They were having great at bats early on but 0-4 Polanco, Julio being an idiot swinging at balls while Scotty stands there with his thumb up his arse, France caught stealing(yeah he's so fast) and benching Rojas and Raley means this team ain't driving in any runs. Let's sit your 2 best players. Cool story.
If you are so talented, do you need coaching?
You do when you're young. Even Payton Manning needed coaching his first 3-4 years in the NFL.
Pretty much my sentiments, as well.
Most players do but the elite ones,I believe do not.
Even the best fall into bad habits. Coaches are there to spot that and correct it.
I wouldn’t consider J Rod elite, he is a good young player with potential
All players need coaching at least one whose sole job is to keep an eye on the player to see if they developed bad habits without the player knowing it. I remember there was a commercial when Edgar Martinez was still playing he was taking batting practice the hitting coach and another coach was playing cards behind the backstop and was paying no attention to Edgar after he was done with batting practice he wold ask “coach how am I looking?” The coach without looking at a single swing would reply” looking great Edgar”
Sounds like one of the spoof ads the Mariners were good at back then. They had a few. Don't kid yourself, coaches are always watching the players to spot tendencies and bad habits that creep in. Always, and all of them.
