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    Default John Gibbons named as Jays manager

    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.
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    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bondon View Post
    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.
    They still need a bench coach, first base coach and third base coach, don't they?
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    What.........the.....................F

    Im speechless.

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    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."
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    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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    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.
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    I'm still waiting for someone to pop on here and say:

    "April Fools Day!!"
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    I'm also in disbelief. Just....what?!
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    I don't hate it, I'm just really surprised.
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    When are people going to learn, there's no future in the past.
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    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.

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    surprised by the choice. thought the off season momentum would bring in the household name candidates.
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