Bando insisted all along that he had the authority to buy out Garner's contract if he thought a change needed to be made. Bando said he spent considerable time evaluating the things Garner could and couldn't control during what has been nearly two months of poor play. He apparently came to the conclusion that changes in playing personnel were more in order than a change of managers. Bando pointed to the weekend series against the St. Louis Cardinals, during which the Brewers played poorly and lost all three games. But the manager is not the guy pitching or hitting.
Players win and lose games.
The gray area to me is not something that can't be addressed and have solutions to. Despite the recent speculation that Garner might be fired, Bando said he let his manager know what he was thinking. Bando maintained that there was no communication gap between the two, which Garner later confirmed. I feel pretty comfortable with what we've talked about. I guess it's still possible somebody other than Sal could change it, but I feel secure with Sal.