Cashman: Miller my responsibility
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Brian Cashman said he had a sleepless night trying to decide what to do with Marty Miller.
In so many words (and with Cashman there are always a lot of words) he said that the players had lost faith in his techniques. Perception had become reality.
“This is as much my failure as anybody else’s,” Cashman said.
So Miller is out and Dana Cavalea is the interim director of performance enhancement. Cavalea was Miller’s assistant but has been with the Yankees since 2003. This was his first year as a full-time employee, however.
Cashman did not say whether they would hire somebody else but that seems likely.
One player told me that the mistake the Yankees made was hiring Miller just before the start of spring training. The best thing would have been to hire him in October and given him a chance to meet with every veteran during the winter and get his program started.
Once the injuries started mounting, many players gave up on his program. Seeing Phil Hughes limp off the mound was the last straw for Cashman.
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Was the Carl shut-down a protest of the Miller firing?
any weather updates
Tornado sirens are going off here in Dallas and trucks are overturned on the highway due to wind gusts. Not sure about Arlington (20 minutes down the road)
Amazing that so little thought was given to this whole thing. Hiring the conditioning coach right before spring training? Sounds like an afterthought.
“I take full responsibility. But not the blame. Let me explain the difference. People who are to blame lose their jobs, people who are responsible do not.” David Frye imitating Richard Nixon, 1973
Peter, is there anymore news on Hughes? How’s his leg?
I heard Cashman talk about this with Suzyn Waldman a bit ago
It seemed pretty clear that the big problem was that Miller didn’t get along with the players. Sounded like he didn’t want to compromise. So players just did their own thing.
In fact, Cashman pointed out that players WERE equipped with stretching bands, and could do their own stretching prep on their own.
He also pointed out that several of the injured players were NOT using Miller’s regimen, and that players using it were not injured.
The disconnect is clear – the strength and conditioning coach should still supervise and talk to every player about his program – whether it was one designed by the player’s personal trainer or not.
Nice background Peter. It does seem odd to hire what really should be thought of as an important position and basically the last minute. Almost smacks of desparation & panic.
Why was to position open so long?
Bring back Bobby Alejo
Number one yes the injuries have been frequent, but Cashman has to stop this I take full responsibility crap, I know almost for a fact that Joe Torre has done a poor job, that’s plain and simple injuries didn’t make him use Pettitte in Fenway twice and get trigger happy w/ the bullpen, I want Cashman here for the future he’s building a good system his hires are finding talented players in the draft and in the intl. scene example Zach McCallister and Jose Tabata.
When Torre leaves we’ll have a new game manager,Marty Miller is gone his strength and conditioning was 1/4 of the problem when I read that the players didn’t commit to his regimen well then that’s also on the Yankees players, but is your S&T coach can’t keep them healthy then yup I agree fully w/ this decision , and Hughes was the final straw for me.
Here’s hoping Cashman stays and builds us a new dynasty.
Great background on Miller. It looks like a blunder by Cash for sure. Changes like this
should not be made at the last minute. An S&T coach matters. I hope that the next choice works out.
something had to happen and since the losses keep pilling up and the injuries, it only seems fitting that the trainer not the manager get axed, heck with all those hamstring injuries by the pitchers that was only odvious since that is not a common injury for a pitcher
Good riddance. The guy clearly wasnt doing his job. They better bring in someone soon to start working with these guys…..or we could be in for more injuries.