Next Manager

[DocHolliday]

No matter who ends up as the next manager, the Red Sox simply cannot spend nearly as long as they spent last off season to come to a decision. Granted, they shouldn't necessarily rush and hire the wrong person. But it is extremely important that they move swiftly and, hopefully, they are are already into the early to middle stages of the process.

I think Pete Abe made a good point in his recent blog post today that as each day passes, the potential pool of managerial and coaching candidates will dwindle as well. Francona, who was hired over the weekend and was introduced today, serves as an example of how swiftly the other teams with current and potential managerial and coaching vacancies may have an advantage with early decisions. Say what you want about how Francona's tenure ended, but for the better part of his time here, he had a strong, talented, and committed coaching staff that played a large role in preparing the players to do their absolute best. Looking back on this season, it is very clear that V and his coaching staff were not committed to the same goal as a group.

When you also consider the multiple player personnel decisions this team faces as well, there simply is no excuse to spend nearly the amount of time spent last year on what turned out to be a terrible decision anyways.

[redsoxfan3]

Tim Wallach is an interesting option that I read about today. I do not really know much about him other than he has some managerial experience with the Dodgers AAA team and has experience as a hitting coach and 3B coach. Does anyone know more about him? He is getting an interview for the Red Sox position next week.