Trammell lands Cubbie job
posted in Chicago Cubs, Out-of-Town Media |I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention former manager and god of shortstopping (new word, really!) Alan Trammell was hired Monday to be the Chicago Cubs’ bench coach.
Good for him. I am convinced that Trammell should have gone this direction in the first place. He should make for an excellent coach, and I’m glad to see him back in the game.
Sphere It“We are extremely happy to add Alan to the staff,” said Cubs general manager Jim Hendry. “His credentials on the field as a player, instructor and coach speak for themselves. He will be an invaluable person for Lou Piniella to lean on during the game, and he brings a special expertise in working with our infielders.”
“I think Trammell’s probably, as a coach in the big leagues, is probably one of the best coaches,” Tigers catcher Vance Wilson told the Detroit Free Press. “He’s so passionate about the game. He knows so much. Obviously, as far as being the manager, it didn’t work out. But as far as being in the game, the guy absolutely deserves and should be in the game.”
[...] Alan Trammell loves coaching, and apparently, losing: he’s just been hired by the Cubs to be Lou Piniella’s bench coach. [...]
Spending a few years as a bench coach with an experienced hand like Piniella is the move Trammell should have made, rather than taking the Tigers job. Not that it would have been easy to turn down a head job with “Your” team. But he now has the stench of 2003, deserved or not, following him.
Trammell needs a few years to go by to let the Tigers fiasco become a distant memory before he can even think about taking on another team. So taking the Cubbies gig is a good career move. Other than it being the Cubs, of course…