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I see that hitting coach Chris Chambliss has been fired. Guess he’s the fall guy for the drop in offensive performance this year. Do you suppose that having 1/4 of his starting offense traded away for middle relief had anything to do with the offensive decline?
That article also notes that the Reds are on the hunt for a new pitching coach. I’m worried that this means Vern Ruhle is not going to recover to a point where he can perform the duties associated with pitching coach, but I guess that writing is on the wall.
It’ll be interesting to see who the Reds hire to fill these two positions.
I think the writing was already on the wall with Ruhle, when he was gone all season.
I’m sorry to see Chambliss go. The Reds have run through a seemingly long list of hitting coaches in the last 5 or 6 years.
Get rid of the whole coaching staff – especially Narron!!!
I can’t figure out the Chambliss unless they have the second coming of Billy Demars lined up as his replacement.
I heard Tunnel was canned as well so I guess that means Hume returns to the pen. So who will the next pitching coach be?
On another note, what this crap with Bronson Arroyo?
I haven’t had a chance to look it up, but team BA’s have fallen wherever Chambliss gets hired. That’s why the Yankees jettisoned him several years back. The offense is certainly not entirely his fault, but he doesn’t have a history of making hitters any better. You could always blame Dunn’s regression on him. Same three year period, isn’t it?
but in his defense, Dunn was way worse the year before Chambliss. I won’t miss him, i think the reds have been a really streaky offense under his watch. I hope they don’t hire someone who will try to get everyone slapping the ball for a high average and low OPS, but there is such a thing as a good approach at the plate, and the reds could use a good lesson there.
You know who i’d like to see them hire? barry Larkin. It’s time to bring him back, this nationals crap is ridiculous. And, besides HRs, he was a really complete hitter.
Good point. Time to get Barry Larkin away from the old cabal of Bowden and Boone and bring him back home as hitting coach and eventual manager.
You forget the horrible hitting coach that the Reds had in between Lefebvre and Chambliss. That guy was the worst hitting instructor of all-time. The Reds canned that clown at midseason and replaced him with Ray Knight.
Everybody remember why they fired Lefebvre. The players complained that he made them hit too much in practice.
The Reds did have the best offense last year, and a pretty good one for 2/3 of this year. I’m sorry to see Chambliss leave.