But what about the Yankees? Aaron Boone says he is not worried about the lack of experience his new coaching staff has, read more HERE. But should he be worried? I am going to be honest, I'm worried. I can teach someone to do what I do because it's totally unrelated to baseball. It's not even comparing apples to oranges....it's like comparing a stalk of celery to cotton candy.
So how does that work, exactly? How can someone with no experience playing Major League Baseball help a player improve? How can they collectively improve this team offensively and defensively? It doesn't make sense. If you don't understand the problem or even experienced yourself how are you supposed to fix it? I have no experience but maybe Boone should've picked me for an infield coach. I'd give it a try!
"I think now we’re starting to probably follow more of an NBA/NFL model, where you have coaches that are really good at impacting players."
Why are we trying to model the NBA or NFL? That shouldn't even matter. It's just a head scratching statement but I guess it's not surprising coming from BaBoone as I like to call him. He just talks to talk and give a soundbite. Sure the Giants tried this approach and they did have 107 wins but that doesn't mean it will work for us. We are already at a disadvantage with Boone as a manager, we didn't need to add more uncertainty.
I think most people agree with this IDEA, but it doesn't apply to this team.
"Ultimately, players want to know, ‘Can you help me?’ And, ‘Are you helping me?’ " Boone said. "That ultimately is the biggest litmus test and the biggest factor. A guy that doesn’t have a big league résumé from a playing standpoint may have to earn his way a little bit more, perhaps, but once you demonstrate and show that you’re helping a player, that’s all you want. You got a short window to have a major league career. If somebody from a coaching standpoint I know is helping me and impacting me, in the end I don’t really care how I get it."
If new assistant hitting coach Casey Dykes never played in the big leagues, how is he going to help DJ LeMahieu get him out of his hitting slump?
How is he going to help him be that productive big league hitter from 2020 again if he doesn't know how to identify if he is dropping his shoulder too much or needs to step back more in the box? There is no track record there. So again 'how can he help DJ?' and 'is he helping DJ?' I struggle with that. How can you help someone fix something that you don't have experience with?
I agree that finding the right people is the most important aspect when it comes to hiring ANYONE for a job no matter what it is. But I don't think the Yankees understand what experience is needed to be a coach for their team and to win a championship. I like the "no experience required" spirit, but when we are talking about a team in a World Series drought with some deficiencies to fix there really should be "some experience required" here.
If this doesn't work out it will just be another thing to add to the Yankees growing list of failures.
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