Originally Posted by
Jimmy Lemke
I think Jeter will be here through next year. I hope he gets the chance to rebound - this is, after all, the first time he's gone backward (we all expected it in 06-07).
We need to take a step back here. Has he lost the players? I think so. But I also think he deserves the chance to make it work. I for one would like to see Jeter get this year and next. I know it will be a tremendous test of patience but I think it's worth the wait, and I'll tell you why.
Every game we're losing fans. So many of the internet fans have long given up or are just getting apathetic now. But think of where all this ire is pointed? It's pointed at Jeter. The point I'm making is this: no matter when Jeter departs, whether it be soon, after the season, or even after next season, you have to expect that the anger of a lot of fans will go out the window too. I will venture a guess and say that 90% of the fans are angry because they dislike Jeter as our coach. Once that tenure ends, all of them are going to be excited again, unless it's handed to one of his assistants (fairly or unfairly; Boudreau's style is a whole lot different from Jeter's, as Chad's a part of the same Dr. Tom Davis tree that Pearl comes from).
So why not ride it out for awhile, see if he can make it right?