BIB on the Radio: Bradfo Discusses The Braves Mindset At The GM Meetings
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Welcome on in to the 8 o'clock hour here. Chris Thomas tonight. Turtle with you until 9.30. Hawks per game comes your way then. Tip at 10 o'clock from Sactown. We will get back to your calls. Immediate actamente. 404-726- zero nine two nine if you're on hold stay there you'll be first up but first we got to head out to the wadeford.com hotline rob bradford odyssey mob insider rob uh falcons fans are as mad as braves fans were last year so we're currently dealing with that situation going on on my very busy phone lines but i wanted to have you on um walt weiss we'll start there uh Braves do what the Braves do. They keep it in house. They keep it in the family. In your opinion, was that the right move for the organization?
Yeah, I do. And because I think of what I first of all, it's great talking with you. Always a pleasure.
What are the Braves' recent coaching changes and their significance?
And I will say this every single time. My apologies for saying that John Smith or not. John Smith was who was it all the edge rusher. was going to be actually good for the Falcons. So my apologies to everybody in Atlanta.
Oh, Matthew Judon, yeah, yes.
Matthew Judon, yeah, Matthew Judon. So I missed the mark on that. Like, I missed the mark on a lot of things. But I do think that when managers, you know, I default to, I have no problem with experienced guys. I have no problem with running it back, you know, with familiarity. I've seen it work. I think that one of the things that, we've seen in final fours for the last three, four years is that you have had a lot of experienced managers. And I'm not saying that it's been exclusively experienced managers, but you have had a lot of experienced managers. And I think there's something to that. As long as that manager can understand what the strength is, what the weakness is, how to delegate, And a big part of it is also have the other people who are going to be able to go out in the clubhouse and fill in the gaps where they can't fill in.
I mean, let's be honest. Like Terry Francona, Bruce Bochy, these guys, it's not like they're changing their persona, changing their personality to fit in with the 20-somethings. No, they know what's important. They set the rules, and then they go from there. So I don't have a huge problem with it. I know that people like new players. I know that people like to turn things over, especially when things don't go well. And then they also look at these other teams that have the guys just over 30 managing teams, and that's exciting. I get that. But, you know, I do think there is something to be said for the skill set that he brings.
They also brought in a new pitching coach from the Mets, ironically. They brought in a couple of coaches from the Mets, Jeremy Hefner, who was credited largely with getting that 24 team to the NLCS with rubber bands and glue, essentially, for a pitching staff. Do you believe in him in that pitching lab that they had over there in New York to translate here in Atlanta?
Yeah, I think that's the one guy who left the Mets that you talked to everybody who covered the team or was around the team. They were like, wow, that was a surprise. They couldn't understand why they let him go. They understood that they had to turn things over a little bit. But his reputation was pretty good. And on top of it, he's a good guy to talk to. I always love guys who you can actually talk to as human beings and get where they're coming from or where they're going, all of that. I think with the Mets, their problem really wasn't, I don't think it was with Hefner. I don't think it was with their approach. I think it was with their personnel. I think that they went with the whole idea that we don't have to pay for the starters.
We don't have to get those guys. We can roll through a bunch of pitchers. We can roll through a bunch of relievers. We can do this and then get to the postseason because we did it the year before, even though a guy like Sean Mania fell off a cliff at 200 innings. And we saw it. I mean, they were cruising until mid-June, and then it just went 180 degrees. So I do think it was a personnel thing.
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