Forget all the strategic peccadilloes and philosophical differences I have with Gardenhire and the way he manages. Let’s just boil it down to this. The Twins are playing like crap. They have the superior talent in the Division and they are letting it slip away. Pointing at the pitching is easy, but it hides the fact that nobody is hitting either, and the defense is falling apart.
The Purdue football team had the same problem in the latter years of the Joe Tiller era, where the coaching staff knew their jobs were safe and they grew complacent and the team got lazy. There is no grousing about how much of a disappointment the Twins are this season, or that Gardenhire should be on the hot seat for taking an elite roster and failing to even win the Al Central.
The Twins have invested too much in this season NOT to pull out all the stops. Unfortunately, nobody is playing with urgency, and it’s time to show some people that incompetence will not be accepted and nobody is safe. Ultimately, it’s easier to gut the coaching staff than it is to replace 25 guys who aren’t playing to their potential.
So let’s make it happen. Fire Ron Gardenhire.
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