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Sometimes, giving players "free reign" (for lack of a better term) to just play ball without worrying about repercussions, etc. is what a team needs

The differance is that team was full of veterans and they made a trade to get that missing piece along the way. This team has too many guys like Braun who have shown they are not ready to just play. I'd sure hate to see a laid back approach with someone who already shows he's not capable of functional plate discipline. I do think the validity of it would be if doug felt Ned's message was being tuned out by the years he spent sort of nurturing the same players he now has to kick in the butt so to speak. I think one of the hardest things a mananger has to do is to change his apporach with the same players as they develope, teamwise, from getting their feet wet to expected to produce. If at some point that transition isn't takin gplace then maybe a switch would be usefull. It's far from that yet though.

I got a little snippy on that post Robideaux didn't mean anything by it. Mostly due to how sick I am of always hearing that one incident brought up over and over agian. Sorry if it came of a little more harsh than it should have.

forgive my ignorance...FTJ?

The poster Fatter that Joey. He's one of my favorite posters who I generally disagree with but seem to get along with well.

It's a strong, tangible example, and "just one game"? -- the division ended up being decided by only two games.

While this is true there are hundreds of moments that cost one game throughout the year yet each one individually does not seem to get brought up in the same proportion as his mistake on that day. Had each batter taken a better approach at the plate once it would have meant more than that one game. If each player made one less error that would have been a much larger differance than all Yost decisions combined. Melvin making a better move during the season than Linebrink, who came to the Brewers overworked and already faultering in a very pitcher freindly park, would have had more of an impact. Quite frankly the players are the ones who never seemed to make any move Ned made look good. Sometimes the players should be expected to bail out the manager not always the other way around. Last year I didn't see the players do mcuh to make Ned's job easier. It's a lot easier to look stupid if you rplayers never make you look smart.