They picked up his option? You are kidding me?

by mpegg on Apr 19, 2009 9:24 PM CDT

Coop has got to go. They picked up his option for 2010? Drayton you are a moron. The guy has done nothing but blow game after game with bad decisions and he gets rewarded with another year. He must be awful cheap. We already know Drayton is. BTW nice call pulling the rookie during what should have been a shut out today. Coop's philosophy on pitching----> "If you throw enough pitchers out there you will eventually find at least one that is having a bad day." Today he found two.

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BTW nice call pulling the rookie during what should have been a shut out today.

Paulino was at 90-something pitches. He’s 25 with an injury history.

by Only_A_Lad on Apr 19, 2009 11:34 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs

Another year

of running around like headless chooks. Apart from that, Coop hasn’t been that bad.

Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.

by jonthefon on Apr 20, 2009 12:33 AM CDT reply actions

What exactly would you have done differently today? Leave Paulino in until his arm fell off? Leave him in until the Reds figured him out and tee’d off on some of his pitches, thus setting him back in the confidence department? Somehow magically known in advance that Geary was going to give up those runs? Or would you have pulled him after giving up his first single, thus going to three pitchers before even a third of an inning is up?

6 innings from a starter followed by 3 innings of relief is a pretty standard practice. There are 162 games in a season and sometimes things don’t go your way.

And as for picking up Coop’s option, the national media was chirping about Cooper being on the hotseat…Drayton doesn’t like the bad press because he wants to sell tickets, so he re-upped Coop…beats the hell out of firing the guy and trying to find a new manager ten games into a season.

by AstroAndy on Apr 20, 2009 12:59 AM CDT reply actions

C'mon man

They TREMENDOUSLY overachieved last year, and he’s getting a lot out of what was considered a weak rota so far (slow start by lineup, per usual). Coop calls the game right; do you really think Geary’s error was something Coop saw coming? I think not.

by stanleytree on Apr 20, 2009 11:10 AM CDT reply actions

Obviously most of you have drank the Drayton Koolaid already. Have you looked at the standings lately? Mediocre is considered the goal these days. What a shame.

by mpegg on Apr 20, 2009 2:09 PM CDT reply actions

you haven't read much of what we say here, have you?

None of us is particularly fond of Cooper’s management or Drayton’s decision-making. But we understand that the criticisms you’ve leveled are – frankly – idiotic. What would you have done in that situation? Leave Paulino out to tire and get shelled? Maybe you don’t get this, but Paulino is the one of only two legitimate pitching prospects the Astros have in AAA/AA. I’d rather Cooper manage one of the few young assets in the Astros’ organization properly than attempt to go all Dusty Baker on Paulino’s arm. And Byrdak had pitched reliably up until that outing, as had Geary. Coop made the right decisions, they just didn’t pan out.

The problem is that the personnel the Astros currently have just isn’t very good, and they’re currently getting very unlucky on their hitting with RISP. None of those things are things that Cooper can control. He can’t make Pudge eight years younger, he can’t make Berkman snap out of his current slump, and he can’t make Tim Byrdak throw strikes.

by Only_A_Lad on Apr 20, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Who's the other? Bud Norris?

Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.

by jonthefon on Apr 20, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah

and he’s really a bullpen prospect at best.

I mean, you’ve got some others – Sammy Gervacio comes to mind – but all are pretty borderline. In any case, it’s not like the Astros (or any organization, really) are in a position to throw young pitching prospects to the wolves.

by Only_A_Lad on Apr 20, 2009 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions

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