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No Mets for this poll? 2013 champs c’mon guys.
start_wearing_purple
2013… 2053. Not much of a difference…
snaketrain
if maddux becomes the pitching coach, webby resigns. mark it down.
The_Silver_Stacker
Maddux should take on the cubs job, he is what the cubs need an intelligent baseball man something they lack
Anthony Troupe
If the Braves hadn’t seemingly burnt their bridge with Mad dog, it would have been nice to see him on the bench in Atlanta. His baseball wits are nearly unmatched.
bosoque
how did Atlanta seemingly burn the bridge?
Anthony Troupe
It just seems to me that they’ve been very slow to recognize him, and his accomplishments in Atlanta, after he retired. Part of this observation could coincide with not being able to see many games after the shift away from TBS, but there just doesn’t seem to be much in the way of trying to create an aura of history in Atlanta–kind of in the fashion of the Yankees, just without the bluster.
I understand he’s a West Coast guy, but Chicago isn’t exactly the West Coast (even if it’s not a full-time gig), so he might agree given the right opportunity.
bosoque
They retired his number pretty much as soon as he announced it. At Turner field there’s stuff about him everywhere. At nearly every gate there’s something to do with him. #31 is a monument that sits outside the entrance to the stadium. It’s pretty clear that if Maddux ever said the word, the Braves would have him back in a heartbeat to do anything. Just like Smoltz and Glavine.
Anthony Troupe
Well, then I guess I need to get to Atlanta for a game.
J
I agree. If ATL burnt any bridges it would’ve been with Glavine & Smoltz, but they got over it & happily work for the Braves.
Jake Humphrey
Ugh, DISQUS is messing up again.
@Anthony Troupe,
How have the Braves burnt their bridge with Maddux? He’s always been a West Coast guy and has been very big on spending more time with his family. Taking a job with one of the West Coast teams would let him do that.
jdub220
I’d rather Maddux be the pitching coach rather than the bench coach. Mel Jr. is beyond terrible.
dbacknation
as would I.
I’ll take him.
dbacknation
as would I.
I’ll take him.
jrodhard
The Cubs essentially asked Maddux what role he wanted and told him he could do anything including coaching in the bigs, managing in the minors etc. He choose the assistant GM spot so he could do a little of everything, set his own schedule and NOT have to travel. I don’t really see him coaching next year becuase I doubt he wants to start travelling again and being locked into a schedule that doesn’t allow him to be home in Vegas seeing his kids play sports as they finish up high school.
jb226
I agree. Maddux has a good gig with the Cubs right now. The freedom to experience a little bit of everything without the obligation. He can hang out in the minors with some of the young pitchers there or sit around in the dugout in Wrigley, and if he’s not in the mood he goes back home and spends time with his kids.
I don’t expect that to change for another year or two. When it does, who knows what Maddux decides to do? I, for one, can’t imagine he’ll be anything less than stellar at whatever he chooses.
Jake Humphrey
Glavine has the exact same deal with the Braves. He’s a “special assistant” to JS, commentates, talks to the young pitchers, hangs out with his old buddies on the team, essentially whatever he wants to do.
Ferrariman
make him the GM! lol
wasn’t his agent Boras? i’m sure he knows how to fleece some feeble minded GM’s into giving him anything he wants for nothing
-sarcasm-
Wrek305
Maddux is probably gonna be the Pitching coach for the Cubs not Padres.. The Cubs are in dire need of a real pitching coach. As soon as Hendry is gone Maddux will be the new pitching coach.. Hopefully they hire Bob Brenly as manager, he the obvious choose. and the Smartest one too. Quade has been decent for 25 games or so but he has never managed over the coarse of a full season