Jerry Manuel managed the White Sox for a number of years, his last in 2003. I always considered him to be perfectly competent, but not worth keeping around necessarily, so his dismissal didn't bother me much.
In addition, he had a calm, gentle, patrician public demeanor when he was here. I always thought he was quite professional is his dealings with his team and the media.
Apparently the his firing from here did not treat him well, because he appears to have lost his mind in the intervening years. I understand that the New York media will blow everything out of proportion, but Manuel still appears to be acting very unlike he did when he was here. He's publicly ripping his players and the fans. We can assume that he probably won't get the job on a permanent basis this offseason.
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