I know he won a championship with Florida and had a lot of good years in Pittsburgh. Jim Leyland has a lot of experience and that's something he has over Tram because this was his first managerial job.
Quotes about leyland (7 Quotes)
I don't think it takes long for somebody to be impressed with Jim Leyland and his knowledge of the game. He knows what he wants to accomplish, and he's done it so many times. He's a great communicator. The players like him.
I wasn't out there, and I'm a nuisance. I think everybody knows that. In fact, (Leyland) had to calm us down from walking up on the home runs. You can see how it changed from being nice guys to we do have attitudes. There's a lot of attitudes.
There was no question in my mind that Leyland was the leading candidate if he had the passion. I didn't know that until we interviewed him. Both candidates were made aware that we had a leading candidate. I had been given indications by people that he had it, but it didn't take long to see that he had the passion.
With the players that we have, we've got a staff that's able to take us to the next level. The final answer is what the manager's going to say. There's not going to be any other influences. We know that Jimmy Leyland is the captain of this ship.
I am driven to move quickly because I think there could be a lot of interest in Jim Leyland.
Jim Leyland, in my career, has been the best manager at running his bullpen. He's been the best manager at going out in the outfield and asking his pitchers how they're feeling every day and not having the pitching coach worry about it.