I'm on board.
All managers make moves that we fans view as tactical and strategic mistakes (we never, ever know ALL the factors that lie behind those moves). But I can't begin to count all the times this year when I thought an obvious managerial mistake was made. By mid-season I was convinced that Servais was a big part of what's wrong with this team, so much so that I wondered whether the players might have felt like they were playing with one hand tied behind their back.
All season long the M's would hit a wall and crack as soon as they came face-to-face with the chance of being a good team. Were the incredible rash of injuries a problem? Sure. Were they decisive? Perhaps. No doubt every time (until September!) they looked like they were going to fall completely into the tank, they reboudned. But to me this team lacked something spiritual (if I may use this phrase in a mundane way). They were not prepared for success. This lack has to be laid at the feet of the manager.
Baserunning. Repeated, constant dumb stuff seemingly always at crucial times. Again, not prepared for success.
So yeah, fire Servais. Good guy, nice guy, friend of the GM, fall guy. But there ya have it, a-NOTH-er managerial search. If not, then a lack of success next year takes both Servais and DiPoto. Okay, maybe not. Servais is DiPoto's guy, and the M's front office tends to prefer to hang onto desperate hope when the people THEY CHOSE do not appear ready to seize the prize.