Acta to interview for Tribe's managerial post Tuesday
On Tuesday the Indians are bringing in former Nationals manager Manny Acta for a face-to-face interview. In the linked post, Anthony Castrovince notes that Acta is the first of "three to five" finalists to meet with ownership and the front office.
Acta managed the Nationals from 2007 through August of 2009. Even though he ended his tenure in Washington with a horrid 158-252 record, he didn't have much to work with, as the franchise had been mismanaged for almost a decade, and essentially arrived in Washington an expansion team.
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"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Oct 20, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
The new Manny Being
"You are an LGT success story" -- Jay
by Turkmenbashi on Oct 20, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Why even waste this guy’s time? Everybody knows we’re signing Omar to be player/manager OH YES SWEET YES SWEET. READ THIS SHAPRIO!
I’m not sure whether to flag or rec, but I found this rather humorous regardless.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Oct 20, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Manny Acta would be a very, very good hire. Forget his record with the Nats. The little that he had to work with in Washington included Jim Bowden, BTW.
Acta has the virtue of being a complete outsider, which would be a big plus all by itself. As AC points out, he is bilingual. He is patient, and unlike Bobby Valentine, he doesn’t need to be the center of attention. He doesn’t use screaming at umpires as a way to wake up his team. He doesn’t play favorites, and he isn’t prone to inexplicable mancrushes. He’s a grown-up, and he’s a delegator. It would be very interesting to see how he would fill out his coaching staff.
by ken from alexandria on Oct 20, 2009 8:41 AM EDT reply actions
Want out of Cleveland? Easy - mess with LeBron's entourage.
by woodsmeister on Oct 20, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
What are his feelings on grinding, bowing your neck, and trusting the process?
by JulioBernazard on Oct 20, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
What about beards? He has to allow beards. And what about turning unatheletic first basemen into outfielders? He’s got to be flexible about that. And what about our hitter’s approach…
This could go on forever
by Wil Cantrell on Oct 20, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m fine with Manny Acta.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
Me too. I think it would be a solid hire.
-Erik
by drerikbrady on Oct 20, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed, and “fine” is about as excited as I can get about hiring a manager.
by cleveland teamer on Oct 20, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
So perhaps this will become a new fanshot later in the day, but the Indians just interviewed Mattingly for the managerial spot.
So that gives us:
1) Acta
2) Valentine
3) Fryman, and now
4) Mattingly
Wonder who the fifth candidate is, if there is a fifth?
by MooneysRebellion on Oct 20, 2009 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
Do we know that for sure about Mattingly? I only know that he was part of the initial 8-10 interviews, not the final in-person ones. Link?
Steel Nick
oops…sorry, my computer is blocking me from posting a link on this site…sorry, but you can see the article on the front page of Indians.com
by MooneysRebellion on Oct 20, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Here is the article, and this is the quote:
Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly, presumably being groomed to take over when manager Joe Torre retires, interviewed for the vacant Cleveland Indians manager’s job, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported.
Others interviewed were Manny Acta, Bobby Valentine and internal candidates Torey Lovullo and Travis Fryman, according to the report.
And since the Plain Dealer article they’re citing says this:
Acta will go through his second interview Tuesday for the Indians vacant manager’s job. Valentine will do the same later this week. They are two of what could be as many as five finalists…
The identity of the other finalists are not known, but Los Angeles Dodgers bench coach and former Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly and Indians minor league managers Torey Lovullo and Travis Fryman were interviewed last week while the team was going through its organizational meetings at their Goodyear, Ariz., spring-training complex.
We can assume that all we know about Mattingly is that he was, in fact, part of the original phone interview list. So as of right now, as far as concrete facts go, we only know two of the finalists. It’s also unclear if Fryman is part of the second interview. The list is:
1. Acta
2. Valentine
3-?. Unknown.
Steel Nick
Wow…this is all getting really hard to follow.
by MooneysRebellion on Oct 20, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Yay “journalism”
"You are an LGT success story" -- Jay
by Turkmenbashi on Oct 20, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Ja?
"You are an LGT success story" -- Jay
by Turkmenbashi on Oct 20, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
This is being mis-reported, from what I can tell.
Indians.com cites the PD as the sources, but the PD has reported no such thing. Also, when exactly could Mattingly have gone to Cleveland?
It appears that Mattingly took part in the first-round phone interviews, not that he has had an in-person interview as Acta is about to have. The confusion may come from this sentence:
… Don Mattingly and Indians minor league managers Torey Lovullo and Travis Fryman were interviewed last week while the team was going through its organizational meetings at their Goodyear, Ariz., spring-training complex.
That makes it sound like they were all interviewed in Goodyear. In fact, “the team” was in Goodyear, but the interviews were over the phone.
I think you missed your true calling. You should be teaching accuracy (Get a Clue 101) at some fancy journalism school.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Oct 20, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Westbrook, I do not mean to be a jerk. I’m begging you to explain this remark. I don’t get your humor and you make a lot of jokes here. I understand that it kills a joke to explain to death but I’m curious – these remarks show up constantly – what am I missing?
Not unlike primetime network standards, which hold that you can’t call someone a jerkoff, but you can call him a wanker, as long as you have a British accent.
That’s not a British accent. That’s a Don Cheadle.
by LondonTribe on Oct 22, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not Gaelic. It sounds like it’s spelled.
Want out of Cleveland? Easy - mess with LeBron's entourage.
by woodsmeister on Oct 21, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
We don’t gauk at women at this website.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Oct 21, 2009 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Or gawk, even.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Oct 21, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
On the phone, or in person? The indians.com homepage reports that it was over the phone with Mattingly. If so, it remains to be seen whether he will be of the “3 to 5” finalists that get interviewed in person.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Oct 20, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I see that people covered this already.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Oct 20, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
At this point in the interview, Acta is probably doing something like this:
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Oct 20, 2009 1:59 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
“I don’t have time to sit here and explain VORP to you all day, MARK.”
by gte619n on Oct 20, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Have I ever told you guys I hate this movie?
Maybe I could like this scene if, instead of taking place in the northeast and being yet another movie about a troubled male genius, William was from Parma, wearing a fugly hoodless Disney sweatshirt, and diagramming his favorite sick cheesey-potato dish that his aunt makes for New Year’s dinner. Mmmm….Ohio!
I like it – probably the only movie with Robin Williams in it that I can abide. The other surprise is that Affleck is pretty good.
I hate when I feel like I’m being tricked into watching Bruce Drennan. They better cover this.
Steel Nick
Ed Price, of the trade deadline breaking news Fanhouse, says:
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Monday night that Mattingly is a candidate to replace Eric Wedge and had interviewed by phone. Mattingly said Tuesday he will speak to Cleveland again, perhaps an indication he is a finalist.
Emphasis mine. Full article here.
Can I add that while I admire any manager who brings some kind of facial hair identity to the clubhouse, I would really, really hate the soul patch.
Steel Nick
Yeah, but none of our other managerial candidates have been on the Simpsons, so he’s got that going for him.
*sigh*
So you’re saying we should hire Daryl Strawberry? I like the cut of your jib.
by LondonTribe on Oct 21, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
If he brought back the mustache, we’re good.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Oct 21, 2009 10:47 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
So because I’m in class, bored stiff… I decided to do a little Manny Acta research to answer a couple really basic and superficial things I have been wondering.
I will share in case anyone else is curious:
One! He looks young because he is. While he’s 7 years older than Josh McDaniels, [H]e turned 40 in January and was 37 when he was hired by the Nats.
Also! I don’t know why I thought he had a major league playing career, but he didn’t. In fact[a], no human being with a last name starting with ACT has ever made it to the major leagues.
Interestingly, he was a player-coach in A ball in 1991.
Resident Take the Football References One Step Too Far Guy
WHY does anyone think Omar would be a good coach?
SPECIFICS.
He’s known to be something of a preening prima donna and was never popular with his teammates.
Based on…
"You are an LGT success story" -- Jay
by Turkmenbashi on Oct 20, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, well maybe that was a mistake, too. Maybe that’s another error to be assigned to Shapiro. Anyways, that was all just gamesmanship. It was obvious that Manuel didn’t feel he had a future, and it was obvious Shapiro didn’t see having Manuel around. Charlie has that hillbilly act going on, which must make Shapiro’s skin crawl.
I doubt the hillbilly thing bothered Shapiro. Remember, he was Hart’s top guy when Manuel was hired.
I agree that Shapiro basically made it clear that Manuel would be re-interviewing for his own job and not necessarily a strong candidate.
and maybe this goes back to your point about the talent evaluation (or lack thereof) going on in this FO
If you don't respect Aaron Laffey, I will fight you.
by Cap'n Snegiryov on Oct 22, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, maybe. It’s all so behind-the-curtain. At this point, the onus is on the front office to demonstrate that there is any competency at all in that area. Whatever benefit of the doubt they started out with, it’s long gone.
yep, this is my feeling as well (i suppose i have made this abundantly clear by now)
If you don't respect Aaron Laffey, I will fight you.
by Cap'n Snegiryov on Oct 23, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
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