New York Mets: Buck Showalter would be a great choice for bench coach
The New York Mets seem to be hiring a manager with no experience, so Buck Showalter would be a perfect blend with the rookie manager.
Brodie Van Wagenen fired Mickey Callaway as manager of the New York Mets, as he wanted to hire his own guy. Well, his guy is going to be a manager with no prior major-league experience, which is something that Mets fans might not want.
But that doesn’t mean there won’t be any major league managing experience in the dugout.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote a story about the possibility of Buck Showalter being the potential bench coach in Queens.
He mentioned that this could be the only way that Showalter can get back into the dugout in uniform, as he has finished in second place to Joe Maddon with the Angels and Joe Girardi in Philadelphia.
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Now, why would Showalter be a great fit as the bench coach? Because he would be a great resource for whoever becomes the skipper.
I think the Mets would put themselves in a much better situation to win games every night when the manager can’t tell the media that he didn’t make the right decision on a particular play.
And that would be because he has Buck Showalter by his side to help him get through 9 innings over the span of 162 games.
Another factor could be if the young manager struggles in the first half then at any time Jeff Wilpon knows he has Buck Showalter in his back pocket in case he wants to go in another direction.
Eduardo Perez has been reported to be the front runner in the manager race, and if that happens then Showalter would work well with the former Astros coach, as he worked with Perez at ESPN together.
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A veteran manager as the New York Mets bench coach would really help the rookie manager in the dugout, especially in a city like New York.