Why catchers make good coaches/managers

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Yonder Alonso on MLB last night gave his two cents worth as to why catchers make good managers.
He said (paraphrasing ) . Catcher is the only position play on the field who understands how a bullpen is used . For every game, he knows the tendency of all opposing batters and he also knows the strengths /weaknesses of his bullpen staff too. So cacthers have a big edge on other players in being able to manage a baseball game. They understand the pitching/ batting battles much better.

Your comment is on point and certainly part of it. Managing / head coach jobs require a lot of skillsets that few people have. Identify talent, manage the game, coach players, handle personnel/personal issues, interact with the GM and handle the media. There are very few people that can do all those well. If you are a college head coach, you have to add to that list managing donors / boosters. Catchers see more plays up close than any other player on the field. That should enable them to be exceptional at the identify talent, manage the game, coach the players aspects listed above compared to others. So if they can add on the other skillsets, it is a shorter path to success than others might have. Also, others likely will never be as good at the first three, at least collectively, as a catcher.

We had a gold glove x4 catcher as manager who never had a losing season and the team was #2 in attendance his final full season. He was replaced by a guy who never played the game and just quit because he couldn't handle criticism.

Yes, Shildt could not handle the Personnel/personal issues I listed above...Managing is a hard job. I am guessing there are a few people on this board who could handle 1 or 2 items I listed above well enough. But, the rest of them would be impossible and they would crash and burn. Managing is harder than it looks. So is being GM...

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Yonder Alonso on MLB last night gave his two cents worth as to why catchers make good managers.
He said (paraphrasing ) . Catcher is the only position play on the field who understands how a bullpen is used . For every game, he knows the tendency of all opposing batters and he also knows the strengths /weaknesses of his bullpen staff too. So cacthers have a big edge on other players in being able to manage a baseball game. They understand the pitching/ batting battles much better.

Your comment is on point and certainly part of it. Managing / head coach jobs require a lot of skillsets that few people have. Identify talent, manage the game, coach players, handle personnel/personal issues, interact with the GM and handle the media. There are very few people that can do all those well. If you are a college head coach, you have to add to that list managing donors / boosters. Catchers see more plays up close than any other player on the field. That should enable them to be exceptional at the identify talent, manage the game, coach the players aspects listed above compared to others. So if they can add on the other skillsets, it is a shorter path to success than others might have. Also, others likely will never be as good at the first three, at least collectively, as a catcher.

We had a gold glove x4 catcher as manager who never had a losing season and the team was #2 in attendance his final full season. He was replaced by a guy who never played the game and just quit because he couldn't handle criticism.

Yes, Shildt could not handle the Personnel/personal issues I listed above...Managing is a hard job. I am guessing there are a few people on this board who could handle 1 or 2 items I listed above well enough. But, the rest of them would be impossible and they would crash and burn. Managing is harder than it looks. So is being GM...

Marmol calling out O'Neill in public was amateurish. Apparently that impressed DeWitt.