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Bring Back Buck?

Yes

16 votes

No

5 votes

Benjamin Grimm Sep 22 2023 10:54 AM

Let's keep this simple. No caveats. Should the Mets let Buck Showalter manage the team in 2024, or should they move on to someone else?

metirish Sep 22 2023 10:59 AM Re: Bring Back Buck?

I voted NO

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 22 2023 11:05 AM Re: Bring Back Buck?

I'm a yes. Even though he seemed to do a shitty job this year, I think a new guy would be a distraction. Plus I think Buck can bounce back

metsmarathon Sep 22 2023 11:06 AM Re: Bring Back Buck?

i don't think he was necessarily the problem, but i suspect that he might've been at least part of it. plus, his former teams have a tendency to win immediately/shortly thereafter, so...

TransMonk Sep 22 2023 11:16 AM Re: Bring Back Buck?

Yes. I feel like he is a net-positive known quantity. I'm not interested in cycling through the Callaways and Rojases again.

metirish Sep 22 2023 11:31 AM Re: Bring Back Buck?

Beltran probably lurking

kcmets Sep 22 2023 11:45 AM Re: Bring Back Buck?

I'm fine with Buck for one more year. If the Mets suck at the all-star break in '24 kick his sorry millionaire ass to the curb and bring in Bartolo.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 22 2023 11:47 AM Re: Bring Back Buck?

Gary Carter wants Buck's job.

Fman99 Sep 22 2023 12:20 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

=TransMonk post_id=138022 time=1695402974 user_id=71] Yes. I feel like he is a net-positive known quantity. I'm not interested in cycling through the Callaways and Rojases again.

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Chad ochoseis Sep 22 2023 12:26 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

=kcmets post_id=138024 time=1695404719 user_id=53] I'm fine with Buck for one more year. If the Mets suck at the all-star break in '24 kick his sorry millionaire ass to the curb and bring in Bartolo.

Yeah, Buck has had a fine career. I don't give him the blame for the way 2022 ended, and I'm willing to give him a mulligan for 2023. Eppler, too. Sometimes trying to train a new team every couple of years is worse than sticking with the current team and giving them a shot at improvement.



Bartolo would make an excellent hitting instructor, though.

Centerfield Sep 22 2023 12:39 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

I think there are lots of reasons the 2023 Mets were a mess, and I get pretty far down the list before I reach Buck. And even then it's a maybe. Just speculation. Give him a team with actual pitching and let's see how he does.

Bob Alpacadaca Sep 22 2023 12:42 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

I like Buck and think he's done a great job and would love to have him back. I get that Counsell is going to be a free agent. But I don't know if he really wants to leave Milwaukee. Carter would have been a great manager.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 22 2023 01:20 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

Bob Alpacadaca wrote: Carter would have been a great manager. He'd do a tremendous job of working (i.e., manipulating) the press to win a Manager of the Year award. How do you know?

MFS62 Sep 22 2023 02:24 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

=kcmets post_id=138024 time=1695404719 user_id=53] I'm fine with Buck for one more year. If the Mets suck at the all-star break in '24 kick his sorry millionaire ass to the curb and bring in Bartolo.

I don't know if I could last to the AS break.

His formulaic bullpen usage, his random number generated lineups and siting players after a hot game would have driven me nuts by then.



Later

kcmets Sep 22 2023 02:34 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

=MFS62 post_id=138032 time=1695414259 user_id=60]I don't know if I could last to the AS break. His formulaic bullpen usage, his random number generated lineups and siting players after a hot game would have driven me nuts by then.

Duly noted. Where do you stand on Gary Carter rising from the dead

to dupe the media for manager of the year votes?

MFS62 Sep 22 2023 03:07 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

=kcmets post_id=138033 time=1695414879 user_id=53] =MFS62 post_id=138032 time=1695414259 user_id=60]I don't know if I could last to the AS break. His formulaic bullpen usage, his random number generated lineups and siting players after a hot game would have driven me nuts by then.

Duly noted. Where do you stand on Gary Carter rising from the dead

to dupe the media for manager of the year votes?


As long as there is a camera, Gary would try.

Later

kcmets Sep 22 2023 03:43 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

Right, Camera Carter lol... Gary you went 0 for 4 today with two infield fly outs and two K's swinging. Tell us about it. How does my hair look? We'll get 'em tomorrow.

Marshmallowmilkshake Sep 22 2023 04:08 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

I voted to bring Buck back.

ashie62 Sep 22 2023 05:43 PM Re: Bring Back Buck?

Stearns picks his own guy Buck would be a lame duck without an extension