"Do we ever like anyone?"
With the Reds in last place, David Bell is the latest coach/manager feeling the wrath of fans in Cincinnati.
Recently I've been asked:
"Do we ever like anyone?"
and.....
"Will we ever have another Huggins or Piniella"?
That got me thinking about the amount of time we've spent complaining about the coaches/managers in town over the years.
I count 34 managers/coaches that have taken over the Reds, Bengals, UC football, UC basketball and Xavier since 1990.
I have listed the record of each during their time here.
Who would you rank as your five favorite/least favorite coaches/managers since 1990? Why?
Reds (13)
Lou Piniella: 255-231 (.525), 3 seasons, World Series
Tony Perez: 20-24 (.455) 1 season
Davey Johnson: 204-172 (.543), 3 seasons, 1 division
Ray Knight: 125-137 (.477), 3 seasons
Jack McKeon: 291-259 (.529), 4 seasons
Bob Boone: 190-238 (.444), 3 seasons
Dave Miley: 125-164 (.433), 3 seasons
Jerry Narron: 157-179 (.467), 3 seasons
Pete Mackanin: 41-39 (.513), 1 season
Dusty Baker: 509-463 (.524), 6 seasons, 2 division titles, 1 wild card
Bryan Price: 279-387,(.419), 5 seasons
Jim Riggleman: 64-80 (.444), 1 season
David Bell: 115-128 (.475), 2 seasons, 1 wild care
Bengals (5)
David Shula: 19-52 (.268)
Bruce Coslet: 21-39 (.350)
Dick LeBeau: 12-33 (.267) 3 seasons
Marvin Lewis: 131-122-3 (.518), 16 seasons, 4 division titles, 3 wild cards
Zac Taylor: 6-25-1 (.203), 2 seasons
UC football (7)
Rick Minter: 53-63-1 (.457), 10 seasons
Mark Dantonio: 18-17 (.514) 3 seasons
Brian Kelly: 34-6 (.850), 4 seasons, 2 BCS bowls
Butch Jones: 23-14(.622), 3 seasons
Tommy Tuberville: 29-22 (.569) 4 seasons
Luke Fickell: 35-14 (.714), 4 seasons, New Year’s Day 6 Bowl
UC basketball (4)
Bob Huggins: 399-127 (.759), 16 seasons, FF, 2 Elite 8, 1 Sweet 16
Andy Kennedy: 21-13 (.618)
Mick Cronin: 296-147 (.668), 13 seasons, 1 Sweet 16
John Brannen: 32-20 (.604), 2 seasons
Xavier (5)
Skip Prosser: 148-65 (.695), 7 seasons
Thad Matta: 78-23 (.772), 3 seasons, Elite 8
Sean Miller: 120-47 (.719), 5 seasons, Elite 8, Sweet 16
Chris Mack: 215-97 (.689), 9 seasons, Elite 8, 3 Sweet 16
Travis Steele: 51-37 (.580), 3 seasons
(Number of seasons include partial seasons)