To me, the timing is just silly. Sure… the Devils won the Cup a few years back when they fired their coach like a week before the playoffs. Then they tried it again last year… not so successful. To me, it comes down to your point: If he was so bad that he had to be fired in mid-September, then he was bad enough to be fired earlier… to give the new guy a shot to accomplish something. Seems like a real panic move for a team that is struggling mightily lately…. too little, too late indeed.

In 1988, the Red Sox fired John McNamera mid-season and Joe Morgan led them on the Morgan Miracle tour… they won like 25 straight home games… played great… made the playoffs… and then were summarily dismissed in the first round by the A’s - but I digress. Replacing a manager from the offseason up to end of July (early August if you really want to push it)? Fine… time for him to have an impact (think Jerry Manuel for Willie Randolph). But is it realisitc to expect Dale Sveum to right the ship in two weeks?

I dunno… maybe this will be a jolt to the Brew Crew and they’ll respond… we’ll see.

Then again, maybe it’s just the area. The Astros were 30-10 since August 1, inexplicably putting themselves within a couple games of the wild card… until they came up and played their “home” series against the Cubs in Milwaukee. The “home” teams in Milwaukee don’t seem to fare to well as wild card contenders, do they?