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Originally Posted by UNLTrpt
why would you want TK gone? He won us two WS and had to endure ownership cutting costs. Can't do much when you're delt a 7-2 offsuit (if I can use a Hold 'em reference)
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Professional:
His attitude was always shit. He never showed any emotion, and made several terrible coaching moves during his career. Yes, he gave us two titles. But he stayed on too long, and everything got quite stale.
Personal:
His son attended a grade school, junior high school, and then high school in my conference. When he came to watch his son's games, he treated Twins fans like crap. He would bark at little kids looking for autographs, and would generally be sullen to anyone that even tried to say hello. I'm sorry, but he's an ambassador for the franchise whether he likes it or not. Comes with the job, I'm afraid. Plus his son, who was mediocre in athletics, was a starter in all his sports and clearly better players rode the bench because of it.
I took personal satisfaction in blasting TK Jr. in a football game once. Running backs should keep their heads up, lest the defensive back(me) decide to plaster them. I didn't play basketball(he did), but he was pretty bad in baseball. As a catcher, I gave him a ton of shit whenever he came up to the plate.