Apparently the Mariners Are Rolling With Dan Wilson as Manager Beyond 2024

[@terrylrice4597]

This seems like more of an ownership forced decision, or at least heavily influenced. I’m sure they recognize how much turmoil there was with the fanbase and were pressured enough to make an impulsive decision. And what better thing to do than create a scapegoat, and simultaneously hire a Mariner legend. Dan Wilson having as much experience as he does with the intricacies of this organization is just icing on the cake. It’s a win-win for Jerry and ownership. If they end up missing the playoffs, it’s Servais’ fault, if the make a ‘95 style run and steal a playoff spot, they look like geniuses and instantly become the saviors of the Seattle Mariners . I would bet a lot that this is exactly how this went down.

[@13andren]

This is exactly my lines of thinking as well. Thanks for the comment.

[@terrylrice4597]

@@13andren you’re very welcome, sir 😎

[@WilliamMcCann-g9b]

I feel sorry for Dan Wilson

[@IPANoah]

I don't see Wilson as an "outsider" to the organization, he's been officially employed by the organization as a coach for the last 11 years. He spends the majority of Spring Training in Peoria with the big league club. He just wasn't on the on field major league coaching staff.

[@davidpankey23]

Since Edgar is joining the staff, here's a stat: The Mariners as a team would have to average a 2B every 8.8 at bat to match Edgar's career productivity in doubles.

[@tydriskel9878]

Agree. Stanton drove this decision.

[@arriephraim1523]

So Far, This is a season a Disappoint for me as mariners fan. We really had a chance to do something special. 10 games up on the division, and they blew it. That don't happen that often, when they do Gotta you take advantage of that. Damn. I know shit ain't perfect but last couple years we start of slow and then come on strong in second of season and just miss playoffs. This season feels like a reverse.

[@whitecoffee71]

I'm sure discussions started since the big slide.

[@robertkeenan7530]

Maybe it's just a coincidence but I'll just throw it out there, Dan just got back from vacation. I believe on Tuesday. He mentioned it doing commentary the day he was back. Perhaps he knew something and squeezed in a quick vacation before everything goes down.

[@gingerfitdad5091]

Dehart is gone too, thank God

[@metal--babble346]

he needed to go ... his advice made every hitter worse

[@Vanessaira-Retro]

I am that older Mariners fan that is nostalgic about the '95 team. However I am upset how they handled Scott, and apprehensive about Dan taking over. It is all sad and I am worried that Dan is not being setup for success as well. The look of this all is not good. I will be there at the game tonight and its going to be very interesting. Friday night City Connects, "new" blood at the helm, fireworks night though we'll see with the rain... Could either be great or a really bad night, and wonder how much cheering and/or booing will happen.

[@zakbinmywhitet]

When is colby gonna do the promotional ads.

[@cabwaylingo_]

this is just how the mariners are, just absolutely refuse to do anything in a normal way. sometimes it works really well, most times it goes like this, with your 2nd best ever manager finding out he was fired on twitter or something

[@Michael-id9bw]

Dan's awesome, but this has a bit of a PR move by the club.

[@diggitydog412]

This is a Mariner move. Trying to get the casual fan excited by hiring Wilson and Edgar. There is no reason to believe that Wilson will be a good manager.....has never really done it. Edgar has already been our hitting coach......and it worked ok but not amazing. But......the casual fan is all excited today hearing this. I personally won't be going to games EVER until the ownership group sells or changes how they do business. If our payroll stays in the lower part of the middle I will not spend one cent on this team. Those days have ended. This PR crap can't fool me.

[@derekspears2598]

Amren borther Boycott the M’s!

[@nvgpeter]

Amen again. Wilson has no experience whatsoever. Why not Dusty Baker or any experienced manager? So Mariners. Everyone loves Dan, but this is a step backward

[@McZsh]

All the high spending has lead to nothing. You can add high paid FA, if you are over the hump talent wise. We aren't. And guys we have are imploding before our very own eyes. The only way to the WS outside Dodgers and Yanks territory is this: - Trade away all marketable expensive players, waive the rest - Accumulate lots of talent that is one or maximum two years away from the majors - Concentrate on field players, as high end pitching is abundant - Develop, take the guys that are viable, trade the rest - When you are over the talent hump, add real high-end talent to your cheap roster - Get good vet SPs, disregarding the price tag - Go to the WS! How many times has it been done now? Phillies, Diamondbacks, Rangers, Rays, soon the Orioles. Astros have developed this to an art. Why is this franchise incapable of this? Why are they always fall short, sniping too early and shooting for middling scrap players? Don't tell me it's money, it's skill. And I fear, we're back to square 1.

[@jacobcastor3627]

You don't know what you're talking about

[@ScottServais-poet]

The timeline really makes it feel like this was their guy for a while. No shot they committed ahead of time without knowing they wanted him here for probably a couple years

[@trevor8727]

I think for the rest of the season we need to get away from whatever the current Mariner's organization analytics team is saying. Whatever information they were giving the players and Scott has been terrible. Maybe what this team needs is just good old fashioned baseball and coaching from players who know how to play the game.

[@Nikoo2o643]

Unfortunately this is comonplace. Ghosting iscommon term.

[@OPSavage2000]

We have pitching ..This off season we need a big bat or two to come to Seattle to put us over the top to make that deep playoff run while we have the chance.This opportunity does not come around to often for teams like ours so we need some urgency from the office.

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

Scott deserved to find out from Jerry not fucking twitter he did a lot of good here and worked his ass off he didn’t deserve this disgusting disrespect and God I wish we had a real ownership this team should be playing for championships right now I’m not saying Jerry and Justin are perfect but if they were just given the opportunity to do their job this would not have happened

[@stevenpinney776]

Dan Wilson 1st Era was cool. I'm optimistic about Dan Wilson Era 2. Go Ms!

[@MacChillin]

Can y'all talk about Brant Brown's thoughts of the Mariners offense from his interview with Foul Territory

[@insurgencybuffoonery8065]

The comedy is not lost on me of you guys gearing up this offseason for the first LoM episode centered around potential managers, only to find out Dan is the manager moving forward.

[@Krogg666]

It's very possible that Ken Rosenthal is to blame for Scott finding out before his meeting with Jerry. It is likely that Ken was told about the moves when he sat down with Jerry the previous day but was not supposed to release the news until a specified time; likely after the the meetings with Scott and JD. Stuff like this is handled by simple NDAs in all sorts of businesses all the time. In this hypothetical, Rosenthal fired out the news early and made a big mess. I'm sure we will never know the truth. It's just sad that it went down this way.

[@steveokahn7249]

"Actual proper hiring process"? LMAO Yeah, some interviews will surely let you know about other people as compared to many years of organizational performance.

[@jeremyboynton6173]

I'm willing to bet that hiring a known manager comes with a fear to ownership that they might be called out by the new skipper for not being willing to spend the money to win.

[@Jennifer-rq2nt]

Agreed 👍💯 Well said!

[@terryarista7105]

I think the Wilson hire is a way where DiPoto can still keep control over what goes on on the field. So what I’m staying is Wilson is probably a clone of Dipoto just in a different position. That means heavy on the analytics, and no feel for the game. But we shall see. I hope I’m wrong.

[@KevinKirby-il1li]

You gotta remember stanton is not the only person in the ownership group he's not even the largest shareholder that is chris Larsen so it's not 100% stanton decison

[@gingerfitdad5091]

Scott will get over it with his millions

[@diggitydog412]

its clear they talked to Dan at least 3 or 4 days earlier....but didn't make the time to tell Scott before it hit the media? They had days to prepare to tell Servais. Typical Mariner fashion........it's a classless, wandering franchise that has no idea how to operate.

[@tuckersundwall6815]

they didn't have days to tell Scott because he was managing a baseball team

[@MrFacemeltify]

This has the same feeling as when the Colts went out and hired Jeff Saturday as their coach. No disrespect to Dan but the lack of a search just screams Stanton trying to bait fans with nostalgia rather than having to spend money on bringing a proven coach here.

[@HunterMavar]

I grew up watching Edgar and Dan playing for the mariners when I was 7 years old. I looked up to them and so for that reason I’m stoked about this. Get ichiro in there and now we’re talking!!

[@Jennifer-rq2nt]

Agreed- Ichiro as hitting coach so that lineup can actually start manufacturing some runs...

[@stevenscott2354]

They're hiring the legends because Seattle fans are Seattle fans. It buys a couple years for ownership to not have to spend money on talent to win and keeps the fans occupied ... just kicking the can down the road

[@patrickmorehouse4918]

They were talking behind the scenes

[@grumpydave7329]

A 12 yr old could manage a baseball team lol.

[@jonathanneuhardt2467]

This organization is such a joke, that is such a Mariners move. Let’s give the keys to another First Time Skipper, meanwhile other teams are hiring championship coaches. This team isn’t serious and will never make it to the World Series

[@yeti983]

And here they are continuing to try to pull the wool over our eyes. Hiring wilson and possibly edgar wont prevent a boycott.

[@backwerdsman]

Is the boycott in the room with us right now?

[@isaacrlevin]

That article was written immediately after Ken talked to Jerry. Passan talks all the time about having tons of articles/tweets in drafts for when the news drops. I assume someone in ownership leaked to Ken and the news was out in less than a minute.

[@jimdension8074]

I experienced getting fired and hearing it from a 3rd Party - it really hurts when everyone one else finds out before I do - I would not be surprised to find out that the leak about Scott getting fired was intentional and ordered by someone high up in the organization

[@tuckersundwall6815]

what motive would the front office have to leak that info?? It doesn't accomplish anything but make them look bad

[@jimdension8074]

@@tuckersundwall6815 well somebody leaked it - and u have to ask the question Why

[@phillipfrench9705]

This was totally a Stanton and Larson PR move to gin up interest for ticket sales.

[@KevinKirby-il1li]

Maybe dan would on take job if it was permanent and I heard some players didn't want to play for servais anymore

[@มาร์กี้-น7ณ]

How about the obvious I.M.O.. This is a fan appeasement move.Kep the fan base excited for the rest of the year. $$$$$$

[@yuriprater789]

How do you not do ANY outside interviews? Dan isn’t an outsider. He’s been working with this regime in the minor league system for years. This just feels like pandering to the fans from Jerry and the ownership group. They know fans love Dan and won’t call for his firing like they did Scott purely for nostalgia sake

[@bertchiu9265]

Guys - this was an upper management coup to oust Scott - NOTHING else makes sense 😳

[@tuckersundwall6815]

your boss firing you doesn't count as a coup

[@philipfleming3008]

great Wilson couldn't hit the ball either...

[@chriswhittlesey]

Scott had to go Dan is a shot in the dark but what did we have to lose

[@doublethomas8415]

This hiring makes too much sense, Dan Wilson had a lifetime OPS+ of 80 and WRC+ of 99. Yeah that'll get the boys to hit! Let's hire someone who has never managed before who is a former catcher kind of like the guy they just fired. SMH. Should have let Scott's contract run out then go make a hire this winter. Edgar already failed as a hitting coach. I hate being a fan of this team.

[@NicholasAugusta]

Stephen Vogt is doing a pretty good job over in Cleveland. He never managed before.

[@IPANoah]

You should stop being a fan then- you don't seem to actually know much about the sport. Like a manger has to be super star to be effective, or because the hitters on the roster sucked Edgar was supposed to magically fix them. Terrible take.

[@gingerfitdad5091]

Wilson isn't the hitting coach🤡. Dehart was fkn awful and scott hired him

[@jacobcastor3627]

Edgar martinez, one of the best eyes in baseball, would be a great choice for a hitting coach for the manners, And for Dan Wilson, one of the best catchers knows what to call would be a great addition to the mariners. The combination dan wilson And Edgar Martinez is going to be awesome. 🎉

[@michaelcarlton8439]

Ahoy guys! Hoping this new era of the mariners is a positive one 😁

[@luismota3066]

The student of LOU PINELLA EXELENT PICK. GOOD LUCK N WALLCAME TO THE BIG DANCE. HOPE THE BEST FOR YOU DANNY.

[@JeremyVasquez-pj4ic]

Man love how you guys think it was fan move but just watch he’s a smart guy with a lot of player manager and he know the plan watch

[@ericcarlson924]

Dan might not be too bad. Just shows how much the coaches don't matter at that level. As long as they can stay out of the way and not lose games for their team. Scott made things way too complicated with match ups and shit and it drove fans and players crazy. I don't think dan will get all into the analytics bullshit

[@j.ruhland21]

“Apparently” lol chill out dudes fr

[@golfkhakis]

Colby looks like the most depressed person on planet earth.

[@ghawk77]

Why spend the extra time interviewing manager candidates when managers have no impact on w/l record?

[@seanthedon6996]

Thats completely false

[@ricksherman8087]

They are going to feed off Dan's and Edgar's status not their ability to coach. We need to boycott baseball get rid of the ownership