r/Cardinals • u/panderson1988 • 7d ago

Jeff Albert Fired by the Mets

I remember how a lot of the Cardinals media kept defending Jeff Albert. They have a giant egg on their face since time and time again the real world showcased how he sucked.

Fans can be irrational, but I couldn't ever figure out why Mo to the media kept defending his mediocre results to hitters constantly declining in the majors under his system. Thankfully NY media is rabid, so they hold his crap accountable. Especially after this horrible season for the Mets.

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u/da_choppa TAKE ME TO CHURCH! 7d ago

IIRC, his role with the Mets was different than his role with the Cardinals, and I don’t really know enough about his Mets job to judge. I’ll just say that when he got hired, I laughed about how he left STL in part due to perceived scrutiny in the media/online and predicted he would not fare well in New York if that was the case. Big surprise

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u/panderson1988 7d ago

Different role, but implementing the same type of system. I hear about analytics and defending his system, but the results never showed any promise imo.

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u/shapu I saw Mulder's homer 7d ago

Analytics are not helpful if you can't translate that into simple notes for players.  

That's why they hired Ward, right, to turn data into action?  And he wasn't good either, but that was a trend with him before.

There are plenty of good hitting coaches out there who make use of analytics and data.  But if you communicate that and make your guys better, you aren't a good coach.

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u/camera-operator334 7d ago

Ward was cheeks