Enough time has passed that when Jeff Banister reviews the reasons why he was fired as the manager of the Texas Rangers he blames only himself.
“It’s on me. Absolutely. That was on me,” Banister said. “In hindsight, that team needed me to be more 2017 rather than 2015 and 2016, which is what I was. I was trying to manage like, ‘Here it is, let’s go. Let’s go.’ When what I needed to do was to recognize the situation and be more encouraging and take my foot off the gas in certain situations. That was my mistake.