "Ausmus may not be Latin but he is Jewish and we're talking about South Florida" but I'm not gonna go there any more than I already have. I will, however, point out that you're minimalizing his experience with the Israeli WBC team. Alomar's experience as an interim manager is probably comparable to Ausmus' experience with Israel so I'd call it a wash.

Anyway, you mention Alomar's ethnicity and speculate that his Hispanic heritage is a plus. Yeah well that's what they thought about Ozzie, too. Until he p[rofessed his undying love for Fidel Castro, AKA Public Enemy Number One. Making assumptions about Alomar's ability to relate to the fans based purely off his heritage is foolish and hasty. It'd be like saying that Ausmus will succeed because he's Jewish...

Miami wants a candidate that their players will want to play for. They want a guy who's relatable/respectable enough to coax the very best out of his players. Ausmus has a strong reputation for being that kind of person.

The Cleveland Indians could've hired Alomar as manager after his interim stint. They elected to go with Francona. That probably says more about Francona, but you never know.

Marlins Fan said 10/25, 10:31 PM
Alright, Argos. You've gone too far. Typical, I guess, but I'm not having it this time.

For one thing, Alomar manager SIX GAMES as interim manager. He was promoted Sept. 27th and managed through Oct. 3rd. In other words, a TOTAL of seven days.

Ausmus has been managing Team Israel since it's inception. He's already got a couple months and a few games under his belt. As I said earlier, their experience levels are SIMILAR. Nod to Ausmus, though, for his time spent as special assistant with San Diego.

Apart from that, everything you said about Team Israel is wrong. Green and Kapler aren't there for kicks; they're COACHES. Ausmus is hoping to recruit Ryan Braun, Ian Kinsler and Kevin Youkilis for the team, according to MLB.com.

And comparing WBC to MLB experience isn't so far off when we're talking about MLB players, and the manager you menioned was only an interim. Not like he has real experience running a team or dealing with personnel moves, or dealing with fan expectations. Alomar was interim for the last SIX games.

The difference with Boston/Farrell is that Farrell came from another team. Cleveland already had Alomar but chose to let him walk.