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I agree and a lot of that had to do with the fact he never really knew the limits of what our pitching staff could do because he wasn't here long enough to understand the nuances of the staff. He helped them develop but as far as managing that requires at least a year and not coming in mid-year. Gary Henderson will blow him away as far as understanding strengths and weaknesses of our players as well as understanding what Cohen wants. I think our pitchers will be outstanding next year simply because we have a ton of talent and a pitching coach that will figure out roles quickly and understand the strengths and weaknesses of the staff. Johnson never grasped that part.
Left hand hitters hitting right hand sidearmers well is bullpen management 101. At the very least go out and give Rigby a mound visit and tell him to NOT MISS DOWN AND IN TO A LEFT HAND HITTER. Same shit at LSU when they hit a grand slam off of Rigby too- fortunately we scored 9 runs that day and only allowed 8.