Jim Hickey stepping down for personal reasons

[jersey cubs fan]

[mul21]

Any speculation as to what's going on? Hopefully nothing serious if it's health related like these things seem to be.

[Cubswin11]

Yeah hopefully there’s no serious health issues going on with him or a family member and this is just a way of it not being a straight up firing

[Old Style]

[ScrubMD]

Hopefully Derek Johnson rn

[ScrubMD]

Or just give him a promotion to President of Pitching Operations.

[ConstableRabbit]

The Cubs have been weirdly coy about not being able to announce anything with the staff. They knew this was coming or forced the personal reason to let Hickey save face.

[Banedon]

Nah, I don't think it's a cover. With as weird as they've been about this, I definitely think it was something that they knew was probably coming, and was a legit personal situation. If they were just letting him save face, they would've done it at the same time as the other coaches.

[mul21]

Nah, I don't think it's a cover. With as weird as they've been about this, I definitely think it was something that they knew was probably coming, and was a legit personal situation. If they were just letting him save face, they would've done it at the same time as the other coaches.

Agreed, I'm sure there's some HIPPA stuff going on here and that's why it's as hush hush as it's been.

[Lefty]

Hopefully Derek Johnson rn

Johnson with Reds already.

[jersey cubs fan]

Hopefully Derek Johnson rn

Johnson with Reds already.

thus the eating of the contract so it no longer counts

[Brian]

[champaignchris]

And in a pinch, he can probably get you 30 or 40 innings out of the pen.

[Backtobanks]

Tribune mentioned Farrell who has ties to Theo and sons that worked/pitched for Cubs. Also, if a Maddon extension doesn't get done you have an in-house candidate.

[Lefty]

Tribune mentioned Farrell who has ties to Theo and sons that worked/pitched for Cubs. Also, if a Maddon extension doesn't get done you have an in-house candidate.

Well I have a relationship with Bryan Price, so that would be cool for me.

[UK]

Just bring in Chuck Hernandez on a one year deal, it'll be almost impossible to get a young coach on the rise with a potential lame duck manager.

[jersey cubs fan]

[r_mack]

This guy isn't even faking not being full of horsefeathers

[Thunderbolt_47]

Well, why would you, it's the Internet, someone's definitely bound to believe your BS! Hell, there should even be an Internet rule (like Rule 34) that states this : the less realistic a claim is, the more obnoxious and fanatical the ones believing it will be!

[jersey cubs fan]

https://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/201 ... -and-more/

Maddon said last week's departure of pitching coach Jim Hickey was not heath related but said he couldn't get into specifics of what the "personal reasons" were. "He's fine," Maddon said. "He's not ill. His health is fine."

[We Got The Whole 9]

With everything we know I would rather have Bosio

[jersey cubs fan]

With everything we know I would rather have Bosio

So you prefer the racist?

[17 Seconds]

With everything we know I would rather have Bosio

So you prefer the racist?

that was all a misunderstanding, he was just commenting on a raccoon he saw on the tv

[d_money]

Curious to know...what ever happened to Jim Hickey? Haven’t seen any news that he landed somewhere. There must’ve been some personal health issues or something like that for him to completely drop out.

[weis21]

Curious to know...what ever happened to Jim Hickey? Haven’t seen any news that he landed somewhere. There must’ve been some personal health issues or something like that for him to completely drop out.

iirc there was a quote from someone with the Cubs that it wasn’t health related. I guess Hickey could have just asked that to be said anyway but it’s more likely it’s some other personal life issue.