Thanks But No Thanks?

As the Orioles' win-loss record worsens with every passing day, the ongoing search for a Manager may shed even more light on the current state of this once storied franchise. Bobby Valentine was on The Michael Kay Show, and briefly touched on the open position, a position he in fact interviewed for last Friday. Actually Bobby Valentine's comments on the matter were more telling than I thought they would be. He discussed the challenges of taking a position like this, and in listening to the interview I got the feeling that these were challenges he would rather not face. Bobby Valentine, a manager who's been fired twice, and who's last stint was as a manager in Japan basically came across as a guy who wanted nothing to do with this organization's future. I may be wrong, but isn't your second firing in the Majors usually your last? Not many teams would come knocking at the door of a man who's been fired twice and now calls ESPN home. The Orioles, though, aren't your average team and did come knocking on that door, a door which opened to the sound of….yea, thanks but no thanks. Bobby may ultimately take this position, but if you read between the lines of his statements the answer's clear, he'd rather not. You may remember Joe Girardi felt the same way and luckily for him another job opened up. A job you may have heard of, The Yankees Manager's job. Needless to say he's now wearing pinstripes and a World Series ring. With this team on pace to possibly become the worst to ever live, not many will be standing in line to interview for the right to go down with the ship. When a man like Bobby Valentine isn't interested, you may have more problems than you think. Keep in mind, Dave Trembley was a lifelong Minor league manager with no Major league experience, a fact that many of his critics pointed to. With bobby's comments and Girardi's refusal, it pleads the case that this may be a league wide sentiment and it will continue to be difficult to entice a proven Major League Manager to accept the responsibility of fixing this team. How bad are things here in Baltimore?