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OF, with all due respect did you play? I had a fairly incompetent coach in college but he knew enough not to bring in a guy after two consecutive bombings. I get that the Giants are all about building with crappy talent but there are fundamental mistakes being made by all on deck. The last thing that you want young players to have is a sense that losing is ok because they are young. This team doesn’t need a coconut guy with a bad marriage history and a narcissistic bent making mistakes because “It all will work out in the end.”

Willie McCovey led the old Giants kangaroo court. If you made a mental mistake you paid for it and at the end of the year the court’s fines made for a hell of a rap party. It’s ok to lose but for God’s sake the manager just can’t add to the ineptitude.

This is the question I have for OF:  did you watch the games?  A manager (like . . . you know . . . a freaking FOOTBALL coach) has to watch the game and understand what is happening as the game unfolds - you know, appreciate what his eyes are telling him.  Either Kapler doesn't do that, or he is freaking blind, or he refuses to vary from whatever the analytics-based marching orders he has from Farhan, despite what his eyes tell him.

The last few games (and several earlier ones) have been mind-bogglingly stupid.  Little League managers would know NOT to do what Kapler did.  WTF?

And some radio guys captured Kapler's post-game interviews perfectly: even when answering questions from reporters that "I know you have to ask that," the dude conveys (or tries to, anyway) that he is the smartest guy in the room.  Please.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

The real-world test: EVERY corporado I have ever known who signaled the "smartest guy in the room" self-evaluation had two things in common. Their monumental superiority complex and blinders. People who refuse to be smarter tomorrow than they were today FAIL. The Zaidi/Kapler axis is a discouraging portent for Giants fans. These two are co-dependent. Could do some real damage to the franchise until owners conduct an intervention. This one smells bad.

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OF, with all due respect did you play? I had a fairly incompetent coach in college but he knew enough not to bring in a guy after two consecutive bombings. I get that the Giants are all about building with crappy talent but there are fundamental mistakes being made by all on deck. The last thing that you want young players to have is a sense that losing is ok because they are young. This team doesn’t need a coconut guy with a bad marriage history and a narcissistic bent making mistakes because “It all will work out in the end.”

Willie McCovey led the old Giants kangaroo court. If you made a mental mistake you paid for it and at the end of the year the court’s fines made for a hell of a rap party. It’s ok to lose but for God’s sake the manager just can’t add to the ineptitude.

This is the question I have for OF:  did you watch the games?  A manager (like . . . you know . . . a freaking FOOTBALL coach) has to watch the game and understand what is happening as the game unfolds - you know, appreciate what his eyes are telling him.  Either Kapler doesn't do that, or he is freaking blind, or he refuses to vary from whatever the analytics-based marching orders he has from Farhan, despite what his eyes tell him.

The last few games (and several earlier ones) have been mind-bogglingly stupid.  Little League managers would know NOT to do what Kapler did.  WTF?

And some radio guys captured Kapler's post-game interviews perfectly: even when answering questions from reporters that "I know you have to ask that," the dude conveys (or tries to, anyway) that he is the smartest guy in the room.  Please.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

The real-world test: EVERY corporado I have ever known who signaled the "smartest guy in the room" self-evaluation had two things in common. Their monumental superiority complex and blinders. People who refuse to be smarter tomorrow than they were today FAIL. The Zaidi/Kapler axis is a discouraging portent for Giants fans. These two are co-dependent. Could do some real damage to the franchise until owners conduct an intervention. This one smells bad.