What do you think about the Marlins naming their GM as their new head coach?

He's going to have to fire himself soon

Too cheap to hire an actual manager who has at least some experience at the major league level. Just goes to show you the direction the Marlins are headed for, or should I rather say have been. Just because the GM put together the teams and signed these players does not mean he personally knows them and their own personal tendencies, playing style, etc. That's the big difference between a GM and a manager, the manager spends more time with the players on field then the GM ever does, therefore he knows more about his players. The GM handles a different aspect, the business part, which is far different than a manager's duties, which make this move that the Marlins made head-scratching, to say the least.

Marlins justified it by stating Jennings knows all the players because he was the one who, as the GM, put this team together including the hiring of Redmon.

Doubt he majored in psychology or sociology. But Professor Jennings' on field baseball strategy chemistry lab is about to explode.

by the way, it's Manager - not head coach.

I'm not sure what to think about it. That high school is the only coaching experience he has, and I would prefer a manager that has coaching experience at higher levels, even if it's as an assistant. But he does know the staff and players better than any candidate would so that could help him out a lot.

The thing that troubles me is that Loria's reasoning behind moving Jennings (who has no previous professional managerial experience) was that he is an "excellent motivator and communicator." He is also described as being "highly respected in the Marlins' clubhouse" and above all "is part of the Marlins' family."

In other words, Jennings has exactly the same qualities and experience as Mike Redmond... If you took the words they used today and compared them to the words used when they hired Redmond, you'd think they were talking about the same guy.

Saves on a salary. That's the only thing I can think of.

Yes that is Jeff Loria for you

almost as bad as Charles Comiskey was back when he owned the White(black) Sox

as cheap as he can be

I assume Jack McKeon was busy, or asleep