Edgy & D3PO

[Guest attgig]

reading through Paul Depodesta's chat on baseball prospectus, I came across this line:

Edgy from the Crane Pool (Washington, DC): What is the model of good development personnel --- minor league coaches and instructors? Do you look for them to be adherents of a universal philosophy coming down from the top or to work with their own ideas and bag of tricks, under the assumption that it takes philosophical variety to reach and get the most out of a a variety of players. Paul DePodesta: Great handle.

nice

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=915

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

attgig wrote: reading through Paul Depodesta's chat on baseball prospectus, I came across this line: Edgy from the Crane Pool (Washington, DC): What is the model of good development personnel --- minor league coaches and instructors? Do you look for them to be adherents of a universal philosophy coming down from the top or to work with their own ideas and bag of tricks, under the assumption that it takes philosophical variety to reach and get the most out of a a variety of players. Paul DePodesta: Great handle. nice

Great job showing the flag!

[nymr83]

But did Depodestanswer his question?

[Guest attgig]

Nymr83 wrote: But did Depodestanswer his question?

yes he did

I actually believe it's a combination of the two. Organizational consistency is an important element of success. However, you have to maintain enough flexibility to create individual plans for each player. We can't be so rigid that we can't accept success if it comes in a different form, but there are typically common foundations to success.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=915

[metirish]

Edgy is everywhere , good stuff....gotta say i really like Depo.

[Edgy MD]

He answered the second part, an answer I guess most of us would have guessed would be "both." I kind of still feel up in the air on the first part, which has long been a mystery to me, and I guess I wish I didn't ask a two-parter.