Anyone else wondering how Oli still has a job?

[Braund241]

oli may or may not be a good manager but to criticize him for having a 500 team with this team is ridiculous

I'm not criticizing for just this team. I'm saying since the time he took Quintana out at 74 pitches and thought it was a good idea to put Helsley in for 2IP when he'd just jammed a finger on his throwing hand, Oli has done nothing but run this organization into the ground--with the help of Mo.

I know there was some rain last night but that stadium was nearly empty.

At some point you have to send a message to your fanbase that this isn't the new status quo. The situation has become embarrassingly pathetic.

Ah, but it is the status quo. And it’s not new. They kept Mo at least 7 years too long, and look at the last 3 coaching staffs. Not a serious organization.

[swatski]

oli may or may not be a good manager but to criticize him for having a 500 team with this team is ridiculous

Some like me think a manager has to have an eye for talent in order to assist in building a team. It’s obvious that the dictator Mo wanted a weak manager that he could sit over in the corner with his mouth shut.

[Chitownredbird]

He works for very little pay.

That is all that counts to BDW!!!

Bingo!

[riff raff]

Without question, the season ended with the sweep in AZ. Hah, just remembered, that's how and where the 2007 season ended too! Anyways, it's the 3rd year in a row now that a slow start was followed by a great month or two of competitive baseball, with an encore of a collapse. And I think it's safe to say, this one is easily the most epic.

It was just on June 29th!!! that this team was 9 games over .500, had a near +100 run differential, were in one of the WC spots (I think) and were only a couple of games out of first in the NLC.

It hasn't been just a couple of slumps that have cost this team; it's been a system-wide collapse by everyone, with starters falling apart, the entire offense shut out in multiple game stretches, and so on. At what point does the manager finally hold some accountability for this?

Of course the players love playing for Oli, they don't get reamed or treated like sh*t when they perform badly, so what motivation is there to perform better?

I understand this is a "runway" season, but empty stands and unwatchable shutout after shutout isn't runway, it's embarrassment. Will they ever send a message that this isn't tolerated?

He has a job because he's a placeholder until Bloom puts in his replacement.
His managing hasn't been that bad and in the big picture he hasn't won or lost us a playoff spot. In other words, he's good enough for now.