Who were the Toughest and Nicest managers?

[bmattioli]

Originally Posted by steve B

I got to see a lot of Francona while he was with the Red Sox. One thing that always impressed me was that no matter how bad the screwup or how hard the press pushed looking for something to stir up he never blamed an individual player directly and often took the blame himself even when to a fan the player was at fault.

Yes that is Francona, I miss him as the Redsox skipper..

[Volod]

I am always impressed by the ease and skill with which Francona handles the media. Maybe that is due to his brief tenure as a media guy himself, but his post-game pressers are usually very relaxed, informative and often funny. Many other managers would do themselves a favor by observing Tito's behavior with the media and other people generally.