Joe Maddon Just Assuming He'll Get a New Cubs Contract is Delusional
By Michael Luciano
The latest quote from Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon smacks of arrogance and tempting fate.
Under the 65-year-old skipper's leadership, the Cubs are leading the NL Central by a slim margin, but it's far cry from the last-place days of Rick Renteria. With his contract up after this season, however, Maddon believes without a shadow of a doubt that he'll be back next year and beyond.
He should consider pumping the brakes on that.
Joe Maddon, 65, believes he can manage until he’s at least 70 and is “optimistic” he’ll be back with the Cubs. Says his fate not tied to wins and losses or else he’d already be re-signed. pic.twitter.com/cAVCuEZEu9
— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) August 11, 2019
The hay is far from being in the barn at this point, so it seems a bit silly for Joe to be so confident that he'll be back.
While winning the club's first championship in 108 years has undoubtedly earned him a lot of leeway, the Cubs since 2016 have floundered in the postseason. Even this year, it seems like the NL Central changes hands every day (as of Monday morning, the third-place Brewers are only 2.5 games back).
Winning one championship shouldn't give you carte blanche to run the team however you want and expect to be back irrespective of results, especially when there are more than enough capable managerial candidates that are currently unemployed.
The "Joe Show" may get cancelled if they don't win the WS this year.
— Carl J. Feher (@CJ_Feher) August 11, 2019
Maddon better wake up and smell the coffee soon, as this could be his last year as the head man at Wrigley Field.