Yost Toast in Milwaukee

Desperate times calls for desperate measures, I guess.

Today, the Milwaukee Brewers parted ways with manager Ned Yost, as the team tries to get out of a slump that saw it lose 11 of its last 14 games.

The thing is, the Brewers, which haven't been to the playoffs since 1982, still held the lead in for the National League Wild Card, though it being very slim.

It's kind of ridiculous to put this on the club's manager. Not even the Boss himself, George Steinbrenner, has done anything so bold. Does Milwaukee's suits really think that this is going to help the team get out of its slump and into the playoffs?

If you asked me, it may even worsen the situation. Why? Because now there's added turmoil on the team. There's an extra layer of drama that's not needed. And, hanging like an albatross around the Brewers' collective necks, there is the question of whether or not firing Yost was the right thing to do.

Last year, after a poor start to the Premiership season, Chelsea got rid of Jose Mourinho because team officials thought that he hadn't taken the club far enough (and with that kind of talent, I agree). But Roman Abramovich's decision to replace Mourinho came pretty early in the year for Chelsea, giving Avram Grant enough to time to enact real change to save the Blues' season.

Is two weeks really enough time to save the Brewers' season? Yeah, I guess so, with the team still clinging onto the Wild Card.

But maybe it wasn't really Yost's fault, and for the most part, I've always held that it isn't the coach or manager's fault for a failing team. Most of these guys have the same kind of knowledge of the sport. What's a new coach or manager going to do with the same talentless players or some unmotivated players? About the same.

Yost here is just the fall guy. He was the scapegoat.

I think the ultimate reason why the Brewers got rid of Yost was to light a fire under the players' asses. The team was probably complacent with it's huge lead in the Wild Card. Part of that might have been Yost's fault.

But, managers and coaches don't play the games. Too bad one was sent out to pasture because his players were in a rut.