Who was the worse Manager that your team ever had in your opinion?

Question

For me it was Stump Merrill. That guy was horrendous. He's was the manager when the Yankees where in last place in my lifetime.

Answer 1

The Red Sox have had some doofi over the decades, but during my fan lifetime, it was Butch Hobson, and it isn't even close.

Not only did he let the player intimidate him -- not deliberately, but just by being a slack-jawed fanboy in their presence -- but he ADMITTED to it. Yeesh, was a dope.

Answer 2

For the Brewers it would be their current manager Ned Yost. He has one of the best teams on paper and they should have alot more wins than they do this year, but he makes poor decisions all the time. Especially when it comes to knowing when to pull a pitcher and what reliever to put in, he just never knows what to do. If the Brewers had a better manager right now, they would be winning the NL Central by at least 5 games. Yost sucks, he needs to go away. I even saw a fan at the Brewers game the other night that had a shirt that said "I have a Yost infection." It was hilarious.

Answer 3

SAM PERLOZZO

Answer 4

For the mariners, Bob Melvin who of course moves on to Arizona and makes a playoff. Bob was too soft and didnt have any guts with us so it was a lifeless coach with a lifeless team! Not a good mix! Good luck to him in Arizona though.

Answer 5

Felipe Alou. The guy couldnt be even a decent replacement for Dusty Baker.  

Answer 6

Willie Randoph

Answer 7

Jimy Williams for the Astros.

We were mainly is last place throughout the entire years he managed, and even if we were close to a division or wild card, he always blew it. Good thing we got rid of him in mid 2004 to get Phil Garner.

Answer 8

Mets- Art Howe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the guy S-U-C-K-E-D

although I had a serious distaste for willie randolph, but at least he left with a winning record.

Answer 9

Mets:

Tossup between Joe Torre (Yankee fans, before you give a thumbs down, check out his tenure with the Mets) and Art Howe

Answer 10

Sorry to disagree with you on this one Greta, but the Red Sox worst manager had to be Butch Hobson.  He was flat awful from '92-'94 and the Sox didn't even see the post season during that time.  Grady Little had a team get to the playoffs (albeit the Wild Card, but that's still overall better).

Answer 11

For the Red Sox it is a tie between Butch Hobson, and Butch Hobson's old manager Don Zimmer.

Answer 12

I'm with Greta on this one.

Answer 13

Tony LaRussa with the White Sox.  He is a figure central to the Steroid Era and the only reason I do not like the Cardinals now.

The man is dirty and bad for the game.

--As far as performance, Terry Bevington.

Answer 14

Grady Little recently...

but without a doubt in my mind the worst(!) manager in Red Sox history was Don Zimmer... he caused the Boston Massacre by not pitching Bill Lee and he had a personal vendetta against the clubhouse order known as "the Buffalo Heads" who were fun loving, hard partying, Red Sox players... ultimately this ended in the worst trade in Red Sox history where they sent Bill Lee to Montreal for Stan Papi a .100 hitter.  Zimmer was a tough guy who never understood the concept that baseball is supposed to be fun.

Which is why he went after Petey, and Petey dropped him... pathetic Zim.  Yr  Pathetic.

Answer 15

Butch Hobson.  He catered to the veterans and had no control over the clubhouse.

Sorry Greta.

Answer 16

Buck Showalter.

Answer 17

I'm going for Larry Rothschild for making REALLY bad trades and getting players wayyy past their prime. But of course, the Rays were in the cellar for quite a couple of years so it was hard to pick.  

Answer 18

phillies, bowa. ive only been a fan for a couple but bowa had the phillies team in such flux that players liek burrell were underachieving and guys like lieberthal were running things.  

Answer 19

Sampsen followed by Daviss.  Sampsen soiled our good reputation, and Daviss cost us a national title.

Answer 20

You Red Sox fans are far too young or you're giving Grady Little far too much blame for not pulling Pedro in during Game 7 of the '03 ALCS. I may not be a Red Sox fan, but you've had worse managers than Grady. Believe me.

As for the Yankees, I'd have to say Stump Merrill or Dallas Green. Mind you, neither of them had what Buck Showalter and Joe Torre had to work with, but they were not great managers.  

Answer 21

Dodgers: Jim Tracy