“It’s just been a really nice way for us — among the coaches, among the staff — to recognize each other for the things that maybe don’t get recognized otherwise,” Venable said. “It’s just kind of (a way) on a personal level to say, ‘Hey, you’ve been helping me out, you’ve been helping the players out. I want to give you just a little bit of love,’ you know?”
“It’s this gaudy dollar sign,” pitching coach Dave Bush said. “So, it’s awfully hard to miss.”
Said Hyers: “You wear it all day, and players rag you and get all over you.”
“Camaraderie,” Hyers said. “Keep the troops moving along. And (when you give it away) you say something about the person, so you get to talk about some cool stuff that people do throughout the day that (other coaches and staff) might not hear about unless that happens.”
“The coach of the day is special, (that’s) probably why I’ve never won it,” joked first-base coach Tom Goodwin. “(But it is a) great way for us to start our day. Some of it is good old-fashioned hard work, some of it is humor, there’s a battle scar or two, and throw a birthday boy in there, and you’ve got the many sides of Cash Money Coach of the Day.”