Angels hire Ron Washington for Manager Gig

GPB take and it’s late.

Washington was a winning manager. His winning team had no choice but to relieve him of his duties due to very poor personal decisions.

Prior to his managing career he was a high rated coach by players.

When his career resumed, he was once again a sought-after coach.

Is age important? Yes, it should be, but older managers have been in vogue in recent history.

Does salary that he will work for enter into the equation? Damn right it does.

George Steinbrenner proved something in the late ’70s and early 80’s, with the right and strong roster it does not matter who the manager is if he is respected. The Angels do not have the right roster to be winners, so it comes down to what Washington can do to help the players.

I do not believe that there is anyone who can make the Angels winners except the Angels themselves. There is no GM that can turn this team around in just one season. As long as Arte refused to trade Shohei and start a rebuild shows he is not interested in providing a winner anytime soon. DD (Downing Dude) was right when he posted that the only thing that all of us here at CtPG can all agree on is that Arte should sell.

In truth, who would be willing to come and manage this team other than has been old retreads. Sure, we all had opinions on who we would have liked to see as manager, but we got a new manager now, who will be easily replaced at All Star break in ’25.

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