Is this official? Really surprising but this guy was probably my favourite Jays manager over the years.
He finally has a team that can contend in his hands.
WHAT?!...........lol I did not see this coming.
I will say this, it'll be nice to have a manager that will go to bat for his players. That was the biggest thing that irritated me about Farrell. Gibbons has no reservations about telling the umpires just how he feels.
Last edited by bondon; November 20, 2012 at 1:33 AM.
Is this official? Really surprising but this guy was probably my favourite Jays manager over the years.
He finally has a team that can contend in his hands.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
Seems like it's official: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/20...ibbons-manager
I remember Gibbons and Ricciardi having a pretty horrible relationship...a buddy of mine sent me an excerpt from another article that while Gibbons was manager, he had a very close relationship with Anthopoulos.
What.........the.....................F
Im speechless.
Apparently Carlos Tosca inquired about the position as well.
He probably said something like: "Alex! Alex! I took an anger management class and I can manage the team now."
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
I'm not going to lie to you, I'm here eating my cereal getting ready for work and watching Sportcenter and this just came up and I almost puked in my cereal.
WTF are they thinking?
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25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
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G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
This is the 2005 Jays roster that he managed.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/team...p?y=2005&t=TOR
To me, this team is far better and should produce much better results.
Gibbons is a players manager, he sticks up for them and criticizes them when necessary. I have no doubt he'll have control over the clubhouse.
I like this, but I'm interested to see who the Jays bring in to fill the other coaching positions.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
I'm still waiting for someone to pop on here and say:
"April Fools Day!!"
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
I'm also in disbelief. Just....what?!
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C - Monahan, Kadri, Barzal, Dubois
LW - Marchand, Benn, Guentzel, Kreider
RW - Laine, DeBrincat, Fischer, Tuch
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Why? Why? Why?
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I don't hate it, I'm just really surprised.
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Categories: (G A +- PPP PIM FOW SOG HITS BLK | W SV GAA SV% SHO)
C - Monahan, Kadri, Barzal, Dubois
LW - Marchand, Benn, Guentzel, Kreider
RW - Laine, DeBrincat, Fischer, Tuch
D - Karlsson, Muzzin, Niskanen, Skjei, Matheson, Forbort
G - Bishop, Lehner
BN - Jankowski, Perlini
Farm
C - Norris
RW - Kyrou
D - Brannstrom
G - Gillies
When are people going to learn, there's no future in the past.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
I'm just as suprised as everyone else with this. But just because it's a surprise, doesn't make it the wrong move. The Jays wanted a coach with experience..check. Ex-catchers apparently make better managers...check. They got a guy that players love'd to play for (except lilly and hillebrand). AA has a coach that he can trust after getting burned by Farrell. And most importantly, this guy knows how to handle a bullpen.....All in all, I like this hiring.
surprised by the choice. thought the off season momentum would bring in the household name candidates.
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