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I intuitively like Servais, but you're right, part of the problem could be his first-year learning curve as TGWTBS (The Guy Where The Buck Stops). He has a ton of baseball background as a player and coach, but taking the reins as manager-in-fact instead of manager-in-theory is probably not an easy transition. There's been a few times where I thought he was outmanouvered in the chess game.
When you're winning, the manager's mantras sound like wisdom. But when things start falling apart, the same mantras start sounding stale and out of touch. Welcome to the role of manager, Scott.