As far as Marquis, he pitched well in Atlanta until he stopped listening to Mazzone’s advise. Sound familiar? He did the exact same thing here: 1 and a 1/2 good years, then stopped listening to his coach and was horrible until he left.

I’ve been a huge supporter of the current coach staff before this year; I don’t feel they are the type that works well with younger talent (Tony likes his players). They were prefect for the teams we had earlier in the decade, but I think it time that we head in a new direction.

We encourage you to state your opinions and disagree, but please leave the personal shots out of your analysis. I thought you did a fine job of stating your position in opposition to the criticisms of Duncan without resorting to name calling and the questioning of others’ fanhood.

Also, for the sake of argument, I completely disagree with the premise that Duncan must be right and we must be wrong because he has 30 years in the game and we are just fans/bloggers/commenters. No amount of experience gives you unquestioned authority.

On the other hand, Bottenfield, Stephenson, and Simotacchi did not go on to encounter greater success elsewhere.

Is somebody a truly fan of the Cardinals or just bashing the team’s pitching coach while unable to explain why?

Leo Mazzone pulled his hair and gave up on Jason Marquis. Dunc did such a good job, Jason got a $21M deal. It was Dunc who developed Marquis, not Mazzone.

Why dont we all let a real expert like Duncan do the thinking? How could fans posting their incohate thoughts on an Internet message board possibly be smarter than somebody who has been a pitching coach for 30 years and had Cy Young winners? Yowza, lets get a grip folks.