Comments on: Chuck Hernandez fired

By: The Spot Starters » 2008 season Chuck Hernandez » That Was Quick

The Spot Starters » 2008 season Chuck Hernandez » That Was Quick — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:50:28 +0000

[...] coach Jeff Jones and pitching coach Chuck Hernandez are now joining many Michigan residents in the unemployment [...]

By: Ghost of Tigers Past

Ghost of Tigers Past — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:47:26 +0000

I hear Leo Mazzone is looking for work.Look what he did for the Braves for all those years.He has my vote!

By: Smoking Loon

Smoking Loon — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:00:49 +0000

“They need to go out and get a guy with a track record of developing young arms”

I developed 2 young arms myself. Maybe I could help.

By: Smoking Loon

Smoking Loon — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:56:32 +0000

“Who gets fired because of the 14 (or is it 15?) shutouts?”

Marcus Thames.

By: jud

jud — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:44:53 +0000

this seasons failures were not Chuck’s fault …that being said not one of the 2006 pitchers where Chuck was king of the world pitching coach is better in 2008 NOT ONE……he has to go

By: Blake

Blake — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:42:02 +0000

It was time for Hernandez to go. The life a pitching coach is usually short with a given organization since it usually only takes one bad year to lose your job. The Tigers clearly need to head in another direction, should be interesting to see who they go after.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:37:17 +0000

I think I remember seeing several times that Hernandez’s philosophy was to pitch exclusively away to righties. Seems like this was responsible for all the comfortable at-bats I’ve seen this tear. With Kenny and Nate presumably not in the rotation next year, it seems like a good time to get a more aggressive pitching coach. I’m not even going to pretend that I know enough to name anyone I’d like to see, but there has to be a good choice out there.

By: Vince in MN

Vince in MN — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:25:05 +0000

Who gets fired because of the 14 (or is it 15?) shutouts?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:12:45 +0000

All I’ve seen the last two years is Chuck over tweak mechanics which has lead to crappy pitching. Is there a chance AJ Sager (I think that’s his name, the Mud Hens pitching coach) might get the job? He seems to do a pretty good job down there.

Also, the conspiracy theorist in me thinks Jim was crying last night ’cause he got word from above that Chuck would be fired after Sunday.

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:00:16 +0000

Umm, I’m shocked by the timing. We have another game tomorrow.

By: Palmcroft

Palmcroft — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:45:02 +0000

This is the most promising act of the season: accountability. These Tigers are not the Lions.

By: rings

rings — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:43:40 +0000

I almost wonder if the Rogers influence was part of the problem for some of our young guys…JV, Robertson & Bondo would all get into trouble at times in trying to nibble at the strike zone instead of attacking hitters. The result was often high pitch counts and favorable hitting counts.
They need to go out and get a guy with a track record of developing young arms.
Mark Wiley?

By: jud

jud — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:50:54 +0000

hire Rogers as the pitching coach and Todd Jones as the bullpen coach..both know how to make the most out of what you have