Wakamatsu was the 1st casualty in the Z era. He was DOA at the hands of a malcontent guy who hit .259 with 1 HR. Wak had won 85 games the year prior, btw. Figginns was a casualty, predictably, when Sarge Wedge was the replacement manager.
Saunders/Smoak/Ackley done in Wedge. But you will remember that Wedge handled Franklin and Saundes with abysmality, if that is a word. Figgins festered and Wedge did little about it for nearly 2 years. It had to be a terrible lockerroom, even with Ichiro. Then Z added Milton Bradley to the mix. Poof.....
Somewhere in here Z got Jaso and he was great. Then he was gonie.
Seager developed under Wedge. I will give him that.
And then, way too late, Z hired McClendon, who had no real record of managerial success. He had rode along on the Detroit Tiger mashing train however.
And here we are.
And I'm not mentioning Fister or Pineda.
I don't blame Z for this year. But he hasn't got it done overall.
I won't really miss him.