Reading and Cardinals Management

Proverbs 13-31.
Ecclesiastes.
Song of Solomon.
Isaiah 1-15.
1 Timothy.
2 Timothy.
Titus.
Philemon.
Hebrews 1-4.


Thought I'd finally weigh in on the Mike Matheny firing a couple of weeks ago.

I think most Cardinals fans were supportive of it.  Including me.  Mainly because of his bullpen management and lineup construction.  His "strategery" was lacking.

He was no Whitey Herzog, who as far as I can remember, was never outsmarted by another manager.  And that's really all a manager needs to do.  And something I never remember Matheny doing.

But I don't blame just him for the Cardinals shortcomings the past 3 years.

I had already predicted the ousting of the manager back in February if the Cardinals failed again this year.

And I also predicted then the ousting of John Mozeliak if failure was the outcome.  So far that hasn't happened.

I'm not so sure it will now.  Somehow I believe Mozeliak still has the boss's confidence.  Even with the product out there.

The model of consistency the Cardinals have opted for the past decade, while producing winning teams, is not designed to produce super teams capable every year of winning a championship.

It produces mediocrity in the hopes that lightning will strike once in one of the seasons with career years by multiple players.  A change in approach is needed.

The Cardinals have accumulated a ton of above average players, who collectively insure the Cardinals will not have a losing season, but also strike no fear in anyone.

I'll just go ahead and say it.  They're WAY too conservative.

For a franchise that is just raking in the money from a large fanbase, that is wrong.  A little more effort in the spending category, particularly at the trading deadline, might reverse the erosion of trust, although not huge, the fans are beginning to feel toward ownership/front office.

I'll just go ahead and say this too.  They're WAY too cheap.

Everyone appreciates not spending wildly, and frittering away what essentially is our money, but...

I think we are finally at a crossroads in the course of Cardinals history.  Let's see which path the administrators of this franchise take.

Jeff Luhnow, would you please come back?