The Chicago Cubs Kris Bryant said it best. We wouldn’t have won it if Joe Maddon wasn’t here. The question is, why did he have to go? Change. 2015 to 2017 was the culmination of a bunch of things. 2018 and 2019? Not good at all. And so, change was coming. Although Maddon didn’t know it. Well, he did. The writing was on the wall.
In a column by Paul Sullivan, he explained that they wouldn’t win without him. To be honest? They wouldn’t have. He was the right man for the right task.