would brett want to manage

I think Brett would actually be a terrible manager. He's lkely typical
of many of the gifted athletes, in that they really can't tell you how
they did what they did. Sure, they throw out the cliches like "work
hard, hustle, keep your head in the game", but they can't teach others
ow to do what they do. I think players like Frank White (and Ozzie
Guillen, and Mike Scocia (sp?), etc., players who were not necessarily
that gifted, but had to work hard at maintaining their craft... these
are the players who make better managers. I'm really hoping the Royals
decide to bring in either A) an experienced manager who has actually
shown he can win (e.g. NOT Buddy Bell) or B) Frank White.

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> know he has tryed to buy the team,but what about the new gm letting him
> try,.and what does brett do just sits and earn his life time deal from
> mr k
>
>
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I think players like Frank White (and Ozzie
> Guillen, and Mike Scocia (sp?), etc., players who were not necessarily
> that gifted, but had to work hard at maintaining their craft... these
> are the players who make better managers.

IO had to laugh when you mentioned Frank White. Whjat a great guy, what a
horrible manager. He is the nicest guy, always smiling, signing autographs
for the fans in double A Wichita, but he is clueless.

He can't fill out a lineup card. (See the diaster when Alex Gordon had to
leave the team for a wedding) Only one thrid baseman per team Frank. Oh, and
make sure figure out who your pitchers are before you put them in a game and
they don't even get to pitch cuz the other team challenges you on it (Same
freakin game if I recall right)

Oh, last night... Good call sticking with Ryan Braun. When he threw his 12th
ball of the inning it might have been a sign. He is all about teaching
lessons in the minors, but if he wants the KC job (AND DOES HE EVER, he said
he'd quit if he doesn't get it) than he needs to use the minors to develop
his skills. Last night was classic bad managing by Frank. These things
happen all the time in Wichita. I talented team that couldn't win games...
It wasn't the players...
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When did George Brett ever try to buy the team or even express an interest
in doing so?

He sure doesn't have the cash to do any such thing on his own now, or, in
the past.

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> know he has tryed to buy the team,but what about the new gm letting him
> try,.and what does brett do just sits and earn his life time deal from
> mr k
>
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RBTGT wrote:
> When did George Brett ever try to buy the team or even express an interest
> in doing so?

Around the time Miles Prentice did

> He sure doesn't have the cash to do any such thing on his own now, or, in
> the past.

He was part of a group with his brother and some other people. He
probably has more than you might think. He owns (or owned) a minor
league hockey and baseball team, a sporting goods line - they make
baseball bats among other things, and a restaurant on the plaza
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A minor league baseball team or a restaurant is one thing, a major league
baseball team is quite another. I seriously doubt if he has the pocketbook
for that.

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> RBTGT wrote:
>> When did George Brett ever try to buy the team or even express an
>> interest
>> in doing so?
>
> Around the time Miles Prentice did
>
>> He sure doesn't have the cash to do any such thing on his own now, or, in
>> the past.
>
> He was part of a group with his brother and some other people. He
> probably has more than you might think. He owns (or owned) a minor
> league hockey and baseball team, a sporting goods line - they make
> baseball bats among other things, and a restaurant on the plaza
>
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Tony Myers is correct -- in the mid 90's, Ken Brett, George Brett, and some
other investors assembled a group to try to purchase the Royals from the
Kaufmann estate. The review committee charied by David Glass thought an
offer by another person (Glass himself) was better.

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>A minor league baseball team or a restaurant is one thing, a major league
>baseball team is quite another. I seriously doubt if he has the pocketbook
>for that.
>
> "Tony Myers (now with flavor crystals!)" <SedatedApe.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in
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>>
>> RBTGT wrote:
>>> When did George Brett ever try to buy the team or even express an
>>> interest
>>> in doing so?
>>
>> Around the time Miles Prentice did
>>
>>> He sure doesn't have the cash to do any such thing on his own now, or,
>>> in
>>> the past.
>>
>> He was part of a group with his brother and some other people. He
>> probably has more than you might think. He owns (or owned) a minor
>> league hockey and baseball team, a sporting goods line - they make
>> baseball bats among other things, and a restaurant on the plaza
>>
>
>
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RBTGT wrote:
> A minor league baseball team or a restaurant

And a minor league hockey team, and a sporting goods company, plus the
millions he must have left from his playing days (heck spending the
just the interest on that kinda money would be a full time job), his
salary with the royals, I think he owns part of one of the sports talk
radio stations in town (or he used to) and his brother Bobby is big in
real estate, plus there were others in his group. ( I may be
remembering wrong, but I think Tom Watson was one of the other guys)

is one thing, a major league
> baseball team is quite another. I seriously doubt if he has the pocketbook
> for that.

How much do you think Glass' net worth was when he become owner? Guess
low.

95 million. He's not the billionaire the radio guys make him out to be.
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