No thanks, I'd rather play for someone else

By Chad Garner

Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

Some managers are player type coaches -- Boston's Terry Francona no doubt is -- and other managers do things that players just don't really like and makes them not want to play for them.

What makes a good manager?

Well, putting players in a position to succeed should top the list. Then get into game management, strategy, knowledge of how to use each player to their maximum, the ability to get players to play hard for you, etc. Those are just some of the things that should make a manager very good.

But some managers, regardless of how successful they are, will never get the proper respect from players because of their demeanor and attitude.

Look no further than Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. This guy seems to rub just about everyone the wrong way --especially his players.

He apparently is unpopular with major leaguers, according to an espn.com story.

Should it surprise anyone that players don't enjoy playing for him or that other players from around the league wouldn't want to play for him? I'm more shocked that Chicago Cubs' Lou Piniella won the poll for the manager for which players would least like to play for.

Guillen, he may be a good in-game manager, but he comes off as an arrogant you-know-what. He's clearly the cockiest manager in the game and he's always chirping about something on the television. But it's always priceless when he lays into his own players --he seems to do that at least once a week. This guy has a funny way of motivating, right?

It's one thing to get on players, but do you have to go in front of the media and minimize them-- the same guys that play for you every day?

When you do that kind of stuff --and mind you, that act is so old already --you don't tend to get much respect. 

So is it really a shock that other players would rather not player for him? No way.

You know once Guillen sees this poll in Sports Illustrated, he'll puff out his chest and crank up his act even louder because he likes for others to see how important he is.

We see you Guillen, we don't get what your act is all about and it's sad, but we get it.

Who are you going to belittle next? Maybe Jim Thome? I doubt it, you even should know better than that.

Lose the act and more people will appreciate your baseball knowledge. There is a reason why you won the World Series in 2005.

What manager would you least like to play for?