"no Experience Required" On Boone's Yankee Coaching Staff

It’s funny….I am standing in unfamiliar territory right now. When I am not writing about baseball, I crunch numbers all day and I manage and develop people and I freaking LOVE it. When I look for new talent and I interview people I am looking for the right personality and for someone I think is a great fit for my company. I don’t even look for experience because I know I can teach someone who wants to learn and has a good attitude. It works for my business…..

But what about the Yankees? Aaron Boone says he is not worried about the lack of experience his new coaching staff has, read more HERE. But should he be worried? I am going to be honest, I’m worried. I can teach someone to do what I do because it’s totally unrelated to baseball. It’s not even comparing apples to oranges….it’s like comparing a stalk of celery to cotton candy. 

I like the addition of Eric Chavez because he has the experience and personally I have always been drawn to his personality. I think he is very likable and approachable so with his experience that can be a good combination as a coach. But this is where the experience ends! First base and infield coach Travis Chapman played one big league game before he transitioned to coaching. At least Luis Rojas has some experience coaching with the Mets in addition to his minor league service. The other three new additions have no experience.

So how does that work, exactly? How can someone with no experience playing Major League Baseball help a player improve? How can they collectively improve this team offensively and defensively? It doesn’t make sense. If you don’t understand the problem or even experienced yourself how are you supposed to fix it? I have no experience but maybe Boone should’ve picked me for an infield coach. I’d give it a try!

But seriously….this is what got to me:
“I think now we’re starting to probably follow more of an NBA/NFL model, where you have coaches that are really good at impacting players.”