Miami Marlins’ manager Ozzie Guillen against bringing drastic changes as slump continues-MLB
Sight of watching the Miami Marlins crumbling against the Boston Red Sox was painful. Yet, the manager Ozzie Guillen maintains that sweeping changes will be counter-productive. In the last week, Guillen had lengthy discussions with owner and other management
staff. He conveyed them his desire to stick to the current lot and gave them encouragement that they will soon start turning things around.
Before the series began against Boston at Fenway Park, it was being considered a great opportunity for the team to come out of the jinx of their losing streak. Against a relatively weaker side like Boston, which stands at an unimpressive fourth position
on their Division table, Miami were better poised to claim the series victory.
As they failed against them as well, it sent waves of restlessness across the management. Soon, vivisection of the line-up became the issue of debate. Role of the hitters like Hanley Ramirez and shortstop Jose Reyes was being questioned.
While Logan Morrison has recently been good, analysis of the performance from the day one will reveal that he was far from what he has done in the last few games.
Similarly, outfield also received the denouncement. Fielders not being as quick as the club will have liked, runs were allowed which otherwise could be avoided.
Ozzie was steadfast in believing in his players. In an attempt to encourage them, he stated that the players understand the position where they stand and therefore are not unaware of where they wanted to be.
“I’m going to believe in them. I’m going to make the same lineup if I can to make sure they know I’m behind them. We know we’re not performing. It’s not a secret for anybody on this ballclub. I think everybody that wears this uniform knows we’re not performing,”
Guillen said.
Giving an impression of plain disbelief in stating why a club which stood so high in the last month can go down right in the next drastically, Guillen commented that there is no question of competency.
“It surprises me how good you can be one month and then so bad,” he said. “I think everybody here has talent. Everybody here has done it before. And I think everybody will come out of this. We’ve got talent. We’re good. We’re not playing good.”
Games ahead will decide how far the manager was right in his confidence in the players and where he can take the team in the season.
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