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Tone's Book
So I finally got Tone's new book on Saturday and have read about 60 pages so far. Right now he's just completed his bout with shingles and the Cardinals went through that brutal stretch that culminated with them losing Pujols.
There's some interesting insight from him on what I perceived as goofiness. Some of it's still goofy, but at least I understand it better. For instance, I wondered why he would never at least lightly call out a player in the postgame. Well, turns out it goes against his policy of personalizing a relationship with every player. He said he only flipped out once or twice (I can't remember) after a game and that was throwing over the postgame dinner spread.
He did have a funny story how he locked the team out from eating dinner after a 10-1 loss in Detroit. Since they didn't make an effort on the field they had to make an effort to find a nice restaurant on a Saturday night.
Then there was him explaining how he'd rather have a Mariano Rivera than a Roy Halladay, which Duncan vehemently disagrees with him on. Smart guy, that Duncan.
He thought the team lacked intensity in 2010 and the team captains felt that way, too. Everyone felt there was something missing. Tone was ridiculously optimistic in this book about some of the guys they brought in to start 2011. He talks glowingly of Theriot, Miggy Batista and Brian Tallett. Also, he raves about Berkman's defense.
The team's leaders made a concerted effort to help Rasmus, but I haven't gotten to the part where he explains what went wrong there.
Overall, it's a breezy read, but I feel like he's either a relentlessly optimistic person who wants to say nothing bad about anyone or he wants to manage the Cardinals again.
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Re: Tone's Book
I need to get this book.
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tkihshbt wrote:
Overall, it's a breezy read, but I feel like he's either a relentlessly optimistic person who wants to say nothing bad about anyone or he wants to manage the Cardinals again.
Could be a learned thing, TK. Who knows what he'd still like to do with his retirement, but what would be gained by pissing off powerful people at this point?
To stretch an analogy, MacArthur got to the point where he was Retired, in both the passive and active senses of the verb, and he shared advice liberally with JFK. He never learned and paid for it with his career. My guess is that the LaRooster learned discretion. I really enjoyed some of his takes after Pujols signed with the Angles. He struck me as a guy who had learned the art and science of speaking with comparative honesty, and also with a lot of discretion.
Just a guess.
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Perhaps, but the best part of someone leaving a position of power is that they'll tell everyone how they really feel and I think Tone is doing that in his book. There's a chance he really is the type of person who won't say anything bad about anyone.
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There's a chance he really is the type of person who won't say anything bad about anyone.
That's kinda what i was saying, whether learned or genetic.
I like the straight talk, and look forward to it. These circumspect people try my patience.
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Perhaps, but the best part of someone leaving a position of power is that they'll tell everyone how they really feel and I think Tone is doing that in his book. There's a chance he really is the type of person who won't say anything bad about anyone.
He ended on a happy note. Had he walked away bitter the book might have had a different "tone".