Hillman: Injuries no excuse for dismal season

Wait. Sorry. I got that wrong in the title.. This is what he said:

"I've made mention of this many times throughout the course of this injury-plagued season that we've had: I'm much more impressed with where we're at mentally, work ethic-wise and attitude-wise with this club in comparison to what we had last year," Hillman said. "I think that has grown, I think the character has grown. Right, wrong and indifferent, I think that's something that leads to more wins."

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huh?

“I think that (mental ability?) has grown, I think the character (mental character as a whole?) has grown. Right, wrong and indifferent (… no idea), I think that’s something that leads to more wins.”

Managers have to play with the cards dealt them… so saying he had the proper cards to win is damning of himself (b/c he didn’t, in fact, win) and saying he didn’t have the proper cards is damning of his boss, GMDM. So what does he say? Pretty much gibberish.

Reporter, “What’s your evaluation of this season?”

Trey’s Mental Process: "Answer the questions. But don’t say anything. Don’t say anything, but also don’t use “maybe”, “ideally”, “possibly”, “um” or “uh”. Also, don’t incriminate myself or my boss. Also don’t point to anything measurable that can be proven wrong later."

I think the above quote was about his only possibility… there was nothing else he could have said.

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by CollininCalifornia on Oct 5, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions

He could have said,

“I’m disappointed in where we finished,” and that would have at least had a chance of seeming honest, whereas (as they used to say back home) the hash he slung couldn’t pass for victuals even to a pig.

by 2X2L on Oct 5, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

I'll rec anything that uses the word "victuals"

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by Matt Klaassen on Oct 6, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

me too

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by buddyball on Oct 7, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

2 out of 3 ain't bad: wrong and indifferent.

by Steve Hovley on Oct 5, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions

Injuries

I think we can all look at the Royals and conclude that if healthy, they would have competed for the pennant. They weren’t as lucky as the Twins who didn’t have any injuries to key players like ~~Justin Morneau~~, ~~Joe Mauer~~, ~~Francisco Liriano~~, ~~Glen Perkins~~, ~~Kevin Slowey~~, ~~Jesse Crain~~ or Nick Punto.

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by RoyalsRetro on Oct 5, 2009 10:39 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

and last week the mental attitude was the problem?

i’ve given up on this guy

by Freneau on Oct 6, 2009 7:52 AM EDT reply actions

Not sure if anyone posted this recent Trey beauty, courtesy of Ken Davidoff's blog (newsday.com)

Davidoff: And here’s a comment that Hillman told to me this past week, during Kansas City’s visit to Yankee Stadium, about the Royals’ development and their difficulty in getting people to believe in that development:

"It’s challenging because most of the time, our local media and even our fan base, they don’t want to hear about the process. They don’t want to be educated on the process. But it is a process. …People don’t want to take the time to learn, because we’re not bred that way, culturally. It was an easier sell in the other culture, in Japan (Hillman managed the Nippon Ham Fighters from 2003 through 2007), because they’re very used to processes. And they don’t care how long it takes, as long as you get it set to last."

by cookierojas73 on Oct 6, 2009 11:50 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Trey

is an ass.

by 2X2L on Oct 6, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions

That is a work of art

Process, education. It’s got it all.

by kcbottom9th on Oct 6, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

It’s either astonishingly deluded or astonishingly simple. He manages a team that has one winning season in the last 15 and no playoff appearances in the last 24. So if all of us actually had cultural impatience bred into us, there would be no Kansas City Royals fans — not a single one — and nobody would be available to be educated on whatever the process is that they can’t even be bothered to specify beyond vague references to “getting everybody together” and “working hard”.

I now have big problems with this guy, if that wasn’t already clear. I don’t want the Royals to terrible again next year, but I also don’t want Trey Hillman anywhere close to something I care about any longer than necessary.

by 2X2L on Oct 6, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Trey is a douchebag

“they don’t want to hear about the process”

How about you tell us what the process is!? I would love to be educated about it.

by Royal from Queens on Oct 6, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

He doesn't have time to educate.

by AxDxMx on Oct 7, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

This is so outrageously wrongheaded

that it deserves its own Fanshot. Everyone should know just how unworthy Hillman thinks we are of the Royals’ organization and their secret genius process. I found the source at newsday.com, so I’ll post it.

by 2X2L on Oct 7, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Trey and Dayton

I’m getting sick and tired of hearing that injuries are no excuse YET, every overview on the 2009 seaosn from either of these men begin with the qualifier and the forced mention that is was “injury plagued” like… shut up already.
Stop saying there are no excuses and then have a qualifier for every single sentence.

I had higher hopes for the team as well but that better not be an excuse to keep guys like Yu-Bet and Jacobs who were healthy!

by Royal from Queens on Oct 6, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions

I don't understand....

you would not want indifference to expand, but that might explain the defence I suppose.

Hey, Willie why’d you miss that ? Oh yeah, he’s indifferent and it’s growing! Go Process.

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 6, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions