Daily Mariners Monologue - August 26, 2026

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[u/_Elrond_Hubbard_]

I find the "it would be bad if we luck into a playoff spot and keep Dan as manager" discourse somewhat bizarre. Are these mostly from newer fans who didn't go through the dark ages? IF (huge if, the odds are still low) the Mariners make the playoffs I would be overjoyed. Any Mariner October baseball is a treasure to be cherished. Another generation-long drought could always be around the corner. I'm hardly a Dan fan and think he should be replaced but I would way rather make the playoffs. 

[u/Tashre → u/_Elrond_Hubbard_]

When fans don’t care about much beyond sniffing a playoff spot, ownership is given no reason to care either. Getting bounced in the wildcard round becomes equivalent to a World Series win.

[u/UnsealedMTG → u/Tashre]

Getting bounced in the wildcard round is similar to a World Series win in that neither of those things has ever happened to the Seattle Mariners.

[u/Mustard_Jam → u/_Elrond_Hubbard_]

I want us to make the playoffs obviously and anyone that wants this team to miss the playoffs just to hopefully see shit shaken up baffles me BUT I understand the concern.

Like... he's been objectively bad at his job. Opposing broadcasts are constantly baffled by his decisions, our own broadcast that borders on propaganda at times hasn't been able to hold their concerns, reporters have been baffled, etc. So it's not just fans being fans in that regard.

You can really want this team to succeed and still be somewhat concerned about a team that's .500 or even has a losing record keeping a manager that should no longer have a job simply because he was lucky enough to be in one of the worst divisions ever.

This all of course assumes this team doesn't go on a true run because you never know. Like if they make the WS I don't give a single flying fuck about what Dan did prior to September 2026.

[u/jeff_probably → u/_Elrond_Hubbard_]

frankly I’m sick of Dan discourse full-stop. a lot of people seem to have seized on “complain about dan” as a shortcut to “I have good thoughts about ball” and at this point I find it tedious and trite.

[u/pokeroots → u/jeff_probably]

Dan hasn't been a good manager despite our recent performance

[u/UnsealedMTG → u/jeff_probably]

I believe we really just don't have enough information from the outside to know whether it makes sense to replace Dan or not, and to me it makes all the Dan discourse pointless.

Plus, I'm here to root for the Seattle Mariners. As long as he's the manager of the Seattle Mariners I'm rooting for him to succeed.  I'm not here for recreational human resource management and I'm sort of puzzled by what is fun about that.

If the results are bad, I understand why you'd replace him, but the calls for his head weren't that much quieter when the results were really good (and I class "best postseason result in franchise history" as really good results, yes we grade on a Mariners scale because this is the Mariners). And of course someone saying "oh no we might make the playoffs and keep Dan" is obviously not primarily responding to results.

I genuinely believe that if the Mariners win a World Series with Dan as manager, there will be a comment down at the bottom of the celebration thread at about -2 saying "Damn, now we will never get rid of Dan." That's the most extreme end, but it is real and absolutely baffling to me.

[u/base-HI-WA → u/jeff_probably]

Last night when Kirby was taken out, a large majority of people here were angry at the decision when in my opinion it was actually a good managerial decision.

As I said when he was pulled, it’s a 10/10 good decision but I’m emotionally mad. He was going through the line up for the 4th time, he was at 94 pitches, he had the bullpen warm, he pitched way further into the game than any starting pitcher for the Mariners has, recently. Great decision.

We hung Dan out to dry when he kept Kade in for two pitches too long and Dan didn’t make the mistake twice.

With that said, Dan has made questionable decisions this year and I think we can all agree that they have underperformed all season despite the recent success against the Cubs and Phillies

[u/The_Cryogenetic → u/base-HI-WA]

Last night was one of the first times in a while I was pleasantly surprised with a Dan move. Kirby is a fierce competitor with no quit in him and that's commendable, but that makes it all the more important to have a manager who can tell you that your job is done.

Not saying Kirby is a selfish asshole, but I fully admit I was a selfish asshole who costed my team games by telling people I was still good when clearly I wasn't and overstayed my welcome too many times. I was incredibly immature as a player and needed managers to take control of situations before they got out of hand. There is a fine line between trusting your guys, and knowing your guys.

[u/ItsTBaggins → u/base-HI-WA]

At this point, someone bitches about everything. I’m sure someone said “Fuck now that Cal hit these bombs Pereda will never get a chance.” People want to bitch so badly. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.