All-Time Blue Jays manager?
| Roy Hartsfield |  0 (0.00%) |
| Bobby Mattick | 0 (0.00%) |
| Bobby Cox | 48 (21.92%) |
| Jimy Williams | 6 (2.74%) |
| Cito Gaston | 141 (64.38%) |
| Tim Johnson | 3 (1.37%) |
| Jim Fregosi | 4 (1.83%) |
| Buck Martinez | 4 (1.83%) |
| Carlos Tosca | 3 (1.37%) |
| John Gibbons | 10 (4.57%) |
219 votes | 7 featured comments
Apologies to former Jay interim skippers Gene Tenace (33-19) and Mel Queen (4-1), but there was only room for 10 candidates to be listed and 12 men have helmed the Jays at some point, so the two interim guys get kicked to the curb, even the one with the .800 career winning percentage!
All I ask is that anyone who votes for Jimy Williams provides an explanation of their reasoning.
I voted Cito. Bobby Cox was fine at developing talent, but not so good at tactics. As it happened, that didn't help the club in 1985 playoffs when they had a real shot.
I voted Cito. Bobby Cox was fine at developing talent, but not so good at tactics. As it happened, that didn't help the club in 1985 playoffs when they had a real shot.
Cito's the best but I can't help but smile (laugh? feel sorry?) for Buck. I got a kick out him jumping up and down, clapping when the team won while players on the bench just looked at him with an expression of "who is this guy?"
I'll never forget Buck going ballistic when Delgado misread an extra-base hit and failed to score from 2nd against Tampa Bay. Everything was roses to that point and it was all downhill from there.
But I have to say that anyone voting for Buck needs to explain themselves as well.
Easily a two man race. To me Cito has to be it with the 2 WS wins and 4 playoff appearances. After 1993 the wheels came off but that was more due to Ash than Cito. Cito may not have liked Olerud's approach but it was Ash who traded Olerud _and cash_ for Robert Person. Cito may have not played Green everyday but it was Ash who resigned Joe Carter & brought in Orlando Merced/Carlos Garcia after saying goodbye to Roberto Alomar. Bringing in Eric Hanson to be a starter. Ugh. The list of mistakes made between the end of '93 and the end of '97 are just too many.
Bobby Cox was very good but boy did he have a hole in his strategy when it came to platooning no matter what. The '85 playoffs showed it strongly and his years in Atlanta didn't help. For all the talk of Cito sitting on his hands and doing nothing Cox was the type who always did the same thing. Cito would adjust in the playoffs, Cox did not. To me that makes it clear that Cito is the one I'd want behind the bench. Heck, even today I'd love to see him return.
Bobby Cox was very good but boy did he have a hole in his strategy when it came to platooning no matter what. The '85 playoffs showed it strongly and his years in Atlanta didn't help. For all the talk of Cito sitting on his hands and doing nothing Cox was the type who always did the same thing. Cito would adjust in the playoffs, Cox did not. To me that makes it clear that Cito is the one I'd want behind the bench. Heck, even today I'd love to see him return.
Tenace was a hitting coach for the Red Sox at the double A level, and then moved on to be the roving minor league hitting instructor for the Cardinals in 2002. He is still there.