Quote Originally Posted by Mmcclend View Post
Something interesting to think/debate about. How much credit should Harbs get for hiring them? How would this team look without them?
Did Mantle & company make the Yankees sustaining winners during the 50's - or was it Casey Stengal managing to harness all the star power in the dugout to get them to pull all the loads of the season and World Series in the same direction. As we have seen in numerous teams, just having stars on the team is not enough - the TEAM has to work as a TEAM. It takes strong leadership to keep a organization moving forward over time - Harbs has kept the Ravens moving forward during his 12 years - in some cases making decent tasting lemonade out of the lemons that ended up on the roster for whatever reasons.