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I like Lou but let's not forget that he also managed one of the biggest busts in Mariner history - 1998. We may never see a team with that much front line talent again. Four bona fide HOF players (Griffey, Johnson, ARod, Edgar), complimented by a group of good players that had good years (Moyer, Fassero, Buhner, Segui), another wave of decent players in key positions (Wilson, Cora, Hill/Amaral, Davis, Timlin).
I like Lou but he was handed wave after wave of talent, year after year. Sometimes he won with it, sometimes he didn't. Sometimes he could get a team to buy in, sometimes he couldn't. Some years (thank you Brian Price!) he could manage his pitchers, some years he couldn't.