I was about to sit down and write a perfectly conventional post addressing Jack Flaherty and interesting PITCHf/x data of his when the news broke: the bombshell announcement that Mike Matheny, John Mabry, and Bill Mueller were fired on Saturday night. With all do respect to Mr. Flaherty–who I might add is having a fine season of his own as [spoiler alert] you will probably read about in more detail next week–I chose to put that article on hold and explore a more timely topic.
A.E. Schafer penned his thoughts on the dismissals yesterday through the lens of what is in store for the Cardinals coaching staff going forward, but I want to focus on what effects firing a manager can have on the players.