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It's a great point. Just because the Griffey situation didn't work out well, doesn't mean the CONCEPT of bringing in the highly respected former Mariner to ride into the sunset as player-coach is a bad one. Griffey just didn't seem to have the personality for the role, he was individually great but not a great leader (much like Ichiro). Raul OTOH seems to have the personality, and also seems to mesh with the young boss (Wedge) in a way Griffey obviously didn't/couldn't. (I mean, Wedgie is only 4 years older than Raul!)
Jason Kidd stepped right into coaching the Nets...he even looks kind of like Raul lol. Would not be surprised or disappointed to see Raul step into a management role with the M's once his bat finally runs out of juice (if that ever happens). Either replacing Wedge or working for him. I wonder if he has the tactical mind and organization skills to coach.