http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/02/23/question-160-does-girardis-personality-matter/ Rick Carpiniello and Sam Borden debate the the hottest topics in sports Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:46:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/02/23/question-160-does-girardis-personality-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-767 sunny615 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:28:43 +0000 http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/?p=635#comment-767 Girardi's management of the press is part of his job description even tho it's probably not in his job description. Comes with the territory and in NY, dealing with the press is a daily if not hourly occurance and some form of relation would be better than the baloney he offered up last year. That actually concerns me less than how he deals with the clubhouse of ego's. This ain't your $300k all-rookie team he could verbally abuse back in Florida. These are I-make-100-times-the-amount-you-do-so-I-don't-need-your-crap veterans, some of whom, played the same time Girardi did. His credibility to them (IMO) is about 1000000 times more important than his credibility to the press. That said, there is some relation between those two because if the media can't trust him, why should the egomanical multimillionaires? Whether or not his "Friends play date" will pay dividends remains to be seen. (The cast of Friends were sent off to Vegas for a weekend to build chemistry before the show even went on the air). He's walking a tightrope and that wreak's of desperation on his part to get this team back where the owner's expect them to be. Personally, I thought he was the wrong choice last year, and I still think he's taking longer to adjust than the owner's or Cashman thought he would. Let's hope he can pull a Coughlin out of his tuckas and get this team to "buy in" to whatever concoction he's selling... cause if they don't, he's going to get booted faster than Bush on inauguration day. Girardi’s management of the press is part of his job description even tho it’s probably not in his job description. Comes with the territory and in NY, dealing with the press is a daily if not hourly occurance and some form of relation would be better than the baloney he offered up last year. That actually concerns me less than how he deals with the clubhouse of ego’s. This ain’t your $300k all-rookie team he could verbally abuse back in Florida. These are I-make-100-times-the-amount-you-do-so-I-don’t-need-your-crap veterans, some of whom, played the same time Girardi did. His credibility to them (IMO) is about 1000000 times more important than his credibility to the press. That said, there is some relation between those two because if the media can’t trust him, why should the egomanical multimillionaires? Whether or not his “Friends play date” will pay dividends remains to be seen. (The cast of Friends were sent off to Vegas for a weekend to build chemistry before the show even went on the air). He’s walking a tightrope and that wreak’s of desperation on his part to get this team back where the owner’s expect them to be. Personally, I thought he was the wrong choice last year, and I still think he’s taking longer to adjust than the owner’s or Cashman thought he would. Let’s hope he can pull a Coughlin out of his tuckas and get this team to “buy in” to whatever concoction he’s selling… cause if they don’t, he’s going to get booted faster than Bush on inauguration day.

]]> http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/02/23/question-160-does-girardis-personality-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-760 gnome Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:27:41 +0000 http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/?p=635#comment-760 another aspect to think about with Girardi was also his handling of injury reports to the media. you think players liked hearing from reporters that they "are fine, just a little winded" when they have injuries that will keep them out of action for a few days. especially near the end of last season that seemed to be a big issue, and i know if its me, i wouldnt want my boss setting expectations one way when he KNOWS differently. another aspect to think about with Girardi was also his handling of injury reports to the media. you think players liked hearing from reporters that they “are fine, just a little winded” when they have injuries that will keep them out of action for a few days. especially near the end of last season that seemed to be a big issue, and i know if its me, i wouldnt want my boss setting expectations one way when he KNOWS differently.

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