‘I felt like we left wins on the table’: Why Jed Hoyer seized the opportunity to hire Craig Counsell to manage the Cubs
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer had said all the right things for months in support of David Ross.
Even when scrutiny on Ross’ performance became heightened in June when the Cubs slipped 10 games below .500, Hoyer continued to believe in him. At the end of the season, after a three-week September collapse dropped them out of playoff position, he backed his hand-picked manager. Hoyer, though, has shown a willingness to make tough decisions when he believes it benefits the organization.
A covert recruitment of managerial free agent
