I root one way, every day. I just do it with my eyes open. Has zero to do with giving up or walking away.

I seldom hate a player. They're all trying that I can see. If they got birds and a bat on their jersey, I'll pull for them to get back up but they need to held accountable. Carpenter, who I really like, should have been benched eons ago. For his own sake as well as the teams.

If this team had a solid manager, one who held his players accountable, one who recognizes when to bench and when to not depend upon, one who knows how to measure all his players with the same criteria.........including vets...we be on top, warts and all.

Basically, this team, far from perfect, needs to win without a good manager. That's how I see it.