St. Louis Cardinals

Who should be the next manager of the St. Louis Cardinals? BND readers weigh in

By Belleville News-Democrat
St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt, bench coach Oliver Marmol and first base coach Stubby Clapp, from left, watch from the dugout in the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in July. Clapp and Marmol are both candidtes to replace Shildt, who was fired by the team last week.
St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt, bench coach Oliver Marmol and first base coach Stubby Clapp, from left, watch from the dugout in the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in July. Clapp and Marmol are both candidtes to replace Shildt, who was fired by the team last week. David Zalubowski AP

While the St. Louis Cardinals leadership team deliberates on who should manage the team, BND readers are weighing in.

Here is a sampling of readers’ responses to the question: Who would you like to see as the new manager for the Cardinals?

Please excuse typos and any other awkward language as we are posting these mostly verbatim from survey submissions:

  • To offer anything would be disrespectful to Mike Shildt
  • Mike Shildt
  • Jose Oquendo
  • Skip Schumaker
  • Jose Oquendo
  • Let Mo manage since he thinks he knows so much .
  • Not sure
  • Uncertain
  • Schumaker
  • Pop Warner
  • Stubby Clapp
  • As a Redbirds fan Stubby had had much success. I also like Oquendo and think he would make a good manager.
  • Not sure
  • I’d like Shildt back. If not, give us Oquendo.
  • Oliver Marmol or Oquendo
  • Marmol or Schumaker. Not sold on Stubby.
  • Bruce Bochy, maybe Jayce Tingler.
  • TLR
  • Jeff Luhnow
  • Me
  • Stubby Clapp (1st pick) or Marmol
  • No idea
  • Jose Oquendo
  • Mickey Mouse
  • Schmumacher
  • Honestly no idea
  • Matt Holiday
  • A seasoned veteran player outside the Cardinals organization
  • Yadier Molina
  • Jose Oquendo
  • Shildt
  • Jose Oquendo
  • Not even on my radar right now.
  • I would love to see a manager with experience to be selected. As much as I love seeing former Cardinals players as managers, I believe this time we should look outside rhe organization to bring some new life to the mix.
  • I’m not sure
  • Buck Showalter
  • Carlos Beltran
  • No idea
  • Anyone as long as it is not from within the organization. We see how that turned out
  • Mike Shildt
  • I like Shumaker, but there are lots of very good people out there. Take your time and due diligence. Old retreads are not to my liking.
  • Matt Holliday
  • Pres of the cardinals Mo…. Let’s see how he manages working for himself
  • Jose Oquendo, but I think that window closed. So, Stubby Clapp is the next man up.
  • Marmol
  • Mike Shildt
  • Unsure at this time
  • Matt Holliday
  • Oquendo !
  • Yadi
  • Jose Oquendo
  • Stubby
  • Stubby Clapp
  • Anyone who can light a fire under millionaires to get them to perform. I don’t know who that is.
  • Stubby
  • Shoemaker
  • Schumaker, Holliday, McGuire, Oquendo, or Clapp
  • Stubby Clapp
  • Mike Shildt
  • No Mike shildt should’ve not been fired
  • unknown
  • Somebody who isn’t a yes man to the Cards front office and has a long MLB track record.
  • Matt Holiday
  • Don’t know
  • John Mozeliak
  • Matt Holiday
  • McGwire or Bochy
  • Mo, so he can fire himself on May 1, 2022!
  • Bruce Bochy
  • Oquendo
  • Chris Carpenter
  • Jose Oquendo
  • McGwire
  • I’d like to see an old-fashioned baseball man similar to Shildt, but since he just got canned, that’s probably not going to happen. And especially since Moz said he’d like to bring back all the coaches, he seems to be looking for a lackey, and I don’t mean John Lackey.
  • Yadi as player/coach
  • Up in the air
  • Let Cardinal Mgmt make that decision
  • Lady Gaga

Do you have a suggestion? Here’s how you can weigh in: https://bit.ly/bndshildt

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