Yesterday, Buster Olney was saying that he thought John Gibbons was pretty much a done deal to be the Pirates’ next manager (via Bucs Dugout, since I obviously didn’t see it myself because they don’t invite Olney on SportsCentre and hell, the bar I was in last night was playing Wednesday Night Hockey instead of what I later found out was an awesome, awesome Giants/Phillies game). Today, we learn that Gibbons has withdrawn his name from consideration.
John Gibbons withdraws as candidate to become Pittsburgh’s next manager. Will remain as #Royals‘ bench coach.
Bob Dutton
Royals_Report
Gibbons sounded awfully interested when he talked to Rob Biertempfel the other day, so this is kind of odd and out of the blue. Not that I’m complaining: Gibbons was pretty far from my favorite candidate because of his history of fighting with his players. Still, the 180 is strange. Maybe an announcement is coming?
