Couldn't think of a better topic line or another place to put this, but I wanted to post somewhere that Boone and his 26 months as Yankee manager is now the longest tenured NY professional head coach/manager currently, after Kenny Atkinson was fired today.
So the quick highlights, hired in Dec 2017, a bit inexplicably from the outside given the competition and an adequate 2018 did nothing to change anyone's mind. Also I thought his 2019 started off a bit weak but about a month in (so around 200 games into his managerial career), it was like something clicked and he has been really good ever since, in almost every way. He looks shockingly like Torre at times and his press conferences seem to be increasingly channelling a similar sort of informed cool. I still would rather listen to Girardi than Boone but the gap is less than it used to be.
Jon's grades:
2018: B or B-, they won 100 games but there were constant bullpen head scratchers especially given how deep and loaded the pen was
2019: A-, but an A or A+ after the first month with all of the injuries and still 103 wins.
So the quick highlights, hired in Dec 2017, a bit inexplicably from the outside given the competition and an adequate 2018 did nothing to change anyone's mind. Also I thought his 2019 started off a bit weak but about a month in (so around 200 games into his managerial career), it was like something clicked and he has been really good ever since, in almost every way. He looks shockingly like Torre at times and his press conferences seem to be increasingly channelling a similar sort of informed cool. I still would rather listen to Girardi than Boone but the gap is less than it used to be.
Jon's grades:
2018: B or B-, they won 100 games but there were constant bullpen head scratchers especially given how deep and loaded the pen was
2019: A-, but an A or A+ after the first month with all of the injuries and still 103 wins.