I've seen a lot of people complaining about Kevin Long and Dave Eiland being involved with the two teams that made the World Series. I'm here to tell you that this happens all the time and it doesn't really mean anything. The Yankees weren't doing well with either of them on the payroll, so whatever Long has done for the Mets and Eiland has done for the Royals 1) might be overstated, and 2) means nothing for the Yankees' decisions. As Jeff Pentland put it when he first came aboard "I'm only a good hitting coach if we have good players," and now both coaches are on great teams.
Yankees coaches finding success elsewhere is nothing new
