Roy Halladay prefaced all of this by saying that he loves Charlie Manuel and that he was great, but he told Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com that it was time for a change:
“But from what I’ve seen, Ryne [Sandberg] came in and made some changes and addressed some issues that I think were being overlooked. So from that standpoint, as much as I miss Charlie, I think that Ryne’s going to do a good job and I think he’s going to bring back a little more of the Phillie baseball style than we’ve had the last couple of years. You know, we really haven’t had that whole team effort and the whole team hustle that I think we’ve had in prior years.”
Salisbury asked him about the things that “were being overlooked” and Halladay referred to punctuality, extra BP and practice and little things like that.
I guess everyone has their own way of looking at this stuff, but ultimately it comes down to wins and losses. When there is a stickler in place and the team starts losing people are quoted as saying that a more player-friendly, softer touch may be in order to relax people. When that guy is in place and the team loses there is inevitably a call for a firmer hand.
