The Colorado Rockies’ Case To Retain Walt Weiss

Aug 31, 2015; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Rockies manager W. Weiss (22) before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports

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This is a tough one for some, but for all intents and purposes, you can certainly make the point that the rebuild — regardless of whether or not Jeff Bridich wants to use that term — began for the Colorado Rockies the day they traded Troy Tulowitzki. (Honestly it started long before that, but Tulo is a great delineation point in this franchise’s history.)

So with that, you could argue that a hypothetically fired Walt Weiss is wrapping up his tenure just as the Rockies are a few months into their rebuild, and the next manager is going to step in and be the man that takes the Rox to the promised land. Great!

The devil’s advocate in me argues the rebuild began when Jeff Bridich took over the reins nearly a year ago. He had a shot to fire Weiss in November, you’d imagine, but didn’t (or, perhaps couldn’t). He stuck with Weiss for the first year. Bridich made the biggest move in Rockies’ history this July with Weiss at the helm. Why can him now?

Unless there’s somebody better out there (more on that in a minute), I suppose the case could be made that the Rockies are already a year into a full re-build under Weiss. Why not see it through with a players’ manager?

I’d grant you that if that were the case, it’d make more sense from a player development standpoint for young players to have some kind of manager and coaching staff continuity. (I know. That’s a weak connection. Devil’s advocate, remember? Truth be told, I like this next point better, and the third one the very best.)

Next: Point Two: Familiarity

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