Management issues

An overhaul of Tigers management and coaching is rapidly needed. Coaching is obviously old fashioned and out of date. Recently concern has been expressed about the number of young players in ni-gun who get injured. It is felt that if this is the case then they should be let go more rapidly. There have also been questions asked about why it takes so long to develop young players. The answer is that Tigers coaching team and methods leave a lot to be desired. Old fashioned and abusive coaching practices cause injuries to young players. Furthermore, the drills and styles used by the current coaching teams do not relate to baseball as it's played now. It is not the players that are necessarily the problem but the coaches themselves. The front office is planning to replace some of the ichi-gun coaches which is a good move but maybe they should also take a look at the ni-gun as well.
We now have two top notch managers available Nashida and Ochiai. It's a great opportunity to dispense with Mayumi and bring one of this pair in to manage Tigers. Ochiai will be replaced at Dragons by a 70 year old - Takagi. One has to wonder what the Chunichi front office is thinking with Ochiai likely to deliver a second or even a pennant. Then if Chunichi and Nippon Ham can be stupid enough to let talented managers go for no apparent reason Tigers can be stupid enough to retain Mayumi. Sakai owner has commented that Mayumi's salary is not going to be reduced but has not confirmed that Mayumi is being asked to stay on just that he is on a two year contract. One does hope that Sakai is hedging his bets but it isn't likely and the signs are that Mayumi will be allowed to wreck things for another year. It would be nice if Tigers could dump Mayumi who has proven that he has no management talent whatsoever and bring in Nashida or Ochiai. There has been discussion with Nashida but not yet with Ochiai.