Comments on: Greg Norton! Whiffing! Will someone make it stop?

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:14:42 +0000

Norton must be a in-law or something of Bobby Cox!

By: scottbravesfan

scottbravesfan — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:08:56 +0000

Is there any chance that Bobby Cox would get fired because he has made some terrible decisions this year.

By: john

john — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:56:11 +0000

Just another example of Booby’s game judgement. He leaves pitches in to long, usues the same guys in the bullpen, While other pitchers on the roster just sit and watch and the announcers on braves tv talk about how tired the bullpen is. Some havent pitched in a week. Cox needs to get thrown out of some games sooner so the right players might be used. Norton is useless as a pinchhitter, he comes in needing a fly ball and David Ross its because hes a backup catcher. If the Braves arent going to use these guys in the bullpen why keep them on the roster.

By: steve munge

steve munge — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:14:27 +0000

I have said this before that this Braves team is good enough to make the playoffs but won”t because of bad manager and coaching decisions, Norton is an embarrasement and Cox is worse for not getting rid of him( Corky Miller last season) there is no use trying to improve this team when you have sub-par coaching , our defensive positioning is a joke, 3rd base coaching really bad, our Mgr. makes bad decisions or waits too long to make a decision, we have completely turned over our roster and now it is time to turnover our coaching staff.

By: O'Brien

O'Brien — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:36:46 +0000

Mark,

Did you see Carroll’s article on Greg Norton? (Bobby Cox says he still has confidence in Greg Norton, and how Norton is still hitting the ball good, and he is contributing in other ways).

What did you think about the article?

By: jed

jed — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:54:43 +0000

cox has lost it, plain & simple. his stubborn refusal to see the obvious (schafer, kelly, francoeur, norton, bennett, etc) has cost us 10 games at least this year. it’s cost us the season. brutal to watch. absolutely brutal. eg–medlen last night. why is it joe simpson knows more about kris medlen than bobby cox does?

By: Mike Malone

Mike Malone — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:59:47 +0000

It comes down to this: one of Bobby’s weaknesses is that he is loyal to a fault to his veterans. There are so many examples over the years–like putting Brian Jordan on the playoff roster in “05 when he was clearly washed-up.
His other big weakness is as an in-game strategist. I believe a manager weak in that area can cost his team 3 or 4 games a year. And that can make all the difference in a tight pennant race.
Bobby will make it into the Hall of Fame when his mananging career is done. However, he is not even in the top three managers of his time.
La Russa, Torre and Leyland are all better managers that Cox

By: kipcarter

kipcarter — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:38:10 +0000

Is there any chance that Bobby is wagering on games? It is the only explaination I can think of to explain his continuing to pinch hit Norton

By: yogi2

yogi2 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:31:58 +0000

Give cox and Norton the rest of the year off with pay. Why bring up players from the minors when you have Norton Stupid

By: yogi2

yogi2 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:28:23 +0000

Norton makes a miilion per year. Thats $100,000 per hit. A switch hitter that can’t hit is like having ocean front property in Arizona.
I have always rationalized Bobby Cox decisions but this is not spring training. this is suicidal . Cox brain is fried. Fire Cox and release Norton