Although I think Valentine has done a very good job with the Mets on the whole, the biggest problem I have with him has been his repeated inability to work with and use his coaches properly. It seems like every year, Valentine has at least one or two coaches that he doesn't speak with at all, perhaps because they were hired by the GM and not by him. Perhaps Valentine felt threatened by them, but I'm really not sure. Again, Valentine may not have hired them, but as a manager, it's one's job to work with the coaches, talk to them and listen to their advice, and create a working environment for them to do their jobs in instructing the pitchers and the hitters. It seems to me that the hitting coach should know more about hitting than the manager, and that the pitching coach should know more about pitching than the manager.
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